Hardscrabble Farms

Hardscrabble Farms
Hardscrabble Farms Sign
Name	Hardscrabble Farms
Location	Unknown

Hardscrabble Farms is the place Greg and his school go to for a week long field trip in the 10th book "Old School". It is the main location of the 10th book. The camp is known to make kids miserable, and even traumatize some, like what happened to Rodrick when he went. A main cause may be the rumored Silas Scratch who supposedly lives near the farm in the woods after supposedly being kicked of his land he had while working at the farm. Silas Scratch turned out to have been a hoax, created by Greg's dad, Frank, to keep people away from a maintenance shack he found in the woods while gathering firewood at the place when he was a kid.

People who went on the schools trip/work there

Went on the trip:

• Frank Heffley (Greg's dad)
• Mr. Jefferson (a.k.a Robert Jefferson) (Rowley's dad)
• Mrs. Graziano
• Rowley Jefferson
• Albert Sandy
• Mr. Nuzzi
• Graham Bertran
• Gareth Grimes
• Emilio Mendoza
• Duane Higgins
• Timothy Ames
• Jeffrey Swanson
• Rodrick Heffley (Went to the place when he was in Greg's grade)
• Melinda Henson
• Julian Trimble
• Mike Barrows
• Jordan Lankey

Works there:

• Nurse
• Unidentified Hardscrabble Farms Employee

Appearances

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School (First and only appearance)

Trivia

• Greg's grade he was in, in the 10th book, at his school, has been going on an annual trip to the place for at least 15 years, since Mrs. Graziano had been chaperoning the trip for 19 years. The annual trip for the grade may have started longer ago, since Frank (Greg's dad), and another chaperone (who is unnamed) had both been there as kids, when they were in Greg's grade.
• The supply list for this place includes bug spray, hiking boots, raincoat, canteen, day pack, jeans, plastic bag, sunscreen, toiletries, and wool socks, while junk food and electronics are strictly prohibited.
• The food at Harscrabble Farms is atrocious and from each meal, all the leftover food is scraped into a pot which will create a stew to eat the next day. That method has been used at Hardscrabble Farms for over 30 years.

Gallery

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  Greg picks up the remains of the book The Essential Book For Young Lads after his group got desperate to find things that would burn, to keep the fire going.

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  The cover of the book, The Essential Book For Young Lads.

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  Greg spies on a group that has a few Boy Scouts in it because the group is doing really well as one of the Boy Scout group members points at Greg.

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  Silas Scratch, himself, a hoax that is supposedly a guy who worked at Hardscrabble Farms until he got kicked out of the land and supposedly crawls around the place and that it is scary (for some) that he might be anywhere around Hardscrabble Farms.

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  Albert Sandy talks about Silas Scratch and how he supposedly uses underground tunnels, and that is why he is able to get around so quickly, which scared some people, causing them to decide not to use the bathrooms for the rest of the trip, which was only on day 2 at the time.

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  The sign for Hardscrabble Farms with the motto: Old-Fashioned values for today's youths.

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  Greg and his cabin mates struggling to do the obstacle course made of ropes tied to each other.

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  Greg, using The Essential Book For Young Lads to instruct his group to build a waterproof lean-to shelter.

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  The Nurse couldn't pull Gareth's tooth out of Rowley's head.