So your kids want a pumpkin and you would like some apples for fall baking? Instead of buying them in the grocery store, make a day of it with the kids at Cestari Farm's Annual Pumpkin Fest in Augusta County. The weekends of Oct. 13-14 and Oct. 20-21 will find locals and those from outside the area joining in the fun of a real, live sheep farm.What can you expect to find at the Pumpkin Fest?
- Pumpkin Patch: A ride on the hay wagon will get you to the pumpkin patch where you can pick your own big fat orange pumpkin for jack-o-lanterns or pies. Or, if you don't want to peruse the patch, you can purchase an already-picked pumpkin at the barn.
- Pumpkin Games: Pumpkin Chucking, Pumpkin Rolling
- Corn Maze: Roam the maze and see if you can get lost in the pathways that wind through the cornstalks. As a child I used to love to run down the rows of cornstalks on my grandparents' farm; not I can roam through them in a quest to find the way out.
- The Haunted Barn: Ooooo ... three levels of "spookiness" -- mild, medium, and "real scary" -- are waiting for anyone willing to test their fortitude against the ghosts of the barn. Designed by the ShenanArts players, a local drama company, it is sure to be a treat for all.
- Games: Musical straw bales, costume contests
- Feed the Sheep: This is, after all, a working sheep farm that produces wool products. Some of the sheep will be in a pen area for youngsters to feed.
- Homemade food including apple dumplings, pastries, more
All of this in a setting that is God's country otherwise known as Augusta County ... mountains in the background, red barn and fields of corn and pumpkins. Come see the fall mountains and enjoy Pumpkin Fest in the Valley!
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