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Dear
Friends & Family,
The green grass of Spring is up on on the farm and the black
oaks have that wild green glow of May about them.
Most of you don't see the farm until about 10:00 or 11:00 AM,
but Oak Glen is a sight to behold in the early
morning. (We have some great breakfast
places up here. Go over to the Oak
Glen website and check them out.) When you're
done with your coffee come back here and read the news:
Memorial Day weekend will see a reenactment of the Revolutionary
War here. We will have our three new Marquis Tents
set up, demonstrating the life of the 18th
century. We will even have a small skirmish or
two and a dance workshop on Saturday. The price for adults
is $5 and children is $3. The camp will be
open to the public from 10:00 Am to 4:00 PM, Saturday through
Monday.
We're
happy to say our new commercial kitchen is now
completely...complete. We're baking apple pie,
bread, tarts, and cookies. For the wheat bread, we
grind the grain up fresh every morning and use lots of
honey. Email
us in your order and we'll have your loaves ready for you by
10:00 AM.
Summer
is coming on and there are only a dozen summer weekends
for sweet corn by the stream, Redcoats marching across the
orchard, and apple pie under the oak trees! Sign
up now for a Patriot's Picnic or a Wild West Picnic!
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The high green grass just beyond
the Hawk's Head Public House.
The boys are smiling because they
have just finished milking the cow. That's grain on
the top of a garbage can lid. (Someone made off with the
scoop.)
The box elder trees showing off
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Your Humble Servant,
James Riley
P.S.
For the sake of those "web portals" constantly browsing the
internet to update their search engines, we include the following
boiler-plate. (Feel free to read this, if you're new to our site.)
Riley's Farm is a working apple orchard and living history farm in the Oak
Glen area of Southern California. In addition to farming, we love
history and we have provided a venue for re-enactment units comprising
many different eras. The farm regularly hosts banquets, birthday
parties, weddings, and office parties. Every year, literally thousands
of students participate in one of our school tours, where they
experience everything from weaving, candle-dipping, and cider pressing
to the drill and muster of a Revolutionary War or Civil War battle. Our
farm has appeared on the History Channel and in the recently released
feature film, Amistad, as well as many other film and television
productions. (We even try to get the producers to include us as on
screen talent, but that's another story.) On selected weekends
throughout the year, we offer "farm-stay" weekends, where
families can experience--clothing, wood stoves, muskets, and all--the
life of an 18th or 19th century American farmer. We grow sweet corn,
apples, raspberries, pears, and sunflowers, just to mention a few of our
crops.
We love America--its traditions, its people, its
history, and its cherished heritage of liberty in Christ. Have we said
enough? Well, one more thing: In the fall, thousands of families make an
annual pilgrimage to the farms of Oak Glen to experience the closest
thing to a New England fall California has to offer. Why don't you stop
by and say hello?
P.S.
Stay
Clear of this "Cider House" *
Contacting us via e-mail at: info@rileysfarm.com.
Sign our Guest Book.
Riley's Farm
12261 S. Oak Glen Road
Oak Glen, California 92399
(909) 797-7534
Event Schedules Subject to Change: Please call to confirm!
Riley's Farm, Copyright 1997-2001, All Rights Reserved
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