17 Aug 2021

Register for “How to be ready for anything.”

Agritourism, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Marketing Tools, Seasonal Business
We ARE recording, so if you can't make it LIVE you won't miss out - Listen, learn, absorb and share with each other during this important meeting. You're invited to participate in this webinar, even BEFORE the webinar! Please reply to me and let me know your thoughts, biggest fears & plans for adapting and I'll make sure to work it into the presentation. Hey gang, I am NOT a "Worst Case Scenario" kinda guy, but after last year, I realized that planning is an exercise in preventing emergencies. If you think through all the possibilities, and plan for them, you can't…
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16 Aug 2021

Proactive Fall Season Prep: How to be ready for anything.

Agritourism, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Marketing Tools, Seasonal Business
Listen, learn, absorb and share with each other during this important meeting. You're invited to participate in this webinar, even BEFORE the webinar! Please reply to me and let me know your thoughts, biggest fears & plans for adapting and I'll make sure to work it into the presentation. Hey gang, My daughter wants to play clarinet for her life's work. When I played trumpet so many years ago, I used to shake like a leaf during auditions. Annie is a rock, in fact, she once famously said, "I love auditions because they have to listen to me." The difference between the two of…
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13 Aug 2021

Top Ten Questions List for the weekend plus thousands of clipping deadheads.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Maple Lawn Winery, Seasonal Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqiEryC9x3w Deadheading?! Thousands of clips per person... Watch above for real footage as we clip the deadheads off the sunflower plants - they almost magically perk up and keep blooming! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Sunflower Festival: Only two weekends left -> Aug 13-15, 20-22 Maize Quest: Opening Saturday Sept 4, 2021! We're handling the classic Top Ten questions: What peaches are in? Coral Star - yellow, Blushing Star - WhiteWhat Nectarines are ready? Nectarines are the feature this weekend! SunGlo & Fantasia are OVERFLOWING the branches with EASY…
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12 Aug 2021

Sunflowers & peaches survive and thrive after 58mph winds & a rainbow

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Maple Lawn Winery, Seasonal Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmsxS1ZgHCM Storm sweeps through the farm! Watch above for real footage as we check things out in the weird afterlight, then see the rainbow at the end of this email. Freestone Peaches & Summer Apples are NOW! Coral Star & Flamin' Fury freestone yellow peachesBlushing Star White PeachesZeStar & Paula Red Summer ApplesSunGlo & Fantasia Nectarines - Make a trip for fruit & fun! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Sunflower Festival: Only two weekends left -> Aug 13-15, 20-22 Maize Quest: Opening Saturday Sept 4, 2021! Sunflowers survive…
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29 Jul 2021

You know about donuts… but Donut Peaches are here.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BOtb0o4B4 See Donut Peaches LIVE on the trees at the farm! Have you ever tried one?? Peaches are HERE! Gala & StarFire freestone yellow peaches, Jade White Nectarines & Eastern Glo Nectarines - Make an efficient trip and get ALL THREE! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Sunflower Festival: Aug 6-8, 13-15,20-22 Maize Quest: Opening Saturday Sept 4, 2021! Maple Lawn Farms Why you have to try stuff, even at the risk of failing. Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, "To be a true maverick, you have to break some of…
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21 Jul 2021

Peaches, yesteryear & today, plus some old pictures.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business
That's lil' Farmer Hugh, age 5, working in the packing house. The lid is going on a 38lb, wax box of peaches in approximately 1980. What were you doing in 1980? Peaches are HERE! Sentry & Gala yellow peaches, Jade & Eastern Glo Nectarines and Blueberries - Make an efficient trip and get ALL THREE! Sentry are SEMI-CLING, so they come free from the pit when ripe, but are not technically 'freestone" peaches - but they sure are tasty! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Sunflower Festival: Aug…
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18 Jul 2021

College road trip lessons.

Agritourism, Family Business, Seasonal Business
College tours are so similar, some parents play college tour bingo as the tour guide reads from a litany of standard phrases. Hey gang, I guess I expected a little more from universities recruiting kids whose families might pay, through an endowment, scholarships, grants, loans, and hard-earned cash tens of thousands per year, per student. No, I will not be naming any schools because names are not relevant when the oversights were universal. You are welcome to share how your alma mater was better than this, but I doubt your arguments will be based on much more than the amount of…
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16 Jul 2021

Sentry Peaches are ready, come & get’em + Jade Nectarines

Agritourism, Family Business, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business
Great News: Peaches are HERE! "Sentry" peaches, a delicious, semi-freestone peach on on the trees and ready to pick for the weekend. We also have Jade & Eastern Glo Nectarines and Blueberries - Make an efficient trip and get ALL THREE! Sentry are SEMI-CLING, so they come free from the pit when ripe, but are not technically 'freestone" peaches - but they sure are tasty! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Sunflower Festival: Aug 6-8, 13-15,20-22 Maize Quest: Opening Saturday Sept 4, 2021! Maple Lawn Farms Peach Season…
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06 Jul 2021

Yikes. Sunflower Tickets are about to increase – July 10th

Agritourism, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
We are planting like crazy with over 50 varieties to create more vistas like these than ever. 2021 Sunflower Ticketing is LIVE! Hello from the farm! Short message today: Sunflower Festival Tickets are about to increase as we get closer and closer to the festival! The response has been fantastic already, and we want you to have a great time on the day and time you want. Timed ticketing is in effect to ensure you have plenty of space for those incredible sunflower-y Instagram pics. Call your friends, call your date, and for heaven sake, call your mom to choose your date and time…
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01 Jul 2021

The farmer & the opera.

Agritourism, Family Business, Seasonal Business
Pies and more are BACK in the bakery. Blueberry Patch Is Open! Farm & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Maize Quest: Opening Saturday Sept 4, 2021! The farmer & the opera. Annie pictured here with clarinet and her conductor, from the NYC Metropolitan Opera.After play Hanzel & Gretel, the opera LIVE. Hey gang, Oddly enough, I took a trip to Florida to attend the opera. It might seem a bit out of place for a visit preceded by watering lavender, digging ditches, and driving tractors, but one…
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