Amelia on the Pumpkin Farm

Last Thursday we went with Ameila's preschool to a pumpkin farm. We were 30 children ad their parents. The farm was called "South 47" and is between Redmond and Woodinville. It is an organic farm that grows all kind of vegetable and flowers and sells at a farm stand. Off course they grow pumpkins as well for self picking. They have a corn maze and hay rides. For schools they do tours where they explain to the children how plants grow. They did this with songs and sign language. We learned about bees and pollination. We got to pretend to be bees and pollinate big paper flowers with corn meal. After that we got to dig in a worm bin for worms. I learnt that worms have 5 hearts and that in a good environment they can live between 5 and 10 years. And we learnt that mole mounds are actually worm traps, yet another thing I did not know.

The tour ended with each of the kids picking a pumpkin. The reason, they are so small is, that they are sugar pumpkins. Amelia fell in love with the first one she saw and I could not even get her to look at any others. It was great fun and I was able to buy some great vegetables. I love multicolored carrots. The kids love to eat them.