Where do apples, pumpkins, squash, pears, cider, pumpkin donuts, corn mazes, pony rides and vendor booths all turn up at once? At Green Bluff in the fall, that's where! This community of farms and orchards is located just a few miles north of Spokane, Washington. I try to get there every year, because it's such a beautiful place to visit. Two or three farms in that area go all out with attractions and activities, while many others simply sell their produce at stands or barns. Saturdays and Sundays are busiest, so this year my daughter and I chose to go on the first Friday of October; we were bringing along her infant daughter, and didn't feel like struggling with crowds and traffic jams.
Beck's Harvest House is the central attraction at Green Bluff. The grounds are beautiful, and the store and restaurant offer fun and tasty items. We weren't there at the right time to get in on the pumpkin donuts, which was sad. But we enjoyed bratwurst and pulled pork for lunch, sitting outdoors where we could enjoy the trees and flowers pictured above and below.
These flower pots were on the steps leading up to a small gazebo, where live music is performed on the weekends. Recorded music was playing while we were there, and little children were scampering up and down the steps, and dancing with great abandon on the platform. I would have taken a picture of them, but I didn't think their parents would want them to appear on Hive without permission.
The store offers a wide variety of produce, food, and gift items, including bulk tea, apple cider, wine, plaques and other decor items, aprons, soup packets, jelly, and much more.
Down the slope from the store/restaurant we found huge tents set up with all manner of fall produce for sale. This small display shows samples of almost everything available. More produce pictures follow.
I grew squash in my own garden, so didn't purchase any here. But we bought two of these cute little gourds for decor in my daughter's apartment.
Neither of us took any pictures of the apples or pears, but there were boxes stacked all over in one of the tents. We sampled a few varieties of each, and bought just a few to eat. We considered it to have been a successful outing!
