Farm & Orchard
How to Make a Peck of Apples Last Until February
Apples ripen four times faster at 50°F than at 32°F. How to store a half bushel so it’s still crisp in February.
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From the Farm
The Harvest Hills Blog
Farm stories, fall guides, wedding planning tips, and the occasional pig update. Pull up a hay bale.
Farm & Garden
What to Plant in October in Northern Wisconsin (Yes, There Is Still Time)
Garlic won’t bulb without a winter first. What to plant now, how deep it goes, and the straw step most people skip.
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Teachers & Groups
Planning a Farm Field Trip: A Teacher’s Guide to Getting It Right
Costs, booking, the 90-minute tour, what to send home to parents, and free classroom resources to make it count.
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Farm & Orchard
The First Frost: What Everybody on a Farm Is Watching For
Frost vs. freeze, why it can frost at 36 degrees, which crops get sweeter, and what to cover the night the forecast drops.
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Halloween
Costume Planning Starts Now (and What to Do With Last Year's)
How to pick a costume that survives a Wisconsin October, plus our free Costume Exchange on October 1.
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Pumpkin Care
Your Pumpkins Are Rotting for One of Two Reasons
Moisture or a wound — usually both. How to tell which one is getting yours, and how to pick a pumpkin that makes it to November.
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Recipes & Food
The Flannel-and-Cider Snack Board (Plus Two Cider Drinks Worth Making)
A fifteen-minute fall board with a formula that always works, plus hot mulled cider and a bourbon version.
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Farm & Orchard
Wisconsin Apple Varieties: Eat, Bake, or Never Put in a Pie
What ripens when, which apples hold their shape in a pie, and which ones fall apart on purpose.
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Fall Decorating
How to Keep Your Mums Alive Past Halloween
Watering, buds vs. blooms, frost nights, and how to keep your pumpkins from turning to soup.
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Season Guide
Fall at Midwest Harvest Hills: Your 2026 Season Guide
Hours, admission, themed weekends, the petting farm crew, and what's cooking at the Eats and Treats window.
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Fall Guide
25 Things to Do at a Wisconsin Pumpkin Patch This Fall
Your complete fall bucket list — from the classic photo ops to the hidden gems most visitors walk right past.
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Weddings
10 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Barn Wedding Venue
The questions that save couples money, stress, and surprises — from a venue that answers them every week.
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How-To
Pumpkin Picking 101: Choose, Carve & Keep It Fresh
How to spot a winner in the patch, carve it like a pro, and keep it from turning to mush by Halloween.
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Fall Decor
The Pumpkin & Mum Formula: Porch Decorating That Looks Professional
Three heights, three textures, one color story — the farmer-approved formula behind every porch that stops traffic.
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Recipes
5 Ways to Use Apples This Fall (+ Our Apple Crisp Recipe)
Crisp, pie, salsa, chips, and apple butter — the five things we make every fall, with the full crisp recipe.
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You Picked a Peck of Apples. Now What? 15 Ideas Worth the Trip
From classic pie to apple cheddar grilled cheese — a game plan for every last apple in the bag.
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Photo Tips
How to Nail Your Fall Family Photos
Five decisions that matter more than your camera — from a farm that watches hundreds of photo sessions every fall.
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Weddings
5 Barn Wedding Color Palettes That Work Every Time
The barn comes pre-decorated — here are the five palettes that agree with it, and the one rule for choosing yours.
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Entertaining
How to Host a Caramel Apple Bar
The party trick nobody forgets — a 15-minute setup, the toppings that disappear first, and the three mistakes to skip.
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Family Fun
The Free Fall Bucket List: 20 Traditions That Cost (Almost) Nothing
Leaf piles, soup Sundays, thankful jars — twenty autumn classics kids remember forever, no tickets required.
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