STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Getting up close and personal with baby farm animals to learn more about agricultural heritage in the Poconos.
28/22 News took a step back in time at a living history museum in Stroudsburg ahead of its big weekend event.
Even without electricity or running water, you have to start the day with breakfast.
Here at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in Stroudsburg, before the sun’s up, it’s served under oil lamps.
“On the farm, everything was done by hand. Really, no machinery. If you needed a board to fix something, you had to go cut down a tree,” explained Robert Duryea, executive director at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
Wilkes-Barre Area schools closed due to threatQuiet Valley takes its guests back to the 19th century.
In its original farmhouse, you’ll see an operational home through eras such as Victorian and Colonial.
“This is one of the rooms that a lot of people will come in and go, ‘I remember my grandmother had a stove like that,’ or, ‘she had an ice box that we didn’t use anymore, but it was still there!’” said Rachel Kresge, education director at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
Saturday and Sunday, Quiet Valley is opening for its Farm Animal Frolic, where you can learn about its history, explore the schoolhouse, and come face-to-face with baby animals.
“They get to see where the things that we enjoy today come from because you don’t often think about the fact that you know the hen had to lay that egg that you’re having for breakfast,” said Deb Seip, program coordinator/interpreter at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
You can also see how fabric is woven nowadays, straight from the source.
“They can follow it that day from it coming off the sheep, to it being carted, to it being washed, to being dyed, and that all happens here on the farm,” explained Julie Kresge, marketing/merchandising coordinator at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
A tranquil environment and way of life, making you reflect on your own.
“They get to step back in time and slow down their lives and get memories of what it was like when they were younger," said Seip.
Quiet Valley’s Farm Animal Frolic event is taking place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday of this week, May 17 and 18, and next week, May 24 and 25