May 4-6 in the Valley

Lots to see and do in the Scenic Weeping Water Valley this weekend!  The first-annual Quilt Show at the Bess Streeter Aldrich House (204 East F St., Elmwood) starts May 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and continues May 6, 2-5 p.m.  Admission is $5 adults, $3 for children ages 6-12, and free for those 5 & under.  Collections of members of the Oxbow Quilters will be displayed throughout the historic home.  Also pick up a map for the twelve stops on the Cass County Barn Quilt tour, and while you're exploring the countryside treat yourself to a stop at Dean & Judy's Iris Patch,  28617 Fletcher Ave., rural Elmwood.   

The city-wide garage sales in Weeping Water are May 4 & 5.  Click here for the Google map of sales.  The shops and dining establishments in and around Weeping Water will be open for refreshment and even MORE shopping after your bargain hunt. 

Check out our Calendar of Events page for more upcoming events.  Hope to see you soon in the Valley! 

2012 Spring Into the Valley Passport

Get your Spring into the Valley Passports now!  Escape the city and win up to $200 in Valley Bucks!

Spring "Get Lost in the Valley" Dates Announced!

We are excited to announce that the next "Get Lost in the Valley" promotion will be Apr. 21-29, 2012. This correspondes with Earth Week and Arbor Day, and our member businesses and attractions are planning many fun events and specials to entice you to Visit The Valley and then "Get Lost"!

Watch this space for more details coming soon. Sign up for our Facebook page to get the latest news and announcements.

Happy Spring!

2011 Cemetery Scavenger Hunt

Weeping Water Fall Festival

Fall Festival Show N Shine

From Bloom Where You're Planted Farm's blog at www.LocalHarvest.org

Now that August has arrived, we can say "The Pumpkin Festival starts next month!" This is a very exciting but somewhat frightening time at our southeast Nebraska pumpkin patch. While we love fall and can't wait to start seeing our customers' smiling faces at the farm, we still have quite a bit on our "to-do" list! But, for the most part we enjoy the pressure and looming deadline, and knowing our months of hard work will be worth it when the first customers of the season begin arriving on opening day, Sept. 17th!

The pumpkins, squash and gourds are growing by leaps and bounds! They're now all flowering and putting on fruit, and the pumpkins that fruited early have softball to volleyball-sized pumpkins on their vines. A big windstorm came through 7/23 which brought down lots of tree limbs and a few dead trees, but thankfully all the plants and farm animals were fine. We're now working on the new overhang on the south side of the barn. This will be used for our admissions and pumpkin weighing stations, as well as retail space. It's being built with reclaimed lumber from a barn we took down and wood from a friend's corn crib, and is coming together nicely.

The Cass County fair starts next week (Aug. 9) and we'll be represented at the Scenic Weeping Water Valley Association's booth in the commercial building. Stop by to pick up one of our new brochures. We're also planning to take our float through the parade Saturday evening.

I'm feverishly ordering gift shop merchandise and working on lots of marketing these days. Our first field trips of the season are on the books. Now is the time to make your field trip, birthday party, or campfire party reservations. There's just over five weeks to go, and we'll plan on seeing you soon at the farm!