The Show Goes on at Strong Farm

All programs at the Strong Family Farm will go on as scheduled, the family said, despite a wayward driver slamming his car into the 134-year-old farmhouse on Monday.

The home was . But two events will go on as scheduled at the farm, the family said.
 
The Strong Family Farm will be conducting its inaugural scarecrow contest in October and is looking for contestants now.

Each of the farm’s fence posts along Peterson Road will be assigned to contestants. There will be four family friendly categories – traditional, youth, business and other.  

Set up will take place the first week in October. The scarecrows will be judged soon after and will remain for the remainder of the month for the public to view. A special “Farmers Choice” will be awarded by the Strong family. The contest is free to everyone and winners will receive a certificate and blue ribbon. 

A cleanup day has been scheduled for Sept. 29, and volunteers are needed to help spruce up the old barn and out buildings before capital improvements can begin.

A short orientation and farm tour will get the day started off before the work begins.

Volunteers are asked to bring tools, brooms, weed-whackers, gloves and/or paint brushes. The work day is also an opportunity for people who have experience with agricultural antiques to help catalog and date the farm’s inventory, farm, the family said.

All volunteers are asked to bring something to share for a pot luck lunch on the farm. 

For more information on any program and to sign up for the scarecrow contest, visit the farm web site at www.strongfarm.org, e-mail  nstrongfarm@gmail.com, or call 860-874-9020 (leave a name and address and information and an application will be sent out). 

Information and entry forms will also be at the farm stand and and the farm booth at The Rockville Fest on Sept. 22.