Helen Schultz of Mattituck, 8, enjoyed feeding the goats
The Hallockville Farm Museum in Riverhead kicked off their 35th Annual Fall Festival and Craft Show on Saturday.
The weather cooperated with beautiful sunny skies as the people came out in droves to experience life back on the farm and sample homemade goodies.
Hallockville Museum Farm is a not-for profit organization dedicated to re-connecting and educating the public on the country’s agricultural heritage. This year they are celebrating not just their 35th fall festival, but the 250th year of Hallockville itself.
The festival has been a long tradition on the North Fork that showcases folk arts, craft vendors, farm demonstrations, live music and more. It’s also Hallockville’s biggest fundraiser of the year; this weekend’s festival admission fees directly support the museum’s not-for-profit mission.
Check out more pictures from day one of the fall festival:
Eleanor Guliano of Aquabogue, weaving a bread basket with the Basket Weaving Guild of Eastern Long Island
A homemade scarecrow on display at the barn
Cayden Campbell, 4, of Riverhead feeding the donkeys
Getting a ride through Hallockville on the Ole Glory Express
Inside Hallockville’s Naugles Barn, where the Eastern Long Island Quilter’s Guild exhibited a collection of homemade quilts
‘Janet’ was just one of the beautiful rescue horses on display from North Shore Horse Rescue
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The bluegrass group ‘Old Jam Time’ performed live
Kids and adults got a chance to get up close and personal with local farm animals
Hallockville is celebrating their 250th year
Tom Barry of Riverhead operating a foot powered lathe or spring pole lathe to make a garden dibble that measures seed depth.Everbody gets a turn at the goat milking station
V.J. Edwards, 8, of Greenport gets a lesson in goat milking
Denise Johnson of Baiting Hollow demonstrates the art of rugging with the Peconic Ruggers
Lots of goodies were for sale like homemade fruit jelly
