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Around town looks for apples and a pumpkin patch
Before celebrating everything pumpkin remember how fall has also been the time to go apple picking.
So, think country drive. A lot of apple orchards have given way to subdivisions and shopping centers but there are still a few surrounding metropolitan Chicago.
Among them is Royal Oak Farm in northwestern Harvard, IL at 15908 Hebron Rd. There’s apple picking and other activities outside and fudge to get inside. Call (815) 648-4141 for more information.
Or closer to Chicago go over to Long Grove, IL the weekend of Sept. 20 for the village’s famed Apple Fest. The event spreads out apple and other food tables downtown plus has three band stages.
Hours: September 20, noon to 11 p.m., September 21, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and September 22, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For pumpkin picking, corn maze, rides, fudge and finding great fall items go over to Didier Farms, 16678 Aptakisic Rd. Lincolnshire for its Pumpkin Fest, Sept. 12-Oct. 27.
There’s a lot to do and get figure spending time outdoors and in the shop.
