HOMESICK HOMESTEADERS - YES, WE PAID TO PRETEND WE WERE AT HOME

Sometimes, you just get homesick!

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Not all that long ago, our family took a trip up to Wisconsin. On that trip, we mostly hung out at a condo on the shores of Lake Michigan. However, at one point we found a place nearby that made us a little homesick, so we stopped by for a bit.

In all honesty, it was a lot like coming back home, only we had to pay to do it! LOL!

THE FARM - SOME OF THE SAME

The place that we stopped in at was call "THE FARM." You can check out their website by clicking HERE. It is designed to be a fun, interactive, educational and historical experience, and we would certainly agree with that.

Interestingly enough, there were quite a few things that we enjoyed there that we also get to experience at home.

The baby chicks and chickens were one such overlap between our lives these days and this adventure on THE FARM. Even though they were not our own little chicks, it was a lot of fun to check them out and see the little ones!

The baby piglets were another animal that made us homesick. Some of our piglets were just born at the time and another one of our sows was about to give birth. Thankfully we made it back home in time for the birth, but these little piglets helped hold us over until we returned home.

The tractor was another similar thing here at THE FARM. It was nice to see one of @little-pepper on a tractor and not asleep for a change.

The garden was very nice as well. They did a much better job with theirs this year than I did with mine, so it was nice to see such wonderful plants producing such a wide variety of food.

In true @little-pepper style, they even found a snake in the garden. This one happened to be a Garter Snake.

At one point I was carrying it, and another little girl asked why I had it. I told her that this place was a petting zoo, and that we had found it in the garden. She replied, "Well you're not supposed to pet that!" I told her that I should probably just let it go then, and released it back where we found it.

It was nice to see the annual flowers mixed in with the garden plants too. We like to do this as well, since it helps to attract pollinators.

This Tiger Swallowtail butterfly was one of the pollinators that we saw while we were in the garden. A few other animals that we saw at THE FARM which we also have at home were Ducks and Guinea Fowl.

THE FARM - SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES

The experience was not a complete overlap of our life at home, though. There were also plenty of differences.

They had some birds, like pigeons, turkeys, and peafowl, which we do not have at home. Some day we would sure like to have some of them, but for not, we just have what we've got.

Some donkeys, horses and such were also at the farm. One day our @little-peppers hope to have their own horse, but I told them that fist we must build a house. House first, then horse... if we even end up getting a horse.

A few really cool types of cattle also live at THE FARM. These ones in the photo above are some Highland Cattle. In that photo they are running towards us, because they know that we have corn. Check out their long tongues in the photos below.

That last black cow, not a highland, also was eager to get some corn.

This big white one here is a Brahma bull, which are a kind of bovine originally from India. They are the ones that have a large lump on their shoulders.

A lot of rodeo bulls have at least some Brahma in them. We were told that if you walked up to this one, it would open its mouth and wait for you to throw some corn in.

It sure was trained well, and we had a lot of fun feeding it.

Check out "Monster Truck the Pepper" tossing his corn in! Though we do not have any cattle at the moment, we are considering getting some Dexter cows. We will keep you posted on that.

One of the coolest things about THE FARM was all of the baby goats and sheep that you could see. Since they get a lot of their daily meals from milk bottles or corn that the visitors feed them, they are very eager to greet you when you show up. Here are some fun photos from our time there.

@Mama-pepper got in on the fun too!

Hungry and curious, the @little-peppers found out firsthand why goats have a reputation for eating anything!

Milking the goats was another experience that we do not get at home... yet.

The @little-peppers sometimes help the neighbors milk their cow, so after the demo they got to try.

Our two biggest girls gave it a go and did a great job. I think that goats and sheep are both in our future, so it'll be an incredible experience once we start having our own lambs and kids, and start getting to milk our own goats. Until then, this was a good taste of what is (hopefully) to come.

This old fashion stove also caught our eye. One of our neighbors has a very nice one, and we are planning on getting one for our home too. It'll be nice to use real wood to heat our oven and stove.

THE FARM - CLOSING THOUGHTS

Even though a lot of the things at THE FARM were things that we could experience at home, it was still a worthwhile time and money well spent in our opinion. One interesting thing about checking out places like this, is that it can give you some great ideas of things that you can do too, and how to set things up.

Also, for those who are looking to do have a homestead near a city, this could be a good source of income. People pretty much pay to check out your homestead, and then pay you to feed your animals for you! That's a pretty good deal, as long as you don't mind company.

The admission was nothing expensive, and the milk bottles and corn to feed the animals was very cheap. It brought a lot of joy to all of us, and we all had an amazing time. If any of you are ever in Door County, WI, I'd highly recommend checking out THE FARM.

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

proof-of-the-farm

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Until next time…

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