This week I found out about this place called Hidden Villa in Los Altos, about 15 minutes from our house. It’s a large property with a farm and hiking trails, and I thought it sounded like a good fit for a weekend outing. I was right!
When we looked into it further, we found they do farm tours on Saturdays so we signed up for one yesterday. Finn has a recent obsession with pigs (I think thanks to his reading Charlotte’s Web) and, of course, Ezra loves all animals, so off we went. They were in heaven.
First up, we walked through one of the chicken areas (Ezra was already trying to catch one) …
… to get to the pigs. There were piglets!
They seemed pretty big to me, until we saw the adults. They are enormous! This is the smallest of the three grown ups.
Once we’d had enough of the pig pen, we moved on to the chickens.
And then the goats, where Bruce relived his childhood.
Finn wasn’t too sure about them, especially when they started jumping up to try to get the food.
We also saw some cows.
And sheep.
At the end we visited their garden and had a little snack — rhubarb, dried persimmons and a few seeds — to try out some of the things they grow there. The guide said it’s their slow time and we should come back in the spring or summer.
It’s a beautiful place; I hope we go back for another visit and a hike.