“He wanted to come back to Indiana, I was like, ‘Okay, I'm willing to go if you'll raise pumpkins,’” Linda said. There, he operated a small dairy and instilled a love of farming and the land in his son.Īfter they got married, Kevin and Linda moved around before finding themselves in Tennessee on her parents’ farm with the plan to stay a year and then make a decision for the future. He joined a family operation for a few years before buying what Kevin and Linda call the “home farm” in Franklin Township, Indiana. It started with Kevin’s father moving to the county they now call home in the 1950s. The outside world might know it as Cornucopia Farm, but Kevin and Linda simply call it their dream. The corn maze has been planted, the pumpkins are ripening on the vine, the mums have been equipped with an automatic watering system to cut down on labor and the sunflowers are waiting for rain before reaching toward the sky and blooming. Empty tables will soon be heaped with produce, farmhouse decorations are priced and hung, and the café is prepared to be stocked and turned into a bustle of activity. Getting Ready for Fallįamily photos decorate one wall inside the entrance of their building as it stands ready for the flood of autumn visitors. High tunnels full of ripening tomatoes and rows upon rows of potted mums line the right side of the road as the world outside the one the Bairds have created over the last three decades disappears. Photo by Brandon O’Connor, USDA.Ī painted roadside sign declaring this slice of heaven to be Cornucopia Farm lets you know you’re in the right place as you turn down the Bairds’ driveway. Kevin and Linda have built their farm into a flourishing fall travel destination. Kevin is the second generation in his family to farm this land, and his sons, Michael and Jared, plan to continue the tradition. Over the course of 30 years, the Bairds have built their farm from a two-acre pumpkin patch into a flourishing fall travel destination. Have a pancake breakfast with Santa, take a hayride to see the Christmas lights, take the kids to one of the “make and take” crafts, shop for the holidays at local stores, enjoy hot chocolate at one of the warming stations and end the weekend by watching the Lighted Christmas Parade.This Friday meet Kevin and Linda Baird, owners of Cornucopia Farm in Scottsburg, Indiana. Friday includes Community Christmas Performances, Candy Cane Lane, children’s carnival, games, hayrides, reindeer, visits with Santa, and the Winter Market. Pleasant Christmas Celebration will occur on Friday and Saturday, December 1 and 2. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists from England and the Native American Wampanoag people shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.” “Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2023 occurs on Thursday, November 23. As I took her through the neighborhood, adults who answered the door would snatch her up, give a delighted “Oh!” and take her indoors to meet other adults. As a tyke in Canoga Park, California, she was dressed as a tiny imp. After Nedra and I married, we had a daughter, Faline. I’ve enjoyed Halloween since, as a kid, I went door to door, encountering but not recognizing the ghosts, goblins, witches, and Super Heros who were out with me. We also have enough candy to satisfy the small army of Trick-or-Treaters that will descend on us on October 31st. Six days after the close of the Farmers’ Market comes the first in a series of wonderous end-of-year celebrations: Halloween! We’ve been decorated for a week now, with a mummy, bats, huge spiders and Jack-oh-lanterns. Pleasant Farmers’ Market $20 Double Up Daily Earning Limit and receive double the token value through the Double Up Food Bucks program. They are pleasant people who smile and chat with every client. This may be because I express interest in them and their produce. I come as often as possible and many of the dealers know me by name. There have been 51 vendors from across the state, such as Abby’s Baked Goods from Malcolm County, Beck’s Bees from Gratiot County, Crazy Vines Winery from Midland County, Papa’s Pumpkin Patch from Isabella County, Winged Spur Farm from Mecosta County … you get the idea. Throughout the summer and early autumn it has been the place to find the freshest local vegetables, fruits, seafood, flowers, baked and canned goods, fresh-cooked meals, and snacks. 25, 2023, at the pavilion in Island Park, 331 N Main St, Mount Pleasant, from, 7:30 a.m. The final Farmers’ Market will be held on Thursday, Oct. Whistling aloud by guess, to flocks they cannot see …įrom” The Shepherd’s Calendar” by John Clare.
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