Another farm visit

The past couple of days I've really been in my element.  Today I toured Kline Creek Farm, a living history farm depicting life as it was on this site in the 1890's.  Everyone working on the farm wears period clothing, and several tools are original to the property.  They do not use electricity anywhere on the farm.

The beautiful 1890's farm house and summer kitchen are open to tour and feature original artifacts and photos.  The barns are original to the property and the farm is actively raising livestock including chickens, Southdown sheep, and shorthorn cattle.

Kline Creek uses Percheron horses to work the fields. They produce oats, corn, soybeans and hay to feed the livestock.

And for a silly fact I learned this week:  The Menominee Indians called their prized wild garlic and ramp field located on the southern tip of Lake Michigan Shikako, or " Skunkplace".  Because the area was so rife with ramps and their odor the name lives on in its anglicized form, Chicago.

Tomorrow it's home to Columbus, yea!!!

The farmhouse

Original equipment

A recent arrival

Hanging with the flock