Old Farm Day at Ashtabula

The Pendleton Historic Foundation and the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina invite the family to Old Farm Day at Ashtabula on March 26 from 10am to 3pm. This one-day festival is a celebration of the Upstate’s rich farming heritage. Old Farm Day showcases antique tractors, cotton gins, hay balers, and hit-and-miss engines to demonstrate the historical progression of farming. Admission is $5 per car. Visitors will enjoy demonstrations of heritage crafts such as blacksmithing, feed bag and hoop quilting, wood carving, and fiber arts like spinning, weaving, tatting, knitting, and crocheting. In addition, guests have the opportunity to milk Clarabelle, the automated cow. The Kiddie Korral includes hands-on activities such as the game of put-n-take, corn cob dart throwing, ball and cup, manual cotton seed pulling, shelling and grinding corn, candle-making, and making a ring toss toy. Animals on the grounds will include Livestock Guardian Dogs, goats, and chickens. Ashtabula Historic House will also be open for guided tours. The 1828 antebellum plantation was the home for several of South Carolina’s greatest experimental farmers, such as Lewis Gibbes, Oramus Broyles, and James Latta. Tours are $5 per person and visitors should purchase tickets at the rear of the main house. When you feel a hankering for vittles, fill your tank with food from Creekside BBQ. Plates will range in price from $4 to $10. Ashtabula is located at 2725 Old Greenville Highway in Central.