Taking the "Official" Amy's Farm Tour

Today, we went on one of the Amy’s Farm tours! We joined a mommy and me tour, which meant we were surrounded by mothers chasing after their curious and very energetic toddlers (which immediately reminded us of the Disneyland episode of Modern FamilyJ ). We were greeted by our tour guide Cammi, who told us a little bit about the farm and the rules the kids had to follow. We made our way into one of the farm’s gardens which was chalk full of yummy veggies. We passed by rows and rows of tomatoes, fennel, squash, lettuce and Rainbow Swiss chard (and we also saw Farmers Miguel and Randy who we waved ‘hi’ to). Everyone then proceeded to pick a leaf from the Swiss chard to feed to the pigs, ducks, chickens or goats. We tried to take pictures of us feeding the animals but unfortunately they were too fast and immediately gobbled up the leaves in our handsL. Our sadness faded when we found out what was scheduled next for us on the tour: a petting zoo!!!! We went into the pen with the sheep (remember the sheep/goats we mentioned last week?) and were overcome by how cute and fluffy all of the animals were. We made friends with a goat who looked a little crazy, so we tried not to spend too much time near it. We also got to pet a few of the baby sheep (so soft!) and definitely took tons and tons of pictures. After the petting zoo, we met a cow named Grandma Tina. Grandma Tina was 16 years old – 80 in cow years!!! (But she didn’t look a day past 60!) She had a blue tongue and weighed 2,000 pounds! Holy cow! (Pun intended). We then went into another petting zoo area where we could pet Grandma Tina, a speckled horse (who fell in love with Kimberly), two cats and some bunnies. Next, we groomed Crystal, the miniature horse we met on the first day of volunteering and got to hang out with her for a little while. Fun fact - Crystal is 13 years old! And last but not least (and my favorite part of the tour)….we got to milk a cow!!! We milked one of the other cows on the farm named Honey Bun – that part was the highlight of our day J (we also got to cross one item off of our bucket list). On the tour, we got to learn a lot about the animals involved with the farm in order to include a range of information about farming on our presentation besides just agriculture.

We are starting to hear back from some of the places we’ve emailed so we’re starting to get a little less stressed – our presentation is finally coming together! Phewph!

~Kristy