We love dogs. So much so that we are having an all-day dog event celebrating International Dog Day here at the farm. Join us for a fun day featuring all of the many different ways dogs enhance our lives. Meet dog experts in many different arenas including:
Versatile Hunting Dog training and demonstrations by NAVHDA
4H dog champion demonstrations
Chipping clinic by a veterinary clinic
Dog food and dog treat suppliers
Ruff Start Rescue dogs for adoption
According the American Bird Conservancy, 3 BILLION birds are gone. Birds are declining and they need our help.
Farmer Jim will do a guided walk through the farm and talk about the bird habitats that have been created here at Sapsucker Farms including: bluebirds, tree swallows, chimney swifts, purple martins, hummingbirds, and golden-winged warblers.
Learn about what you can do to create habitat in your own backyard, and best practices for bird feeders.
This is a FREE event, participants will need to dress appropriately for the weather.
Embrace the beautiful Minnesota winter. Beginning January 7th and throughout the rest of the winter, bring your snowshoes and explore the 172 acres on the farm. There is no charge, just come and enjoy. We have two pairs of snowshoes available on a first-come-first-serve basis, also at no charge.
After your hike, relax with a hot toddy around the bonfire or in the cozy cider barn . Heggie’s pizza and Smude’s popcorn is always available, and we will have some select food trucks here throughout the winter as well.
The sugar maple trees are spectacular. The trails have been mowed and are ready for you to enjoy their vibrant beauty. Then you can relax with a hot toddie in the cider barn. Enjoy this incredible autumn season.
Our 40-plus acres of wildflower fields and apple orchards are full blooms. Take some time while you are here and take a stroll through the fields, enjoy nature’s beauty and all of the pollinators. Different flowers will be popping up through the season so enjoy them while they last.
Thank you Dr. Williams for bringing your telescope on Saturday night and sharing with us the spectacular wonders of the starry night sky. We saw Saturn and its rings, Jupiter and its moons, Venus, and the craters of our moon. We look forward to having you return again soon.
The adults are teaching the babies how to eat from the feeders and be feisty, territorial little beasts. They are also carbo-loading for their long commute south. For the next couple of weeks, they will provide us all with free entertainment on the cider barn patio. Then *POOF* on Labor Day weekend, they will instantly disappear. It’s as if their calendar on their iphone pings and says “fly south today.”
Come and enjoy these adorable little creatures while they are here, and before they head south.
Today was a big day. The 600 gallon cider tank was installed in the small room that will soon be the place where we will be making Sapsucker Farms Hard Cider (more on this soon). Meanwhile, before we can get started with making hard apple cider, we have to get all of the equipment set up and ready to go. The biggest piece of all is this huge tank. So this is what we did.
Removed the exterior wall to the cider room.
Hoisted the tank off the trailer.
Guided it into the very small cider room.
Carefully set it upright.
Secured it into place.
Then posed next to the tank that has been successfully put into place without any disasters. Whew.
Oh yeah, that’s right… the wall was put back into place.
More equipment to come, stay tuned for the progress of our new hard apple cider venture!
