Welcome to Fall at McDonald's Greenhouse!

As always, we are "Growing to Serve You!" This was the oddest of spring seasons. 2010 was a dry, early season where farmers got their fields planted by the end of April. In 2011, we were just getting in the fields at the middle of May. Thankfully, we had the corn maze, other corn and 17 acres of pumpkins planted by early June. We finished up right on schedule. Now, the good Lord will water and water and water the seeds.

We are hosting summer day camps and preschools right now. It's a much slower-paced field trip, with one-on-one agricultural education from James "Old" McDonald himself. James is serving his third term as Muskingum County Farm Bureau President, and really enjoying the experience. He is very eager for every chance to promote agriculture and teach others how food gets to our tables.

We have eight honey bee hives which pollenate our pumpkins. Honey bees increase a pumpkin crop's yield by 40%! We can't risk not having lots of bees, even if we get stung now and then. We just hope they are generous with their honey. We take the honey off of the hives each Labor Day weekend - call to watch (and help) if you are interested!

As always, we want to bring the farm to the consumers. Please stop by to ask a question or see a farming practice in action. We love to share our love of the land!

Saturday, October 1
Fall Foliage Rides ... a ride on the Lorena Sternwheeler ... full details 
"An A-Maze-ing Ride"
Each rider will receive a coupon for a buy one admission get one free to McDonald’s Corn Maze
Public Ride 2:00 – 3:00
Public Ride 3:30 – 4:30

We now accept MasterCard, Visa, and Discover.