A view of Sweetapple Farm. (Photo by Ashley Knight)

VINCENT — Sweetapple Farm, a family farm at 149 Sweetapple Road, attracts visitors from all around.

The farm brings families together during the fall season, from its corn maze games to its build-a-scarecrow experience.

The family atmosphere doesn’t stop there, the farm is run by the Barrett family, with owner Mona Barrett and her family running the farm for 23 years.

“We have many families that come back year after year, it’s so good,” said Barrett.

This year’s theme is the Itsy Bitsy Spider, “it’s to teach how spiders and other insects affect farming and land,” she said.

The side view of the main area of the farm. (Photo by Ashley Knight)

The farm does a variety of activities and rentals for parties, weddings and overnights in the farmhouse making this attraction available to many facets of enjoyment for its visitors.

“We have our own grass-fed beef,” said Barrett speaking of the food provided in the country store on the farm, where they sell everything from apples, jams and jellies, t-shirts and hats to hot food and cider.

“I love what I do,” she said. “It’s wonderful, and we love our people that come here. There are so many that tell us ‘we come every year,’ and they come from all around to see us. We have had people come from Cambridge, Mineral Wells, Ritchie County, W.Va., and farther.”

After Mona’s husband Jim died, she decided to expand the pumpkin patch to create a place for people to come and experience the autumn harvest time, what used to be a dairy farm is now what is known as the Sweetapple Farm, deriving its name from their very first dairy cow.

Farm admission is $7 per person ages 2 and up. Farm admission includes the corn maze (three games in the maze to play), animal areas, kids-hay-maze, wooden milking cows, garden areas with giant xylophone, rhythm garden, giant bird nests, and photo opportunities.

Aerial view of the corn maze and the design created and carved in by the whole family. (Photo Provided)

The pumpkin paintings are $4 and include a pie-sized pumpkin. Pine cone bird feeders are $2, make-your-own scarecrows cost $13.99 and have everything to make a life-sized scarecrow to take home, and hayride tickets are $4 each for a 25-minute ride.

The farm does have handicap-accessible parking, but it also accepts drop-offs at the check-in station at the front; the hayride wagon is also handicap-accessible. More information about Sweetapple Farm can be found by going to its website sweetapplefarm.com or contacting them directly at 740-678-7447. The season closes for this year on Oct. 23.

Ashley Knight can be reached at aknight@mariettatimes.com.

The pumpkin display at the front entrance. (Photo by Ashley Knight)

Mona Barrett organizes the shirts inside of the store in the main barn. (Photo by Ashley Knight)

Hay maze and the wooden cows that are in the county fair every year. (Photo by Ashley Knight)