Touring Bayfield Orchards during the The Fall Harvest & Scarecrow Festival - Bayfield, Wisconsin
June through October, Bayfield area orchards offer fresh picked berries, cherries, pears, apples, vegetables and all the products made with these locally grown produce - ciders, jellies, jams, pies, mustards, maple syrup and more.
The entrance to Blue Vista Farm, one of several orchards in the highlands of the Bayfield Peninsula
Fall, September through October, is one of our favorite times of year to tour the orchards. This is when apples are season and the fall colors are out. In year's past we've caught both during Bayfield's famous Apple Festival (traditionally the first weekend in October) but in 2006 we decided to stop by a week early to avoid some of the crowds. A bonus was also catching the Scarecrow Festival.
The orchards, area artisans, local businesses, and families all compete to create interesting, unique, and fun scarecrows to decorate the town and the region surrounding the town of Bayfield. The festival runs from mid-September to the end of October (2012 Fall Festival will run from Sept 1st through October 16th )
Bayfield Orchard Tour Map > > >
 More info on the 2012 Fall Harvest Festival
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< < < Fall color at Highland Valley Farms on Valley Road.
Apple Hill Farm is at the corner of County J and County I |
Some Scenes from the 2008 Orchard & Scarecrow Tour |
Our first stop was Rabideaux's Orchard.
In addition to fresh-picked apples, they also offer pick-your-own which attracted a flock of people to their fields to have some fun and save some money at the same time.
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Our next stop was at the Bayfield Apple Company - whose scarecrow "Sunny the Sounder" welcomed visitors to their shop. We know their products through gift baskets at Wisconsinmade.com and sampling their tasty apple butter and apple mustard at the Mt. Horeb Mustard Museum.
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< < < Jo looks over the selections in the retail-gift shop.
< < < We found a new mustard that tastes terrific - Deviled Red Currant Mustard.
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You can see Lake Superior from the Hayloft at Hauser's Superior View Farm
"Kids on the Farm" welcome visitors. |
< < < Hauser's Apple Tasting table.
< < < Scott Hauser (background) pours samples of his excellent apple and berry wines while Jo (foreground right) ponders the sample she just tasted.
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< < < Erickson Orchards' "Scarecrow on the Web" won 2nd place in its category.
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"Honey Bear" hawks some apples from Sunset Valley Orchards. > > > |
Although there is no Scarecrow contest and tour this year, the Bayfield Chamber is hosting a Scarecrow Workshop on Sept 17th
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Go here for more Information on Bayfield Orchards
Go here weekly Fall Harvest Update at Bayfield Orchards
This covers all the current apple varieties and produce that the local orchards are selling
Go here for Fall Harvest Schedule & Promotions
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Pictures and information about the Bayfield Apple Festival
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