Apple picking secrets and how to farm tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADT_qRVqs7A CLICK TO WATCH Farmer Hugh loses his mind while walking the pumpkin patch, but please forgive him - He loves this stuff! Farm: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Maze: Friday - (tentatively 10AM-10PM, stay tuned for rain info!), Sat 10AM-10PM, Sun 1-6PM - Both look gorgeous! Winery: Sat 12-6PM, Sun 1PM-6PM Apple picking secrets and how to farm tour. It's "go-time" the farm! It's the most wonderful time of the year on the farm. Pumpkins are ready, apples are ready and the FUN is ready, too! Did you know about the TWO NEW attractions this year in the Fun Park: The Super Mega Ride-n-Slide -…
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The oldest apples on the farm.

Old farm photo by Gail McPherson of the original apple planting. Farm & Pick-Your-Own Orchards: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, Open Columbus Day monday, too! Maze: Fri & Sat 10AM-10PM, Sun 1-6PM, Columbus Day 10AM-4PM Winery: Sat 12-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM The oldest apples on the farm. Hello from the farm! I can just barely remember it. Back in 1980, I was 5, and we had recently moved back into the original Maple Lawn Farms home in 1979 after a fire gutted it in 1972. In a field I'd later learn used to be potatoes, my Dad and Mom, Paul & Gail McPherson, would plant the first…
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“The most wonderful time of the year” Andy got it wrong.

Farm: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Maze: Sat 10AM-4PM, Sun 1-6PM, Pumpkins are here! Winery: Sat 12-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM "The most wonderful time of the year" Andy got it wrong. Hello from the farm! "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" was released by Andy Williams for Christmas of 1963. It is one of my favorite Christmas songs, yet I disagree entirely with Andy. In fact, I don't think Andy was a farmer. Right NOW is the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" because it is harvest time. I think if Andy had visited Maple Lawn Farms and walked around, enjoying the loaded apple trees, the pumpkins bursting…
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Apple season holds hope.

We LOVE apples and YOU get to come pick them this weekend and every weekend throughout Fall Harvest! Apple Season brings a welcome change. Hello from the farm! If you are like me, you are ready for a change in the seasons. Fall is harvest season on the farm, and it has been, as they say, a long hot summer. Apple season arrives and brings with it hope in the harvest. Summer typically brings the joy of juicy peaches, but that was cut short by frost in late spring. Throughout the summer, it was heartbreaking to repeat over and over again…
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Timed-ticketing, Covid Signs, & Happy People – Sunflower Festival Report Part 1

This is our TicketSpice.com System allowing 50 tickets per timeslot, counting down to SOLD OUT status. We've pushed TicketSpice for a special deal for all our Agritourism clients & friends. If you reach out to use them, remember to ask for the "Platinum Set-up" package and exclusive, "Agritourism Phone Support" package. You can ask me questions, too, my Sunflower Fest link is after the blog. Timed-ticketing, Covid Signs, & Happy People - Sunflower Festival Report. Sorry this is a hurried blog post, we're cranking to get everything ready in-between festival weekends. I'm sure you are running hard, too. I wanted to…
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Your freedom, my freedom, and our freedom.

Blueberries now! Wine? Every Saturday & Sunday from now on;-) Orchard & Market Hours: Blueberry Patch OPEN Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM The farm on July 4th - 8-5PM Winery Hours OPEN: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, Life on the Farm: "Your freedom, my freedom, and our freedom." "May you live in interesting times." 2020 has certainly been interesting... I'm not sure this is what the quote author meant, but this challenging time has been, and will be in the history books, a study of how we as a people responded to this crisis. This study will also be of how we managed and balanced your freedom,…
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Hugh “unboxes” REAL Sweet cherries that are coming from our friends. Read the full story.

Reserve your sweet cherries by June 14th! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2blfVnnas CLICK to watch the video -> See the reactions when Farmer Hugh and the kids try all the new pies, like all of them... Remember Kimmy's Cafe in Fawn Grove? They are now "Kimmy's BBQ Brought 2 U" and have joined as this festival's food purveyor! Pull Pork with an exclusive Cherry-Chipotle Sauce (on the side), Mild Italian Smoked Sausage, 3-Bean Baked Beans, Homemade Coleslaw and Honey Cornbread - all in a platter you can take home! You might want to come just for the food! Our FIRST Summer Drive-Thru Fesitval keeps…
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Part 3 – “Farmer Hugh gets burned at the stake.”

Farmer Hugh gets a rude awakening after the strawberry festival... Part 3 - "Farmer Hugh gets burned at the stake." In Part 1, we reviewed that I love to help people use data to overcome emotional distress caused by social media pain. If you missed Part 1, If you missed Part 1 & Part 2 - "Solving the strawberry supply problem." Here's the basic idea: Reviewing the data, the real numbers, is like a vaccine against future social media harassments. Once you know to look at the data, you can temper your emotional response. Then it happened to me. Part 3 -…
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Part 2 – “Solving the strawberry supply problem.”

Hundreds of Strawberry Drive-Thru Festival bakery & winery orders await pick-up Part 2 - "Solving the strawberry supply problem." In Part 1, we reviewed that I love to help people use data to overcome emotional distress caused by social media pain. If you missed Part 1, Here's the basic idea: Reviewing the data, the real numbers, is like a vaccine against future social media harassments. Once you know to look at the data, you can temper your emotional response. Then it happened to me. Part 2 - "Solving the strawberry supply problem." The current situation: Seven days from our festival, we're…
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A dose of my own medicine tests my ‘social’ vaccine – Part 1.

Delicious strawberries turn into a social media nightmare, three-part series. "A dose of my own medicine tests my 'social' vaccine." If you know me, you know that I talk - a lot. I'm opinionated and freely offer advice. Beyond that, I like to ask really tough coaching questions; questions that challenge your assumptions when we talk about business. Social media is one of the most often requested topics on which I speak. Inevitably during the presentation, someone says, "We changed out [pricing/layout/packages/fruit container sizes/] and we got [bad feedback/attacked/annihilated/lit-up/crucified] on social media. I know we should never have done that.] Business coach…
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