We Love the Pennsylvania Farm Show!

Every January, we trek to Harrisburg, PA to take in the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Many attractions are longtime favorites that we enjoy seeing every year,

but we always manage to discover new things as well!

The butter sculpture, above, is a really popular Farm Show tradition.

Jim Victor & Marie Pelton, of Conshohocken, crafted it from

1,000 pounds of butter that was donated by Land O' Lakes, Inc.

This little calf was extra cute!

Fried mushrooms are a savory treat!

Always special to have Grandmom along!

Seltzer's Lebanon Bologna - a Pennsylvania Dutch favorite since 1902!

Now, that's one unusual potato!

My piglets having some fun!

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My Farm Show posts from past years:
Our Day at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
2017 Farm Show Fun

2017 Pennsylvania Farm Show Fun

A day-trip to Harrisburg for the 101st annual Pennsylvania Farm Show!

Lots to see and do here while appreciating farmers across the state.

We love to see the animals, but there's so much more!

Enjoy my photos from this terrific event!

Every year Land O' Lakes of Carlisle donates 1,000 pounds of butter that are 
used for the Farm Show's butter sculpture, a tradition that began in 1991.

This year, the  Farm Show's theme is “Culture of Stewardship,”
so the sculpture shows some of the innovative practices
that farmers use to enrich the soil and reduce storm water runoff.
The very talented sculptors are Jim Victor & Marie Pelton.

Can't beat the taste of those German Roasted Nuts! And the aroma is divine!

Fell in love with stroopies! Yummy caramel layered between cinnamon wafers!
Learn more about them in this post:
Those Heavenly Dutch Waffle Treats Called Stroopies

We love this maple syrup! Congrats, Hamilton's Maple Products!

Lunch in the Food Court is always a yummy adventure!

Apple cider slushies - a refreshing new addition this year.

Popular potato donuts.

Everybody loves the milk shakes!

Young girls ready to show their llamas.

The husband was wowed by this booth!

"I'm really rockin' these bangs, aren't I?"

We love the ultra soft alpacas!

A huge selection of cowboy hats!

Bobby Howard, our favorite driver for the horse pull event,

grooms one of his horses before it's time to head out to the Large Arena.

And here's Bobby doing what he does best.

It's always interesting to stop and watch the auction.

Didn't win at the auction?

Here's another way to take home a hog...

and a sheep, a horse, and a cow!

Want more? Take a look at my other posts:

Our Day at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
We Love the Pennsylvania Farm Show!

Here's the Farm Show website.

Stryker Farm

Off on another of our day trips.

This time, to the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

I do love an adventure!

Our destination was Stryker Farm in Saylorsburg,

to see "livestock raised on pasture and forest."

With organic, free-range, and natural food so popular today,

it was so interesting to see these concepts in practice.

Meat, milk, and eggs are sold farm-direct for wholesale distribution.

The Stryker Farm Store will be opening soon!

Here's one of the farm's two livestock guardian dogs, 

an ideal mix of Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, and Akbash. 

They take their jobs very seriously, keeping coyote, fox and black bear far away from their wards. 

In the photo below, you can see the hen house on the far hillside.

This gives a good idea of all the open space the animals enjoy.

Meet the Farmer himself, Nolan Thevenet.

So, how did the name "Stryker" originate?
The maiden name of Nolan's dear grandmother.

Check out these links to learn more about Stryker Farm:
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