Hidden Villa Farm Field Trip
Last Friday our family went on a homeschool field trip to the Hidden Villa Farm. We had a great time learning about nature, farming, and animals.
The children wandered around a two acre farm and saw a number of different fruits & vegetables being organically grown. We actually harvested some of these for our lunch!
Here’s a picture of Matthew cutting a lemon cucumber in preparation for lunch, which was prepared by a number of the homeschoolers (and parents) participating in the day’s events:
Later on, we got to watch a recently killed rat (not from the farm) being dissected:
Here is Matthew looking at a resting pig:
The children having a seat in a “vine house” in an educational garden:
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3 Comments so far
Leave a commentMatthew looks more interested in the bearded man than the rat!
Okay, Lois. You got my attention with the rat…. Does this guy just up and decide to dissect rats he finds around the premises just for fun, or is this a serious teaching hobby he has? I find it fascinating that he would happen to have a rat and decide to show the kiddos it’s innards. Merrilee would love it!
Petrie,
He happened to catch a rat in his attic the night before our field trip so he decided to use it for dissection. It was definitely better than an animal that’s been preserved in formaldehyde. It was pretty cool to see all the innards. Our guide is the head of education at Hidden Villa, so yes, he regularly does this kind of stuff.
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