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The Game Plan

What to do

After a week spent staring at a screen, don’t you want to do something with your hands?

Put them to use at the Queens County Farm Museum.

The farm dates back to 1697 — 322 years if you do the math — and spans 47 acres, making it New York City’s largest uninterrupted tract of working farmland. Since the city acquired the farm and opened it to the public in 1975, it has become a place for New Yorkers (and mostly kids) to learn about agriculture, and on Tuesdays and Sundays from spring to fall, it welcomes volunteers to help weed, mulch and harvest the land.

If you like to get your hands dirty, throw on sturdy shoes and work clothes, and get yourself to Floral Park. There’s no need to sign up in advance; just show up any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and you’re free to dig in for an hour or stay all day. Around noon, the staff and volunteer crew, which will no doubt include some regulars, break for lunch. It’s B.Y.O., but the farm will often supplement your meal with a salad, picked that day from its vegetable and herb gardens.