Harvest Time Fun
Family Farm Weekend
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 & 11, 2011
Free Zoo admission for Zoological Society members with ID. Milwaukee County parking fee: $11. (Zoo Pass Plus members receive free parking)
For details, call the Milwaukee County Zoo: (414) 256-5466
Guinea pigs to pet, farm produce to buy, mini-tractors for kids to race, pretend udders to milk, experts’ advice to help you garden—does this sound like your cup of milk? Then celebrate the fall harvest at the Milwaukee County Zoo’s two-day farm fest. Held in the Zoo’s Northwestern Mutual Family Farm—the last working farm in the city of Milwaukee—this event is rurally, rurally fun (groan!). It’s also educational. From hand-turned ice cream to basket-weaving demonstrations, you’ll learn how things were done a few generations ago on Wisconsin farms. As always, you can watch cow milking; visit the horses, hogs and donkeys; and pet domestic and Wisconsin animals at the Stackner Animal Encounter talks. Zoo Pride volunteers will also hand out samples of homemade pickles and peanut butter. The Bluegrass Allstars will play live country music and farmers will sell fresh produce at a farmers market. Children under age 10 and weighing 70 pounds or less can show their muscle in the Pedal Tractor-Pull Contest, sponsored by CNH. Gardeners can chat with University of Wisconsin Extension master gardeners.
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