Upcoming Events
Guided House & Farm Tour
You join your guide at the gate with the dinner bell following the documentary films Genesis and Exodus of the Amish, which follow the unlikely development of this unique sect from the beginning of the Reformation to religious freedom in America and 
successful integration into the modern world without being part of it. You are called to farm’s gate by your guide by the dinner bell. As you walk together through the orchard, past the kitchen garden, you come upon the outbuildings that dry food, bake bread, and smoke meat. Here lye soap is made from the rendered lard and leached lye. You will enter the original 1873 house, now a summer kitchen, and wash house before entering the main house. Your guide will explain the history of Amish society and the four generations of Amish families who have lived on the farm. Traditional customs relating to dress, transportation, and the use of modern equipment are explained.
You will explore the Schweitser bank barn and out buildings. A horse or tractor drawn wagon circles the farm’s pond stopping at the German one room schoolhouse. You will pass the blacksmith shop, maple sugar camp, ice house, mint distillery, broom shop, weaving house and railroad crossing guard building. Vintage horse drawn farm implements are on display in the barn yard. The pasture is home to the farm’s horses. A visit to the gross daadi house where Joy quilts is a highlight.
