Farm Fun

The Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum is pleased to present the second annual Cole Harbour Fibre Frolic in combination with ‘Sheep Shearing Day’. Try a new craft, talk to artisans, feel the fibres and meet the sheep. Vendors will showcase fibre arts, fibre animals ...Read More

Planning the best birthday parties are seriously, a pretty big deal. Birthdays are special days, especially when you are still in the years of counting the ‘halves’! If we forget to add that detail when telling someone the age of our child, we are ...Read More

There’s nothing better than local, fresh produce and in Nova Scotia, there’s no better time to enjoy the abundance of tasty treats than the fall harvest. Noggins Corner Farm is open year round but the sweetest time of the year is when the apple ...Read More

There’s nothing like the juicy crunch of a freshly picked apple, and no better feeling than picking that apple yourself! With so many plentiful orchards, families in Nova Scotia are spoilt for choice when it comes for places to go apple-picking. To accompany the ...Read More

The first time I went to the Hatfield Farm Weekend Family Round up, my husband and I brought our docile, well-behaved 2-year old. “Why am I signing a waiver?” I asked the cowgirl at the desk, “I’m sure she’s not going to fall off ...Read More

Located within Halifax, but with the feeling of being far away from it all, Hatfield Farm offers everything from a petting zoo, to wagon and sleigh rides -and even weddings! Stay at the main farmhouse for petting zoo and pony rides, or take the wagon ...Read More

Do Not Twist or Pull! When I told a friend that I would be going apple picking, she told me of a trick she had recently learned. Take the apple and gently turn it upside-down. If it’s ripe, the apple will fall off the ...Read More