We enjoyed the straw maze - a small but excellent maze with lots of blind corners and dead-ends, the kids area where Exile #4 and E5N1 raced tricycles and played in a corn box (that's not sand that his sister is burying E5N1 in below!).
The cider donuts were rather excellent. I'm not sure if they are made on premises or with their own apples which are also available for pick your own right now only a few years after the orchard was established (sadly we ran out of time to do that - much to Exile #4's disappointment.)
The star of the show was undoubtedly the straw slide - the kids went down, climbed back up, went down again for quite some time - even too-cool-for-kids'-stuff Exile #3 was well and truly won over.
It calls for a moving picture I think:
Oh yes, there were also pumpkins to pick. Lots of them. And views.
And next to the pumpkin field, a corn maze - large, fun but intricate rather than fiendish (this one should move too):
And after we returned on the hayride with our pumpkins...more sliding! (and this one)
Now we just need to find time to go back for some of those apples...
Wow! That is a *lot* of pumpkins... time to make some pie?!
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Yes - we have been enjoying the large orange fruit of fall. I think the pie count is three. However, for the most part, these huge ones are for carving only (and maybe roasting the seeds) as they tend to be a bit stringy for pie-making!
DeleteThat looks so much fun! I'm really sad that we don't have that tradition!
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Thanks - not where we're from in the UK either but we're happy to get stuck-in to these local traditions!
DeleteBoycott Stanton Feura Farm for their use of propane cannons as bird scare tactic. It has destroyed our peaceful neighborhood. These farmers should have a little more consideration for the people that lived here before they decided to start farming.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading. I 'm not sure how an anonymous comment on my blog is going to advance your case much. I read this story which is nearly a year old which seems to suggest there was a way forward that would be a whole lot more constructive than a boycott. Were you involved in the process? Did it go any further?
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