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SUMMARY:Ruckle Heritage Farm Day
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/ruckle-heritage-farm-day/
LOCATION:Ruckle Park :: Salt Spring Island Saltspring Island, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ruckle Heritage Farm Day is a long standing educational family day for the community and visitors alike. This event displays heritage farming and crafts side-by-side with nature in the beautiful Ruckle Farm’s setting.  As few free family events remain, this day has proven in the past to bring out a large crowd to experience the beauty of this magnificent Park, made particularly unique & special with the ‘oldest operating family farm in BC’ tucked right into the middle.  The day is geared toward children & educational farm related themes, free family fun!  This event invites participation on every level, be it volunteering, attending, or taking part in the day’s many hands-on activities.  Last year’s fun filled day was thanks to over 100 volunteers giving of their time.=0D=0A=
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Typically, the day and event will look something like this...  Educational booths are located in the Heritage Farm area demonstrating such old crafts as spinning & weaving, basket making, fruit tree grafting & propagation and others.  The Blacksmithing group & the Leathercrafter are alongside the old forge building, and the ice cream & butter are being churned fresh at the Milkhouse with the Jersey cow nearby.  The 4-H Club provide their information & animals for display as well as sell baked goods.  The Lions Club are making BBQ’d burgers & hotdogs while the kids are getting their faces painted or trying their hand at log sawing or nail hammering or the fish pond or the tug-of-war!  Alongside the old heritage barn are farm product displays such as wool, hide items, and antique tool display.  The Quilters are busy on a project while other finished works are displayed around the barn for viewing.  Inside the barn the old farm equipment is on display while a film of ‘The Making of Ruckle Park’, featuring interviews with Lotus Ruckle is being shown.  Later, the farm manager runs his border collies through their paces doing a sheep herding demonstration.  Also on hand are the farm’s turkeys, bottle-fed lambs and the 4-H animals.  The firehall displays their old & new trucks and we have “then & now” tractors for all to see.  Local acoustical music groups are there for added entertainment!  Sunny skies on order!=0D=0A=
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Volunteers may contact Marjorie Lane at 250-653-4071 or rucklefarm@shaw.ca =0D=0A=

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