I love fall, it’s my favorite time of year. No bugs, no mugginess and yet, still plenty to do in the Annapolis Valley
So here, in no particular order are my favorite 25 harvest-y things to do next month

- Sept/Oct. Pick Apples
- Jump on a hay ride at Willowbank U Pick, 110 Starr’s Point Loop, Port Williams ( available during apple picking season- mid Oct.)
- Bike the Harvest Moon Trail which runs from Grand Pre to Annapolis Royal
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- Visit a Farmer’s Market to choose your own fresh veggies
- Thursdays until October 31st 2:30 pm Wolfville Food Tour, Wolfville
- Pick Your Own Pumpkins Dempsey’s Corner Farm-they have other great things to do to, such as feed baby calves
Corn mazes are great in the Annapolis Valley - Until Oct 31 Corn Maze- Davison’s Farm,1119 Falmouth Dyke Road, Falmouth,and Noggins’s Farm, 100089 Hwy #1 Greenwich
- Oct 3rd, 7:30 pm Gravely Ghost Walk, Clock Park, Wolfville
- Oct 5th,10 am 35th Annual Pumpkin Weigh-Off Dill Family Farm @400 College Road, Windsor
- Oct 5th 10 am-1 pm Kentville’s Harvest Festival Centre Square
Spend some time on a Keji Paddle - Take a paddle along Mersey River or Keji Lake. Whynot Outfitters at Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site are open until Oct 21 for canoe & kayak rentals if you don’t have your own.
- Oct 5th-27th-Kentville’s Pumpkin People
- Oct 13 Ride the Rails on a miniature train. Trecothic Creek & Windsor Railway is located on Centennial Drive, Windsor
- Oct 14 Peruse the goods at Horton High School’s Annual Harvest Craft Fair, 9 am-3 pm, 75 Greenwich Road S
- Oct 12-2-4 pm Port & Chocolate Tasting @ Sainte Famille Winery 11 Dudley Park Lane, Falmouth
- Weekends until October 13th- Magic Winery Bus Wolfville
- Oct 19th 4-6 pm Milford Harvest Fest Milford House 5296 Hwy 8 South Milford
- Oct 19th 4:30-6:30 pm Ham, Bean & Potato Scallop Supper White Rock Community Hall
- Oct 20-27th Feeling daring? How about a Haunted Corn Maze at Evans Family Farm,13808 Hwy 1, Wilmot
- Oct 22nd-27 Devour The Film Food Fest Windsor, Wolfville, Kentville
- Take a hike and pick some colored leaves for a fall centerpiece-try Crystal Falls.
- Try some yummy gelato at Fox Hill Cheese Port William
- Enjoy a glass of local cider at Maritime Express Cider,325 Main St. Kentville
- Oct 28th Pumpkin Carving Party Woodville Community Centre 342 Bligh Road, Woodville,