Great Country Farms

I came across this video today and it shows off "our" farm to such good advantage.

They just started their 18th year and we've been members for 17 of those years.

 

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40 Days of Thankfulness: Day Twelve

 

Today, I am thankful for Saturdays.  It' the one day of the week I don't have to be anywhere, do anything.  I can do webwork, if I want, but I don't have any deadlines. 

I never have doctor appointments on Saturdays, no medical testing.

No piano students.  I don't even talk to prospective students on Saturdays.

It's a day for maybe brunch, a trip to the farm, maybe a little TV, maybe (most assuredly!)  a nap.

Saturdays are family days, even though our family is smaller than it was.

Saturdays are always full of promise.

Off to see what today's promise is...

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40 Days of Thankfulness: Day Three

I am thankful today for our CSA farm, Great Country Farms.  We've been members there since our son was young, since 1995.  We just love being out in the country, picking whatever is available seasonally, having fresh fruits and vegges delivered.  The Zurschmeides are the nicest people you could ever want to meet, too.

From their website:

The goal of Great Country Farms is to offer a way for everyone to experience farm life and enjoy the benefits of its bounty.

Great Country Farms is a 200 acre working farm situated at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains outside the village of Bluemont, VA. Great Country Farms offers produce as well as the farm experience to its customers. 

The Zurschmeide Family has been farming in Loudoun County for over 35 years and Great Country Farms was started by the second generation of  Zurschmeides in Loudoun in 1994. The farm started with a Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) which has grown over the years and delivers produce to homes as far as Alexandria and Arlington.   In 1996 and again in 2007, the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce voted Great Country Farms, "Agribusiness of the Year" for its unique efforts to farm in a difficult climate through innovation, rather than selling out and growing houses.

We owe it all to Farmer Bob for instilling a love of farming in us. He still visits the farm regularly on weekends to continue that tradition for the new generation of farm visitors.  Be sure to look for him on your next visit. As our farm grows, we are thrilled to welcome the next generation of Zurschmeides in the fields, behind the counter, making Kettle Corn and as the Pumpkin Princess of course!

We are thrilled to still be a family farm in our growing county and welcome you to visit our farm, pick some produce, create some memories and begin your own farm adventure as part of our farm family.

 

Other pictures from one of my blogs.

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Butterflies in a field of flowers

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At "Our" Farm this weekend

Cider Fest September 18 & 19

Kick off the cider pressing season with tastings of Rinker's freshly pressed cider and check out cider pressing demonstrations with our 1800s antique press at 11:30, 1:30 & 3:30pm. Visit with Farmer Bob at 11am and take a tour of the farm's antique tractors and restored 1950s Chevy Truck. Farmer Bob will share some history and how each tractor has been used over the years. Enjoy Cider Slushies and apple pies from our Roosteraunte!

Take a hayride to the "Who's Your Farmer?" Corn Maze and dig some new potatoes to take home. Children love to hunt for potato treasure in the field!

I love the picture of the corn maze!

This is from Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA http://www.greatcountryfarms.com/ Definitely My Farmer :)

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New Camera

I tested the new camera today at the farm – Great Country Farms – and the video and stills look pretty good!

Next, we’ll see how it does underwater!

P-Rex chomps pumpkins.  He’s been doing this for years.  The very first year, a very surprised mouse jumped out just in time! 

About a third of the way through there are some shots of Mimi and Tom.

 

Next, on to the pumpkin zipline.  Hopefully, my Belize zipline doesn’t end like this!

 

 

And last, dropping pumpkins off a silo.  In past years they’ve done a trebuchet and other ways of smashing pumpkins for the farm animals to eat.  They were also going to send them off a forklift 60 feet in the air but we missed that.