Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Farm Market

Today we went 
to a local farm we hadn't been to before
The Apple Country Farm Market







   From their website                          
 At ACFM, the apple harvest season                                                                                                                            begins in early September and runs                                                                                                                                                            
through November. In addition to the large                                                                                                             variety of apples we offer, 


ACFM also produces                                                                           
 fresh cider from apples that are smaller, poorly colored,                                                                                               and less eye-appealing. To enhance the flavor                                                                                                                  of our cider, a special blend of apples is used.                                                                                                                All apples are washed thoroughly                                                                                                                              before being ground and pressed                                                                                                                                       to produce an all-natural product.                                                                                                                                      No preservatives are added.


Honey
Here at Apple Country Farm Market,     
  we maintain our own bee hives to  produce for you                                                                                                  the freshest honey possible. Our available  
     honey  varieties change seasonally                                                                                                                                             from apple blossom honey to pumpkin  honey.


Jams, Jellies and More…

           On the main floor of ACFM’s Country Store,  visitors                                                                                will find a large variety of delicious jams, jellies, preserves,                                                                                   apple  butter, pumpkin butter, relishes, salad dressings,                                                                                      Ohio syrups, Amish  noodles, and sauces.



Crafts and Gifts
The store’s Barn Loft
open mid-May through December,                                                                           
                               is home to a  unique display of 
holiday gift and craft items                                                                                                        including candles, baskets, 
 tins and much more..


A peanut pumpkin


looks like peanuts on the outside

Fall Fun at the Farm

In addition to the corn maize 
  ACFM offers other family-friendly 
and farm fresh activities                                                                      
 Throughout the farm                                                                                                                                     you will find Photo Op props                                                                                                                                               bring your camera                                                                                                                                                   and take lots of pictures!



Pick your own pumpkins

 Pumpkin painting


 Scarecrow building 
Cow Train
Mini-maze (popular with small children)
 Pumpkin Launcher demonstrations
Farmyard play area


Tractor-drawn hayrides  
 Campfires


 Petting animals
Popeye




The Cornfield Maze Adventure 
opens September 5, 2010

Hours:  Fridays  5-9:30pm  

 Saturdays 1-9:30pm  
 Sundays 1-7pm
Flashlight Nights at the Maze: 

 Fridays & Saturdays ???

 

It’s 9 acres of corn stalks
 carved into a maze!
One Lookout Tower 
and two Lookout Bridges
give you the opportunity 
to see out over the maze.
We have nine stations
with questions to 
be answered (fun facts)
and the correct answers 
will help guide
you through the corn.  
It’s a challenge
to “kids” of all ages 
— from 2 to 92!


The best part of the trip
Apple Cider Slushie $1.25






Sunday, September 26, 2010

Chocolate Roses

















Aren't they beautiful?

Monday, July 26, 2010

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Savage Garden Sculptures

The Franklin Conservatory
is having their 
Savage Gardens
Exhibition
Among the plants
are 
sculptures
and interactive displays
I couldn't believe this glass sculpture over the trellis


















This is a huge faux Venus Fly Trap
When you stand it in you
can experience what a fly
does when its trapped
there were sounds etc






My dtr Devon
and her BF Chad






this was in the Desert Room








it sort of reminded me of 
Little Shop of Horrors
"Feed Me"






Huge Pitcher Plants
in the bogs
all around these huge sculptures
are various pitcher plants












This Venus Fly Trap 
is interactive
you push the buttons and it snaps






The following
were displayed in the gallery

















The colored items are balloons
and the sacks are pantyhose type material














Larry Hamill
"Jack"
Can you see the" fangs?"