Thursday morning we all met at the pumpkin patch. The kids were so excited. While we waited our turn they made good use of the time, finding praying mantis on the sunflowers. These kids love nature. The girls are not to be outdone by the boys. Our tour started ot 11:00. After the haunted hayride, we all learned a lot from Jim about agriculture. He talked about the crops grown in South Carolina. Squash, zucchini, tomatoes, gourds, corn, cotton, sunflowers and peanuts. There was a lot of good information on cotton. The different products that come from cotton. Sarah knew who invented the cotton gin. Yea.
We learned how corn is pollinated by the tassels to the silk. We also learned how to prevent pollination and how to cross pollinate. Sarah was interested in the different colors of corn and how that can be done. Then it was on to the corn maze. How funny. We went back to the barn and ate our picnic lunches and tasted pumpin juice. We spent the afternoon at the playground and seeing the animals. What a perfect day to be out in nature.
