Apple Orchards

As fall blows into Illinois, there's no better time of year to visit pumpkin patches than right now.

Illinois summer lovers will tell you that deep down, they can't wait for a fall trip to an apple orchard. We're blessed to have some great orchards so close.

As soon as September rolls around in Illinois, it's like a switch is flipped and pumpkin spice enthusiasts come out from summer hibernation.

Actress Melissa Gilbert recently visited Edwards Apple Orchard in Poplar Grove, Illinois, and gave it a GLOWING review!

Fall seems to be the season most of us think we'll start exercising to lose the summer excess, but hold on, not so fast. You have to get a sack of donuts first.

Kiss your spider problem goodbye with the natural insect-repelling power of hedge apples this Fall.

Cider donuts are as synonymous with fall as an orange leaf falling from a tree. The much-loved snack is now available as a cupcake and we're already drooling.

If you're looking for the ultimate pumpkin patch or farm fall experience, whatever you want to call it, there's a hidden gem in mid-Illinois you need to visit.

I was today years old when I learned that a lot of Illinois apple orchards sell the answer to all your spiders-in-my-house woes.

All this time visiting apple orchards, sipping on cider, eating donuts, picking apples and other goodies to bring home and I've been missing one great thing.