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Bring the Family
Who: Living editor Steve Greenlee, his wife, and their three kids (ages 7-10)
What: Navigating a corn maze
Where: Sauchuk Farm, Plympton
They say getting lost is half the fun. Sometimes it’s the whole point.
Last weekend many of the farms in New England opened their corn mazes for the season (is it me or are more farms carving grand designs into the maize fields every year?). We drove to Sauchuk Farm in Plympton, paid the fee ($8 for adults, $6 for kids 4-11), and headed into the stalks.
Sauchuk’s maze is among the tamer and less daunting. Seriously, no one’s going to get too confused in here, so it’s just right for the smallest kids. Teenagers, on the other hand, may want something more challenging. It took us barely half an hour to find our way out, and we never resorted to peeking at the clues that were offered along the way. (The Davis Mega Maze in Sterling is supposed to be the largest in New England, and we’ve heard good things about the Marini Farm maze in Ipswich.)
Sauchuk Farm has some additional attractions, including a hayride, a pick-your-own-pumpkin patch, and a corn cannon. A what? OK, here is where this particular family had the most fun. The corn cannon is your basic old-fashioned potato gun. One of the fellows who works at the farm shoved a piece of corn cob into a metal tube, released a small amount of propane into the mechanism, and invited us to aim toward an open field and press the button. The corn cob shot into the air, sailing at least 100 yards. If the cob lands in one of the barrels out in the field, you win a pumpkin. We didn’t win one (despite getting five tries apiece), but we sure had fun trying.
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