28th Annual Harvest Weekend Featured at Billings Farm & Museum
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT... The Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont's rural heritage, will host the 28th Annual Harvest Weekend on October 6 & 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Harvest Weekend features a husking bee and barn dance plus a variety of 19th century harvest activities and programs for the entire family.
Each day a traditional husking bee will begin at noon, followed by a barn dance from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Lend a hand pressing cider, preserving apples, threshing grain, and making butter and ice cream. Harvesting the heirloom vegetable garden will be nearing completion and children can help dig potatoes and other root crops and learn how crops are “put up” for the winter.
Other activities include: shelling beans, fence building, apples-on-a-string, and 19th century games. Hot-spiced cider and homemade doughnuts will be on hand for all! Admission includes all programs and activities.
Admission: adults: $12.00; 62 and over: $11.00; children 5-15: $6.00; 3-4: $3.00; under 3: free.
