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Photo courtesy of Goebbert's Farm. Ages 5 and up Designed for school-aged children, this 10-room haunted house makes a scary ...

One especially unique feature: Miniature golf is also included in your admission! Goebbert's Farm photo by Ryan Dickey, via ...

Old MacDonald had a farm, Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O, And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O, With a 'moo moo' here and a 'moo moo' there, Here a 'moo', there a 'moo', everywhere a 'moo ...

“If you’re seeking fall activities without the crowds or hefty price tags, this is a must-visit,” says local mom Cheryl Eugenio, who visited the Northern Illinois farm this fall with her family. “It ...

Glass Pumpkin Patch: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Oct. 11-13, at Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Shop from over 7,000 one-of-a-kind glass pumpkins and watch glassblowing ...

That’s why one of the first things your Minecraft base should have is a farm or two. If you’re just starting out building your first Minecraft farm, here’s exactly what you need from start ...

You can start your farm almost anywhere in the world, from Asia, to America, to Central Europe – the world is your oyster. New crop additions take the total variety of crops to (appropriately ...

Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns: 6:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, Oct. 16-20 and 23-27, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. See hand-carved, LED-lit jack-o ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures ...

The rest goes for costs beyond the farm gate: wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution. 30% of all farmers are beginning farmers (in business less ...

Listen all around: farmyard sounds. Individual sounds: cow, pig, sheep. Rhyme/song I went to visit a farm one day I saw a cow across the way And what do you think I heard it say? Moo moo moo!