thank you for tuning in to the more acro channel i think i'm the first person to wear a caftan to the
falconine heritage farm welcome to the spring valley nature center in schaumburg illinois
we're here with andrea your natchich aka adventurous journeys taking a trip through
schaumburg history right here today she doesn't really know what's going on here but it's exciting
place i really like it what do you see i see some houses this is where the germans used to live
oh and you can see their gardens here still not really quite planting season yet but they have it
all plotted and ready to go here's our regulations here provided by the schomburg park district
it says wear mask when encountering others we'll just stay away from people there's a museum
shop but it's closed all the buildings here are currently closed due to coronavirus restrictions
but they usually have people dressed up in old german clothing that give little talks about
what's going on here really yeah so much more than a nature center here she thought this was
going to be nature center but we also got a farm and what's a farm without chickens let's go say
hi wow look at this one with harry oh look they have hairy legs they have hairy legs huh hey guys
never seen chickens with hairy legs should shave them though no no i've never seen that
before either look why are they so hairy why are you like so hairy look look this one is
very brave i think this is the alpha male you think this one is yeah look at those hairy legs
you can tell yourself a male by those hairy legs shave your hair relax the top [ __ ] right here
keep hands away animals may bite good to know huh y'all wouldn't bite me right and
we're specifically here at the vulcanine heritage farm the heritage of schaumburg being a german
farm community here in the suburbs of chicago and they like to preserve that culture here
the vulcanine heritage farm that sounds like a german word
there's usually horses here i don't know where they are though
it's usually horses and cows what the heck i wonder why no slovenians ever came to illinois
they're all in cleveland ohio yeah you want to go uh let's see if we got pigs here we have some old
equipment how they used to plow the field and this is really sad it used to be full of pigs
and mud but i guess because uh govid or they ate the pigs i don't know what's going on here
something happened to the pigs i think this was used for grinding they'd attach
an animal to here and go around in circles to grind corn oh no it's true they're off-site
because of covet-19 they move the livestock and they hope to reestablish farms livestock
in the in this year this year yeah log cabin let's go sounds exciting right
there's some people coming up we're gonna keep our distance
it's really nice of them to preserve this history in schaumburg the only cow you're
gonna see today here's those volunteers i told you about in their old german garb and a fat fat pig
and now into the woods we go oh look a duck
mallard duck
these birds move with the seasons coming to eat what they can everything blooms
here they maintain the land by clearing out some of the taller stuff so that new plants can grow
so in this urban development a bunch of houses it's nice to have little oasises of nature here to
provide refuge for the humans but also the migrating birds that like to call this place home
really nice to give children a place to encounter nature and to learn we're going to look for some
insects tadpoles or frogs i'll do it if you don't want to stick your fingers in there go your aggro
i like this tree see the water moving
yeah oh yeah you see yeah we turtles oh there's one right there yeah i see lots of animals here
oh look at this tadpole it's huge look at this one
it's a big tadpole do you see it maybe i could catch him
oh he went away really quick
deadpool does not want to be caught this is great for kids to play in here huh
all right if this is your first time doing the vlog more aggro more acro aggro means frog in
the amazing language which is the indigenous people of morocco so it's a nickname for me
let's go see the log cabin family miracle memorial maybe they are related to angela
oh angela merkel you know long history in schaumburg the miracles
i think this is for the birds but probably went the same way as the livestock
no one to fill it oh no this one's filled just no birds oh it's a goose canadian goose
he's looking at us like hey y'all got food
no smoking no guns but cameras are cool
do you find it funny andrea that they have a no gun sign on the log cabin yeah
all right andrea where would you like to go today when we went to the farm we're at the merkle cabin
in merkel pond heritage grove is pretty cool they got a lot of trees and they
might be blooming real nice but they also have an arboretum here a different tree
the scharnbrook park district does a great job of providing programming for
all ages here always something fun to do hey be quiet we're trying to vlog over here
why are you so loud you're so far away i think we are disturbing them
he went into the hole there's a hole he's hiding here
see he's gone he really disappeared look you see his hole and there's
another one there's more coming here hook chipmunks can you see him a cheap monk
season oh no not you again hey that's our bridge yeah keep on moving
he's hunting maybe he's looking for something good to eat you are currently listening to the wetland
chorus it's cool all the different animals singing their songs another local creature
mr beaver i hope we could find one
well here in this grove we'll find a collection of trees that are native to illinois they grow
here and our climate and soil ready for the tour i'm waiting mr tour guide let's go
that's one thing we could grow here in illinois plums is this a linden tree yeah how do you know
i see leaves icd oh these we call these helicopter trees i think right
they make the helicopters yeah we got these all over the place in charlotte
really yeah it's the national symbol of slovenia do you like linden tea i've never had it it's
very famous in slovenia no idea what that was i know we got a lot of helicopter trees here
show american golden helicopter trees not by their real name nein bark that's a silly name
you know this one too yeah and these you cut those little ones and then you preserve them really yeah
and you make it's like very healthy for your throat and you put them in teeth you know all
this stuff natural history i thought i thought i was the tour guide yeah i'm waiting you're gonna
say something about this tree and you're just like helicopter trees helicopter trees the birds
really don't like this tree huh yeah for tree we have to show him some love no he'll he'll come
he'll have his day again i don't know the english name what we call this tree avo
it's not like the canadian you know symbol maple is this maple
and here in america no more call to prayer just church bells huh
i like how they plant trees in memories of people it's nice huh yeah
do you hear that in those bushes now at least no you know my my hearing is like that oh
there's a monster in those bushes be careful american album nightmare on elm street bucco
look look look red one
you see cardinal i think it's the state bird of illinois beautiful red colors there he goes
another common bird you'll find around here it's this red-tipped blackbird
and that's his song
in my opinion these purple trees are some of the most beautiful here
i guess they call them the red bud early spring glory
this is growing out the side here pick the rose butts and eat them in salads or fry them
what are you guys up to you camera shy or what
it's mating season
these trees are real tall i'm always into any plants that you can eat
those are my favorite plants and animals you see how many are there good eye andre no i always see
one right now but i'm sure it's like oh yeah yeah yeah and we saw this close one and then up here
it's turtle time oh wait till you see a snapping turtle
you're gonna be scared i don't like that that's a real aggro right there
mr beaver's been hard at work here
college party yeah i would love to go to american college party to bet i cannot drink
yeah but you can take videos i can drink
i also like the idea of benches nature one of the best classrooms for children
excuse me what did you say gesture or marker geyser marker
okay
oh these ones are gonna get white we also have those
they're strong smelling that's for sure oh maybe we should go
although the farmhouse was closed andrea took the camera right up to the window so we could see this
table full of potatoes or maybe rocks and the old school oven in the background really cool to see
how people used to live here these are the german chickens why after i read that sign it's like oh
even the livestock is german so these are special german chickens i think they wanted to say they
are not german chickens but they try to like bring the same animals even the same breed that they
used to have here yeah the germans brought them from germany they come with the chickens
so this is a fine example of schomburg parks and the history of schaumburg we learned a lot today
about the natural and social history of schaumburg illinois thank you to the schomburg park district
for giving us this beautiful space to enjoy relax and learn make sure to subscribe if you made it
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