Wonderful Farm Stay Lodging Perfect For City People

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No mobile devices. No laptop computers. No wi-fi. No breakfasts in bed. No room service. No chocolate mints on your bedroom pillows. There are, however, free chicken eggs that you're welcome to collect on your own for your breakfast, and possibly a pumpkin or a basket of plump red tomatoes to take home.

Does this seem like a fantasy holiday getaway? For most work-weary city dwellers, this might simply be the weekend vacation they've been aching to try for a quite a while. Much more than cooling off in some resort's infinity pool or eating expensive French dishes in a famous restaurant, many urban residents are significantly craving the fresh air and healthy eating that can be found in several farms. In locations such as Europe and Australia, several farms now utilize the method of farm stays; different countries, as an example, feature a variety of farms offering accommodations to married couples, families, as well as large groups seeking to spend a weekend experiencing farm life.

What was once an idea met with incredulity is immediately becoming a well known vacation choice, even in the United States. Farms need a ton of work to keep alive and running - days spent gathering chicken eggs, milking cows, mucking stalls, and herding lamb translate to back-breaking work, and for modest farms with virtually no hired hands, all of that work wouldn't even bring a good income to sustain its operations. A lot more small farms started fixing up holiday cottages and renting them out to urban folks seeking a taste of country lifestyle -- and to the farm owners' amazement, the people kept on showing up.

The continuing food revolution may have a lot to do with the rising attractiveness of farm stays. Farms provide people a chance to witness firsthand where their food is from - where they genuinely originate from before they reach the grocery store aisles, that is. For a modest fee or for free, they could help dig up vegetables to be sold in the farmers' market or perhaps to be put together for tonight's supper, they may help milk cows, they could watch and find out how to gut a chicken, plus they can join in the haying.

Parents, specifically, are beginning to choose to take their city-born youngsters to farm stay to see and play around live animals which they would not see at home. It is a good opportunity to tear the gizmos away from their tiny fingers and get them dirty and rolling on the grass for some old-fashioned afternoon playtime surrounded by nature.

For folks looking for a relaxing retreat, there are also farms that have relaxing lodging for adults with the option to skip the farm work and simply read or see the sunshine around lakes or explore the foot of rolling green slopes. Panoramic views of mountain tops, fields, and lakes have been proven to invigorate and revitalize the spirit, pushing disturbing thoughts of work as well as other troubles away.

So, how about it? You think you're up for a bit of haying, cheese making, butter churning, or vegetable picking? Next time you're planning a holiday retreat, make a change and try a "hay-cation," instead - you may surprise yourself by really enjoying it.

by: Janelle Elizabeth

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