15 Nov 2021

Battle tested by the industry in 2021 with HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of slide riders at DOZENS and DOZENS of farms!

Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Hugh takes the guesswork out of the new stuff for you, mainly by making all the mistakes so you don't have to... Super Mega Ride-n-Slide® is a hit! Deadlines are set: December 1st, 2021 - Scheduled for April DeliveryDecember 31st, 2021 - Scheduled for May DeliveryAfter that - Currently IN DOUBT. Don't miss out creating NEW combo tickets, up-sells, and "Unlimited Ride Passes", PLUS saving on your taxes (a potential 28% savings), and getting installed for Spring festivals. Dec 1st orders should be to your farm in time for Strawberry season! The containers filling up & overseas shipping take a long time, so connect…
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04 Nov 2021

Winterizing your friends and kids with FUN.

Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Frost-tipped maple leaf I found this chilly morning. The seasons are changing quickly on the way into our final weekend. Hot apple cider anyone? LAST WEEKEND is Nov 5-7, 2021 -> Farm, Maze & Winery Open Hours Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM - Stock up! Final Weekend! Maize Quest: Friday & Saturday 10AM-10PM with Flashlight Nights, Sun 1PM-7PM You might have noticed the temperatures are dropping down winter-low this week. I almost always forget one garden home reel, one outdoor faucet, some potted plant, and have it freeze solid in the first big cold snap. I'm determined not to go through that this…
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28 Oct 2021

Memories, like fruit, are perishable.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Zooming down the slide, eyes-wide, smile? Can't hide it.... LAST WEEKEND is Nov 4-6, 2021 -> Farm, Maze & 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: Friday & Saturday 10AM-10PM with Flashlight Nights, Sun 1PM-7PM I love the picture above. It captures exactly what we strive for in all our work—that moment of pure joy. Mom and child zooming down the slide faces alight with glee. Maybe that's Dad watching and savoring the joy of the family as he, too, must have just had a wild, fun ride. It…
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21 Oct 2021

Footprints in the sand or it’s not really about pumpkins.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Join a thoughtful, thankful Farmer Hugh for a walk in the labyrinth. We finally had a day without a preschool tour, which is a little sad, but somewhat refreshing after going 7-days straight for a month and a half. I was walking through the Fun Park, making my list when I was captivated again by the labyrinth. I know, it doesn't seem like the most exciting attraction, but I just love it. It's calming, beautiful, and relaxing, so I walked in. As I walked, I realized that my collegiate daughter was walking through her most demanding semester, just as we were on our…
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13 Oct 2021

What I Learned on the Zero Turn.

Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
No shortage of pumpkins here! See what you want in this video fast, or enjoy the whole silliness :-)CLICK to watch, highlights on this one:-Pumpkins FIRST - Tons & Tons of Pumpkins!-Espresso Machine at 2:11 - Baltimore Coffee & Tea helped us set this up for REAL espresso!-Mega Slide at 4:19 - 1st-person view Plus the NEW tube eating Pumpkin conveyor... Farm, Maze & 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: Friday & Saturday 10AM-10PM with Flashlight Nights, Sun 1PM-7PM Like every business in America, we've been a little thin on staff this…
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07 Oct 2021

Over 50,000 pumpkins and 1,000,000 apples ripe at Maple Lawn Farms

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Do you like to get your money's worth?! This family when CRAZY with our flat-rate wagon deal, but that's OK, 'cause we have THOUSANDS more pumpkins in the patch! Farm, Maze & Winery Open Hours Pick-Your-Own: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, Columbus Day Monday, too! Farm Market: Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, Columbus Day Monday, too! Bakery: Fri-Sat 8AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, Columbus Day Monday, too! Winery: Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM Maize Quest: Friday & Saturday 10AM-10PM with Flashlight Nights, Sun 1PM-7PM, Columbus Day Monday 10AM-4PM It's Fall Y'all! My family from Atlanta (hence the "y'all") is visiting this weekend for the 25th Fall Harvest at Maple Lawn Farms and Maize…
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30 Sep 2021

Fear vs. the sunflower.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Get the BEST Tickets for the 25th Season of Maize Quest - CLICK HERE-->> Farm, Maze & 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: Friday & Saturday 10AM-10PM with Flashlight Nights, Sun 1PM-7PM Fearnounan unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.verbbe afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening. It is easy to be filled with fear these days. News contains fearful information. Cars could crash. You could get ripped off.…
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24 Sep 2021

Read for the story of Sand Monster. How does an attraction become reality?

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Get the BEST Tickets for the 25th Season of Maize Quest - CLICK HERE-->> Farm, Maze & 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: Saturday 10AM-4PM, Sun 1PM-6PM One of the joys of being "The Mazemaster" is working with the team to bring vision into reality. For all you kids out there, that simply means that we are taking an idea from our head, and creating it in some fashion in real life. How Sand Monster was born. We tore out our Step-over Maze this summer…
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21 Sep 2021

Tour de Pomme, a walk through the gigantic orchard.

Agritourism, Family Business, Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park, Seasonal Business
Tour de Pomme?! Click to watch Farmer Hugh tour 28-football fields of apples - You won't believe how many apples that is! Reds, Smoothee Golds, Empire, Jonee, Stayman, JonaGold, Macs, Fuji - yum yum yum!!! NO price increase for 2021! $28/half bu or just $24/half bu when you pick two or more! Get the BEST Tickets for the 25th Season of Maize Quest - CLICK HERE-->> Farm, Maze & 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: Saturday 10AM-4PM, Sun 1PM-6PM QUICK APPLE UPDATE: You might be planning your…
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16 Sep 2021

Before you know it

Agritourism, Family Business, Seasonal Business
How big is that pumpkin?! Click to watch Farmer Hugh tour the 9,000lbs-worth of pumpkins LIVE - and it's going to get silly... Summer Apples: Blondee, Fuji, Gala, Jonee, Empire, Smoothee Golds, Reds, Stayman, Jonagold are ALL ready and ALL the same price - NO price increase for 2021! $28/half bu or just $24/half bu when you pick two or more! Peaches are ENDING! Last yellow peaches rescued to the farm market, but we'll have a few this weekend. Farm, Maze & 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…
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