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The 2012 apple picking season has ended at The Big Apple farm in Wrentham, Mass., but the crowds are still packing the place. We just returned from The Big Apple and wall-to-wall people stood in line at the farm stand to buy bags of apples, as well as pumpkins,...
The Epiphany Parish of Walpole Pumpkin Patch is an amazing sight. Juxtaposed with a classic New England town common in downtown Walpole, Mass., the Pumpkin Patch features thousands of pumpkins for sale. Everywhere you look, it’s orange! We enjoy buying our pumpkins here — not only for Halloween, but...
The Thrifty New England Traveler’s top 10 reasons to visit an apple orchard in New England this fall: 10. No Gronk Flakes are sold at apple orchards. 9. The cool, crisp fall air is a nice alternative to all the hot air coming from the election year. 8. The...
Many regard fall in New England as the best of the four distinct northeast seasons, and we are no exception. We so much look forward to the fall foliage, apple picking, corn mazes, harvest festivals, pumpkin festivals and patches, and apple cider and cider donuts! We are lifelong New...
VisitMaine just tipped us on a corn maze that goes beyond your basic garden-variety corn maze… The Big Adventure Corn Maze at Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls features a video at the entrance and clue stations at its 10-acre corn maze. That’s a pretty big corn maze! You...
Source: visitingnewengland.com via Visiting on Pinterest Touring the New England fall foliage season on the web just confirms that it sure is a great thing to live in the 21st century. Of course, looking at New England fall pictures online obviously cannot compare to the real thing, but, without...
Thank goodness the barn door never closed on the family-owned Cook’s Valley Farm in Wrentham, Mass. With farming in the Cook family dating back to 1664, this ancient, welcoming farm stand certainly looks weathered, but that doesn’t matter — the real draw here is in the produce. Unlike some...