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Come learn about what life would have been like for an early settler moving out, building up and living on a farmstead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Meet local demonstrators and find out what important craft or skill was needed to settle a farmstead.<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Try your hand at farm chores including washing laundry, plowing a field, feeding the chickens, and milking Buttermilk the Cow (our mechanical milking machine).<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Meet the farm animals: pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, turkeys, and Poncho the donkey!<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Take a peek inside the historic, 1891 Wilson House!<\/li>\n<li>Ride the wagon around the 4-acre farm!<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrators: local Blacksmith, Dallas Handweavers &amp; Spinners Guild, Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife, and Collin County Honeybee Association<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Performers: Sunshine Dulcimers and North 40 Storytellers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activities open from 10am-12pm. <strong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Farm open until 1pm.<\/strong> Bring a lunch and enjoy a picnic on the farm!<\/p>\n<p>All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Tickets that are resold will not be honored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purchase your online as events often sell out. If sold out, no tickets will be available the day of the event or at the door. There are no third-party sales. Tickets only available with the link below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: var(--tec-font-size-4); background-color: var(--tec-color-background-events);\">Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free parking on Pitman Drive and east side of 1300 Custer (see map below).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not park in front of businesses or private residences as they may tow your vehicle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Parking-Map-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Weather and Cancellations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Events are held, rain or shine. 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