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GEORGETOWN,
Ky. — Kevan Evans has added a big slide, straw castle,
corn maze and animal events to entertain the children
for this fall's festival at his farm and orchard.
But
the pumpkins, apples and cider are still the main draw
at Evans Orchard and other farms owned by Kentucky Proud
producers throughout the Commonwealth. For a
complete list, click on the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's
Web site at www.kyagr.com , select
“Buy Kentucky products,” and type “pumpkin” in the search
field.
Timely
summer rains made this one of the most productive seasons
in recent years, Evans said. His fields are loaded with
ripe pumpkins averaging 20 to 22 pounds, up from the
typical 15 pounds, meaning much larger jack-o'-lanterns
for Halloween this year.
Evans
Orchard & Cider Mill has a country store, a large
play castle made of bales of straw and a huge slide
where pre-schoolers from Southern Hills Methodist Church
in Lexington were drawn earlier this month. (See
photos at kyagr.com) The orchard is on Stone Road,
just east of where Stone Road intersects with Newtown
Pike (Ky. 922), east of Georgetown and north of Lexington.
Evans
will host special activities each weekend in October
beginning Saturday, Oct. 2, when pets are invited for
a 5K race and fun walk on the farm. Police dogs and
Frisbee-catching dogs will add to the attraction. Weekend
hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. EDT Saturdays and 1-6 p.m.
Sundays. For full details, see http://www.evansorchard.com/
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