2022 Calendar of Events

Having Family Fun since 1971!  
Our family is celebrating
50 years as stewards of The Country Mill which has been facilitating
family fun on the farm and feeding families since the mid-1800s.

​​Thanksgiving - July 27, 2022: Weddings, Receptions and Special Events!  The Farm Market is closed during this time, but Apple Wine, Hard Cider, frozen sweet cider, DocCherry, and other market items are available by appointment please call or email if you would like something.  Thank you.

March TBD, 2022 at 6:30pm (Virtual ONLY): FREE PRUNING WORKSHOP online from the orchard sponsored by Eaton County Conservation District.  This complimentary, session offers the home gardeners the opportunity to learn or freshen up their fruit tree pruning skills.  click on the link to register for the zoom meeting:  www.facebook.com/events/462779468245576/

July 27, 2022-early August  (Open Wednesday-Saturday Only)   PICK YOUR OWN BLUEBERRIES at our patch on OTTO ROAD until mid-August.  Not all the berries ripen at once so it is important to pick only the dark blue and black blueberries.  Due to popular demand, berries are being picked quickly as they ripen.    PICK YOUR OWN APPLES & PEACHES  may start approximately August 15th.  We are also offering pre picked blueberries, peaches, and apples. ​ Call or check Facebook for exact varieties and dates.  BLUEBERRY DONUTS are made fresh daily.  Frozen cider is available in late July  with fresh pressed cider starting by mid-August.  Beginning in Late July our hours will be: Tuesday- Saturday 9 am - 6 pm and Sunday 11am-6pm.
​***COVID Update*** This calendar is being updated due to the ongoing changing situation with COVID-19.  Harvest of essential food products will continue.  Petting zoo & horse rides are TBD in 2022 due to current regulations. Thank you for your understanding.  

August:   Come inside our air conditioned farm market to enjoy special blueberry donuts, cider slushes, blueberry jam and more.    Early apple picking along with the farm market are open from 9 am - 6 pm.  Check Facebook or call for specifics on the blueberry and apple picking schedule. 
Open Wednesday- Saturday 9 am - 6 pm 

Saturday, August 6, 2022:   Country Mill Orchard Wine Run 5K:  This is a family friendly event.   An exciting race that ends with a sample of a  great assortment of Country Mill wines or a no alcohol option of sweet cider!  With registration options for all wine lovers and runners, this race is a sure thing for a great time! This race is timed and scored by J3 Timing.  Results will be posted at www.J3Timing.com.  Run, Walk, or Just Join us for the Wine Tasting!  All events start at 9:00am   5K Run/Walk:  The course includes a beautiful scenic route through the woods and winds through the orchard for a rustic and unique 5k experience!  Finishers swag includes: medal, souvenir wine glass with a sample of wine or sweet cider, and race t-shirt,  Register at:  https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Charlotte/PeoriaWineRun5k?raceRefCode=ud9ooPtO

September Weekdays & Weekends (Open Tuesday-Sunday),  Apple and Pumpkin picking
                                                                                                                                                  available while open.

Saturday, September 3:  Try out our corn maze for $3 per person.  You can also pick your own apples off the tree.  Fresh cider, donuts, apples and baked goods are all available inside the farm market.  

Sunday, September 4: FREE FAMILY PHOTO SHOOT at the orchard from 2-4 pm.  Show up with the people you love to create a fantastic fall memory.  Professional photographer Jennifer Gusey will take your photos and then post the digital photo on Facebook by September 13th.  You can then download  it to use.    Try out our corn maze for $3 per person. You can also pick your own apples off the tree.  Fresh cider, donuts, apples and baked goods are all available inside the farm market.  

Saturday, September 10th:  Apple Picking and Pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) all from Noon-5 pm.   Each of those activities are only $3 per each or $10 for the wristband. 

Sunday, September 11th: Train Wagon Rides to the Orchard Noon-5 pm.  Apple Picking & Pumpkin picking from 11 am - 6 pm.    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride,  Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80minutes) all from Noon-5 pm.     Apple Picking & Pumpkin picking from 11 am -6 pm.

Saturday, September 17th:   Apple Picking and Pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) all from Noon-5 pm.   

Sunday, September 18th:    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride,  Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) all from Noon-5 pm.     Apple Picking & Pumpkin picking from 11 am -6 pm.

Wednesday, September 21nd:  Come enjoy a memorable tour of our apple orchard and pumpkin patch.  From toddlers to senior citizens, we will customize your tour to peak the interest of our group.  Individual families or groups can enter the market on their own before or after their tour.  Perfect trip for Homeschooling families and After school clubs!  Check in 4:15 PM inside the Farm Market,
Tour begins at 4:30 PM and concludes at 5:45PM.  Tours are $6/guest (guests under 1 year old are free).  
For more information www.countrymillfarms.com/tours--fieldtrips.html  
Contact us via the field trip form if you have further questions.

 ​Saturday, September 24th:    Apple Picking & Pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.  Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80minutes) Noon-5 PM.  

Sunday, September 25th: Enjoy performances by the Dance Studio from 2-3pm.    Apple Picking  & Pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.   Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride,  Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80minutes) Noon-5PM.  

Wednesday, September 28th:  Come enjoy a memorable tour of our apple orchard and pumpkin patch.  From toddlers to senior citizens, we will customize your tour to peak the interest of our group.  Individual families or groups can enter the market on their own before or after their tour.  Perfect trip for Homeschooling families and After school clubs!  Check in 4:15 PM inside the Farm Market,
Tour begins at 4:30 PM and concludes at 5:45PM.  Tours are $6/guest (guests under 1 year old are free).  
​For more information www.countrymillfarms.com/tours--fieldtrips.html  
Contact us via the field trip form if you have further questions.

October:  Open Tuesday-Sunday
October Weekdays  : Apple Picking & Pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm. 

Saturday, October 1st:   Craft Show supporting the Potterville Benton Township Library in the Orchard Barn 1-5 PM come and enjoy all the local crafts and fun gift ideas!  
Visit and feed the fish at the pond or go apple picking & pumpkin picking from
9 am- 6 pm.      Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, .Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5PM.

Sunday, October 2nd:  Craft Show supporting the Potterville Benton Township Library in the Orchard Barn
1-5 PM come and enjoy all the local crafts and fun gift ideas!  
Visit and feed the fish at the pond or go apple picking & pumpkin picking from
11 am- 6 pm.      Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, .Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5PM.

Saturday, October 8th:    Visit and feed the fish at the pond and go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.   Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM.

Sunday, October 9th:  Visit and feed the fish at the pond and go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 11 am- 6 pm.   Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM.

Saturday, October 15th:   Visit and feed the fish at the pond or go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.     Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride,  Apple Cannon (5 shots), Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM. 

Sunday, October 16th:   Visit and feed the the fish at the pond. Go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 11 am- 6 pm.     Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for Train Wagon Ride, Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), Apple Cannon (5 shots),and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM.

Saturday, October 22nd:  Visit and feed the  fish at the pond.  Go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 9 am- 6 pm.    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for the Train Wagon Ride, Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), Apple Cannon (5 shots),and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM.

Sunday, October 23rd:   Visit and feed the  fish at the pond.  Go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 11 am- 6 pm.    Activities are a $10 Wristband for the following activities OR $3 each for the Train Wagon Ride,  Pumpkin Pitch (3 shots), Apple Cannon (5 shots),and Corn Maze (50-80 minutes) Noon-5 PM.

Saturday, October 29th:   Visit and feed the fish at the pond.  Go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 11 am- 6 pm.    Free bonfire & half price wristbands this Saturday & Sunday from noon to 5pm. Gather your friends to enjoy the sunny ☀️ weather at our two large bonfire pits. All wristbands are half price. With your $5 wristband, you can can run through our corn maze which takes about 50 minutes, smash three pumpkins with our giant slingshot, take aim and shoot 5 apples out our air cannon 🍏, and finsh up with a 20 minute 🚜wagon ride around the farm. The large heated orchard barn is available for your last minute get together! You can bring your own paints and tableclothes and paint some pumpkins on our tables. Enjoy time together and make memories! 
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Sunday, October 30th: 15th Annual PICK A PECK FOR PEOPLE.  God has blessed us with apples to harvest.  From 1-5 pm come pick a bag of apples for those in need and receive a complimentary hayride or corn maze ticket.  This event is free of charge.  All apples picked are donated to the Greater Lansing Food Bank and the St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank who will have a truck on hand to haul away all the apples that you pick.  This is a great family or group event.  Turn in your full bags of apples and Family Life Radio will give you a complimentary corn maze and train wagon ride tickets.   Click here: pick_a_peck_for_people_article.pdf to find out how this event impacts our communities' local food banks.
​ Visit and feed the fish at the pond.  Go apple picking & pumpkin picking from 11 am- 6 pm.   Free bonfire & half price wristbands this Saturday & Sunday from noon to 5pm. Gather your friends to enjoy the sunny ☀️ weather at our two large bonfire pits. All wristbands are half price. With your $5 wristband, you can can run through our corn maze which takes about 50 minutes, smash three pumpkins with our giant slingshot, take aim and shoot 5 apples out our air cannon 🍏, and finsh up with a 20 minute 🚜wagon ride around the farm. The large heated orchard barn is available for your last minute get together! You can bring your own paints and tableclothes and paint some pumpkins on our tables. Enjoy time together and make memories! Feel free to dress in costume!
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Monday, October 31-Thursday, November 3: Closed
Friday, November 4th:  Bakery and Farm Market reopen on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays until Thanksgiving.  

Saturday & Sunday November 7th & 8th: TRAIN LAYOUT open for free.
In appreciation of your business, we invite you to come and visit our Lionel Train Layout from 12- 4 pm for free. It runs at the top of the hour. 
Saturday & Sunday November 12th & 13th: TRAIN LAYOUT open for free.
In appreciation of your business, we invite you to come and visit our Lionel Train Layout from 12- 4 pm for free. It runs at the top of the hour. 
​Saturday & Sunday November 19th & 20th: THANKSGIVING PIE EARLY BIRD ORDERS DUE by  Sunday at 5pm.  Pre-pay for your holiday pies and receive 10% off.  This is the last weekend for fresh cider and donuts. ENJOY!
​TRAIN LAYOUT open for free.
In appreciation of your business, we invite you to come and visit our Lionel Train Layout from 12- 4 pm for free. It runs at the top of the hour. 
Wednesday, November 23rd, THANKSGIVING PIE PICKUP, 9 am- 6 pm. Pick up your holiday pies.  Final day for fresh donuts, pies, apples & cider.  Have a blessed rest of your year!  See you again in the Summer of 2023!