Kaw Valley Farm Tour Opens Doors to 22 Farms in Oct Event
The eighth annual self guided Kaw Valley Farm Tour runs October 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Twenty two area farms invite visitors to meet producers and enjoy hayrack rides apple picking and close encounters with alpacas cows pigs and goats Gieringers Orchard Edgerton joins as a first time stop offering tours of 1000 plus peach trees a pick your own blackberry patch and a soon to be strawberry field with over 16000 plants and tomatoes and corn already harvested for the year work includes viewing peppers as the season nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Gieringers
W. 183Rd St
Edgerton
Frank
Melanie Gieringer
Brice Wiswell
Gieringer family grows peaches and produce at multiple markets
Frank Gieringer, a former city boy, left pork and crop farming to plant peach trees in 2001 and expand to other produce. The family sells fruit and vegetables at Olathe and Overland Park Farmers Markets and from their on farm store, plus Lawrence Farmers Market in season, drawing many grandparents to their peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Gieringers
Olathe
Overland Park
Lawrence Farmers’ Market
Kaw Valley Farm Tour Debuts New Participants At Local Farms
White Tail Run Winery in Edgerton joins Kaw Valley Farm Tour along with grandchildren during pick your own season. Dan Fuller explains vineyard tours while visitors tour 22 farms. Tickets are $10 per carload with advance sales at local outlets and online. Proceeds fund tour organization and materials. Jennifer Smith, K-State Extension, notes gardening resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiswell
Gieringers
White Tail Run Winery
Edgerton
White Tail
Dan Fuller
Merc
Iowa
Lawrence
N. Second St
Cottin’s Hardware & Rental
Mass
Lawrence Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
Jennifer Smith
K-State Research and Extension
Douglas County
Sunflower.com
Ad Astra Alpacas
K-State Research & Extension
Amy's Meats Olathe Research Center
Blossom Trail Bee Ranch
Knapp Family Farms
BlueJacket Crossing
Lamborn Farm
Landeria Farm
Crum’s
LII Tree
Davenport
Pendleton’s
Schwinn Produce
Fieldstone
Screamin’ Oaks
Vertacnik
Holy Field
Holy Field Vineyard
Vesecky Family Farms
Lwig Family Dairy
White Tail Run
Juniper Hill Farms
Vintage technology chairs and Japan teacup set at auction
Skinner Auctioneers sold a Dr Byrne medical examination chair labeled by S Betz Co Chicago and marked Model 1901 Prof AH Ferguson for 475. A child size green lusterware tea set from Japan with flowers could fetch 35 to 50. Woodstock posters vary in value with Byrd originals at high prices and Skolnick versions near mint selling for 1156.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Jennifer Smith Smithjen
Ksu
Fuller
Kovel
White Lake
N.Y
Arnold Skolnick
David Edward Byrd
Byrd
Skolnick
Woodstock
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!