Top Farms to Visit this Fall

Get ready to pick up some pumpkins, jump on a hay ride, and sip some apple cider, it's fall, and here's a list of some of the top Long Island farms to visit.

Schmitt’s Family Farm
29 Pinelawn Rd, Melville
Schmitt’s offers a hay pyramid (for climbing and sliding down), a corn maze, wagon ride and farm tour, farm animals, and having nothing to do with Halloween or Fall, a pirate ship themed playground (a favorite of my kids). Schmitt’s also has one of the most well-organized pre-picked fields of pumpkins, with the pumpkins organized by size. By the way, for grown ups only: Schmitt’s also offers one of Long Island’s spookiest Haunted Houses and a Haunted Corn Maze at night.


White Post Farms
250 Old Country Rd, Melville
Enjoy a Fall Farm Festival at White Post Farms. Offering sing-a-long hayrides, a stage performance that allows your kids to preform in, pony rides, kids karaoke, games and activities for your kids to play, White Post is one of the most popular and biggest Fall farms. Plan a full day at White Post though, if for no other reason, you’ll spend an hour trying to peel your child out of the bouncy-houses.


Hicks
100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury
More nursery than Farm, Hicks is probably the closest and simplest alternative for city-folk. A friendly “Otto the Ghost” adventure tour, a horse drawn hay ride, children's story hours, and a small petting zoo all add to less spooky and more friendly atmosphere, which makes Hicks one of the best spots for younger children to visit. They have bins of pre-picked pumpkins and an easy to find and get to location.

Fritz Lewin Farms
1989 Sound Avenue, Calverton
If your definition of “pumpkin picking” means actually going into a pumpkin field and picking a pumpkin from the vine, this is the best (and one of the only) spots. This time of year you can also find all kinds of vegetables to pick plus apples and some other fruits.
source: 10/4/10 http://mommypoppins.com/ny-kids/pumpkin-picking-and-fall-farm-festivals-in-long-island



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