Fall Events: Farm Harvest Tour
Walk the fields with the people who actually farm them and taste what came off the vine this week. The scarecrow scavenger hunt stays up afterward if you want to keep wandering. Registration through Ticketleap.
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Fall Events: The Italian Bee
Master beekeepers Suzanne and Michael Luciano on what keeping hives actually takes, with beeswax, tools, honey from the farm and, weather allowing, a live observation hive. You leave with a pollinator plant list.
Fall Events: Autumn Archery
USA Archery instructors walk first timers through their opening shots, equipment included. Recommended for ages eight and up, two hours on a Saturday morning, and the farm stays open afterward.
Fall Events: Pumpkins and Pies
All you can eat pie tasting, pumpkin painting and guided visits with the farm animals across four afternoon hours. The scarecrow scavenger hunt is still running if the kids need somewhere to put the sugar.
Around the same time
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Last Tuesday scramble of September, eight until nine thirty at Liberty Boulevard. Twenty five dollars, clubs on hand, and the series keeps running into fall.
Bird Walk at Peter Wentz Farmstead
An early morning bird walk around the farmstead fields and hedgerows with the county's environmental educator. Free, but email Rebecca Blacketter to register before you go.