Family Business – Page 12

18 Jul 2019

Maple Lawn Farms “Peach Season Hits The Big Time.”

Agritourism, Family Business, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnDJQaBoWUM StarFire & RedStar peaches are ripe and ready for picking, so plan your adventure - Farmer Hugh CLEARLY was on an adventure this morning - CLICK to Watch the Video! Peach Season is PRIME Right Now with Starfire & RedStar, Nectarines GREAT, Blueberries GOOD, Get (3) fruits in (1) trip! Orchard & Market Hours: OPEN NOW 8AM-5PM Weekly: Hours are Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery Hours: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Peach Season Hits The Big Time. Yes! Peaches are here! It's always a celebration when our signature fruit ripens, and the orchards open to welcome YOU. Peaches formed the bedrock of Maple Lawn Farms'…

11 Jul 2019

Maple Lawn Farms “Lessons from Jury Duty”

Agritourism, Family Business, Seasonal Business

White Nectarines are here, but are LIMITED in quantity and highly valuable. A delicious, early treat before peaches come in later this month. Get them with your blueberries in the market, if we have to save them, or on the trees if they hang well in this heat. The Blueberries PRIME Right Now, White Nectarines in the farm market, MAYBE in the orchard. Orchard & Market Hours: Blueberry Patch OPEN NOW 8AM-5PM Weekly: Hours are Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery Hours: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM "Lessons from Jury Duty" Jury duty for a farmer in July is 'suboptimal' to say the least. I thought…

04 Jul 2019

Maple Lawn Farms “Autonomy & Its Price”

Agritourism, Family Business, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business

American farmers feed our country and the world. It is a patriotic act done quietly, competently and consistently each day. The Blueberries PRIME Right Now Orchard & Market Hours: Blueberry Patch OPEN NOW 8AM-5PM Weekly: Hours are Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery Hours: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM YES - We are open on July 4th, 8AM-5PM! Blog "Autonomy & Its Price" Happy 4th of July. The birth of our country built on the principles of freedom and autonomy. Agriculture is a business and lifestyle that provides freedom and autonomy, but like everything worthwhile, it comes at a price. The United States of America came…

21 Jun 2019

Life on the Farm: “691,200,000,000 kernels of corn”

Agritourism, Family Business, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwAcdYIjW9w The Sweet Cherries & Blueberries Ready Friday! Orchard & Market Hours: Cherry Orchard & Blueberry Patch OPEN NOW 8AM-5PM Weekly: Hours are Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery Hours: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Life on the Farm: "691,200,000,000 kernels of corn" Farms are entities that last beyond a single individual. It hit me when we were planting new peach trees that my Dad, who is 76 and works hard every day, might not see the end of these trees' 20+ year life span. The innovative grain elevator that he designed and built in 1968 or so, is finally at the end of its lifespan and…

01 Apr 2019

Maple Lawn Farms & Fun Park Closing, a new direction for 2019.

Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Maple Lawn Farms

A new direction for this family farm. Hey Gang, This doesn't happen often, but every generation is different, so we're taking a new direction at Maple Lawn Farms. Kids will be kids, and my kids, the 6th generation at Maple Lawn Farms have spoken - it's time for a different phase. Our kids just aren't into the whole, "Crazy Farmer Hugh & Mazes" stuff, so they have opted for a new path: Beef Cattle. We'll be tearing out the slide, the labyrinth, though the bamboo will stay in place. The pedal kart track is leaving as well, and the corn box will remain, but as a…

16 Jan 2019

Other known associates.

Agritourism, Family Business, Seasonal Business

Other Known Associates. Hey Gang, In the world of law enforcement, criminals are often tracked down by listing "Known Associates" or "KAs" Essentially, the officers determine the whereabouts, motivations, and likelihood of action through association. They are looking for the 'internal state' of a suspect, based on the external interpersonal connections the suspect makes. If the police were to look around your life, look into your "Other Known Associates," what would they discover about your internal state? In researching Mastermind Groups for last year's Sunflower Mastermind, I found the near-origin, certainly the modern popularization, of the Mastermind concept in the work of Napoleon Hill, specifically…

05 Jan 2019

So what do you do now?

Agritourism, Family Business, Maple Lawn Farms, Seasonal Business

"So what do you do now?" Hey, I got out of the maze mobile in front of our farm market and office, and it was utterly silent. At 9:06 am, I was over an hour late for my usual Saturday arrival and, though a weak pang of guilt was niggling in the back of my mind, the silence reconfirmed it was OK; I was OK. We are closed in January. Farm market, maze complex, and wine tasting room are all shuttered through the dreary Pennsylvania winter months. Our farm is not, as anyone who has visited can attest, near a busy town, busy…

28 Sep 2018

Take it when you can get it.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business

Hey, Take it when you can get it.. In parenting, as in life, I find that you have to take it when you can get it. I don’t know about you, but my kids are in every activity: Soccer, symphony, marching band, chorus, youth group, working on the farm, vocal ensembles, private instrument lessons, NJHS, student council, and on and on and on. As a parent, when I can get a night to watch a TV show with my son, I take it. When I can take my teenage daughter out to each, I take it. When my wife and I get to go…