Historic Prophetstown Farm 2011

Here's a little vignette from a day trip to the Historic Farm at Prophetstown State Park in Battle Ground, Indiana.  There's a period 1920s farm house with a beautiful built-in china hutch.  On the grounds, there are all manner of farm animals -- cows, draft horses, goats, chickens, and pigs.  A couple of friendly kitty-cats invited petting, and a baby Barn Swallow was scolded by a parent to crouch back in the nest, which was artfully constructed and perfectly balanced on the back porch light of the farm house. 

 

They sold fresh produce grown on the farm, including some green beans the farmer had just gathered.  He told us to pick out a head of cabbage and he cut it just for us.  It doesn't get any fresher than that!  We also bought some pork burgers from them and cooked it all for dinner! Yummy!! 

I loved the farm animals. The goats were friendly and soft to the touch, but my favorite were the free-range Barred Rock Chickens!