Picnic on the Lawn

Live Bluegrass Music by Corral Creek

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Bring a picnic lunch, favorite beverage and a blanket for the lawn!

• • Farm Store will be open 10am – 3pm
• • See how your food is raised
• • Meet friends and share stories

Activities

• • 10:30 am » Guided walking farm tour (will last about 90 minutes)
• • 12:00 noon » Head to the lawn area
• • 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm » Picnic on the lawn and bluegrass music by Corral Creek

When: Saturday, July 9th, from 10 am to 3 pm.

Cost: FREE to all.

Location: At the farm: 7358 Champoeg Rd. NE, Saint Paul, Oregon 97137

What to expect

Parking:
Ample free parking is available in one of our pastures. The grass will be mowed but the ground will be uneven, making it difficult for wheel chairs and strollers.

The tour:
Come take a walk through our pastures with Bernard Smith, owner of Full of Life Farm guiding the way and explaining how and why we do things the way we do. See first hand how Full of Life Farm cares for the animals and manages soil and forage.

Learn about:

• - Rotational grazing of cattle
• - Natural bug control and pasture sanitization with the Eggmobile
• - Using multiple species to improve forage and pasture quality
• - Brooding and raising broiler chickens on pasture
• - Soil improvement as the foundation of life

Your physical comfort:
Pasture grass on our walk may be as high as 12 inches and the ground will be uneven making it very difficult for strollers or wheel chairs. But feel free to give it a go. Depending on where the animals are that day, we may be walking up to one mile. If the sun gets too hot or the kids lose interest, you can always leave the tour early and walk back to the farm house to find a place in the shade on the lawn.

The entertainment:
Bring a blanket for the lawn and join us there, in the shade, and be entertained by Corral Creek Bluegrass with their mix of good old gospel and bluegrass music. It’s always a family show including sing-a-longs, humorous stories, and good times by all. Don’t forget to bring your picnic lunch and a blanket!

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Come take a walk through our pastures with Bernard Smith, owner of Full of Life Farm guiding the way and explaining how and why we do things the way we do. See first hand how Full of Life Farm cares for the animals and manages soil and forage.

Learn about:

• - Breeding, hatching, and raising heritage turkeys on pasture
• - Rotational grazing of cattle and sheep
• - Natural bug control and pasture sanitation with the Eggmobile
• - Using multiple species to improve forage and pasture quality
• - Soil improvement as the foundation of life

Date: Saturday, February 11th
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 NOON

Organized by: Full of Life Farm
Phone: 925-876-6720
Address:7358 Champoeg Rd. NE, St. Paul, OR 97137

2nd Saturday Farm Tour (Recorded 11/12/11)

Arriving at Full of Life Farm

Getting ready for the big day at Full of Life Farm. Guests start to arrive and everybody groups up for the first event - the Farm Tour. Special thanks to family and Staff for all the preparations for this big day, and to Marvin & Jodi Pierce for their horse help with parking!

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Getting Ready for the Farm Tour

The crowd of guests grows as everyone awaits the start of the Full of Life Farm Tour. Bernard engages the crowd while more guests arrive.

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Farm Tour - Turkeys

The first stop on the Farm Tour was the Turkey raising pen. Lots of questions were asked by guests and Bernard educated the crowds on his Turkey raising practices.

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Farm Tour - Chickens

The next stop on the Farm Tour was the chickens. First the egg-layers/pasture "optimizers" then the meat chickens in their mobile brooders. A great question and answer session took place and everyone learned how healthy Full of Life Farm eggs and chickens are.

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Farm Tour - Cattle

The last stop on the Farm Tour was a visit to one of the cattle grazing areas. Bernard gave a demonstration of how easy it was for him to move his cattle from one grazing section to another and explained his practice of "strip grazing" and how this maintains the health of the land. Lots of questions from the crowd.

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Cowdog Demonstration

Once the Farm Tour was finished, Marvin Pierce of Pierce's Cow Dogs gave an awesome demonstration on the use of dogs for cattle herding. He had his great Hangin' Tree Cowdog, Sport and Cattle Master dog, Chic with him.

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The Picnic and Live Music

After the Farm Tour and Cowdog Demonstration, the crowd made their way to the cool shade and lovely green lawn by the farm house to eat their picnic lunch and enjoy the live music of the Corral Creek Band.

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Good Times

Good Times were had by all!

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