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10 Best Field Trips in Austin, Texas
Classroom learning is a vital part of the education process, and teachers do a wonderful job of bringing hands-on experiences into their schools. But there’s nothing quite like getting out of the classroom and into the wider world! School field trips help to put lessons into context and expand students’ horizons. They can give lower-income students a chance to have experiences that may not otherwise be open to them. And they can introduce students to technology, history, and nature that ...
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Your Guide to the Austin Holiday Season
Put some jolly in your jingle, because it’s officially the holiday season. We don’t get white Christmases very often, it’s true. Instead, we get over a month of indoor and outdoor celebrations that we can enjoy without frostbite. And that’s certainly a win in our book! Use this handy Holiday Guide to plan a season’s worth of festivities for your family and friends. City Lights for December Nights There’s nothing more festive than a holiday light display! We have several ...
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Looking Back at the 10th Annual Fall Festival
The 10th Annual Fall Festival, Pumpkin Patch, & Corn Maze has come and gone here at Barton Hill Farms. And while we’re sad that it’s over, we are SO GRATEFUL to everyone that came out to enjoy this fantastic fall and the beauty of Bastrop! While this year came with some unique challenges due to the ongoing pandemic, it felt like things were mostly back to normal out here in the country. And we were lucky to have some fantastic ...
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Texas Cattle Ranching and the Famous Longhorn Cattle: The Surprising Origins
Cattle are so frequently equated with America—and with Texas in particular—that it may shock you to learn that cattle aren’t indigenous to North America at all! In fact, cattle have only been roaming from sea to shining sea for about 500 years, first brought to the country by Spanish conquistadors. Today, we’re digging into a bit of the history surrounding the Texas cattle business and dairy farming! The History of Texas Cattle Ranching The story of Texas cattle starts back ...
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Tricks, Treats, & Traditions: The Origins of Halloween
When you really think about it, Halloween is downright bizarre. We dress up in strange outfits and encourage our children to beg for candy from strangers. We carve faces into pumpkins, and scare ourselves—on purpose! What is the meaning of all this?? Like many modern holidays, present-day Halloween is an amalgamation of old festivals and rituals that were borrowed, tweaked, and combined into the traditions we know today. Find out where it all began, and how it evolved into today’s ...
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11 STEM Activities To Try With Your Fall Pumpkins
What’s the best way to get kids excited about STEM? Turn it into play! Science and discovery-based play can help kids become lifelong learners and explorers, even if they don’t grow up to be rocket engineers or software designers. That’s why we teamed up with fellow STEM enthusiasts like Mad Science, who came out to Barton Hill Farms the weekend of October 9th and 10th to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be. If you missed the show last weekend, ...
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