April showers bring maze flowers. by Yonatan Frimer

This is a maze I call "April Showers Bring MAZE Flowers".
I usually try to work the word MAZE in a funny way into some normal saying or catch phrase. For more mazes check out teamofmonkeys.com and inkblotmazes.com

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Pumpkin patches and corn mazes

Farms entertain and add revenue with interactive farm features

MALAGA — When Steve Scott planted a pumpkin patch on his Malaga farm eight years ago, he said he did it for the children. He still plants the pumpkin patch and makes a corn maze from field corn to show children a farm. But it’s also bringing in a quarter of his farm income.

With 1,500 to 1,800 people visiting Gau-Sco Produce and Pork Farm during a good October, it’s no surprise that the annual pumpkin patch and other farm activities have become a major part of Scott’s farm income. “It’s catching on,” said Scott. “More people want to come out to the country and it’s close to town.”

However, Scott said the job isn’t one he would recommend to many others. “It’s tons of work,” Scott said. “I’m like a slave. It takes a lot of time, just like everything takes time. You feel like a slave when you’re farming.”

Scott rotates his crops and said planning is one of the more time-consuming tasks. “I usually plan around the middle to the third week of May. I have so many other things going on like sweet corn or vegetables for the farmers market, it keeps you running from one place to another.”

“The thing about it is you don’t have to pick,” said Scott of pumpkin farming. “That’s where the advantage is.” Scott, who also has a booth through the season at the Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market, says unlike market work, the pumpkins are more of a sure thing. “Having a pumpkin patch, you do the best you can and you watch the people come out and pick them. With raising the other crops, you have to pick them, and take them down to the market and hope that they (customers) buy it. You know that people are going to buy pumpkins. At the market you have so many other vendors, but out here you’re the only one who has pumpkins and a pumpkin patch. The return is far greater.”

Scott also sees the advantage it gives to children. “It’s such a unique area,” he said of the Malaga farm. “They just need to take advantage of getting out to the country. They don’t have it in town. At Walmart you pick a pumpkin and you have nothing but the pumpkin. Here at the farm you have an experience that will last a lifetime.”

However, like all farming, income from a pumpkin patch never is a sure thing. This fall, Scott had fewer pumpkins than normal and had to open a week later than previous years. He said he usually opens his pumpkin patch to the public on the first weekend in October. “I turned down a lot of extra income by not opening up,” he said, estimating he lost $1,000.

The weather made this a difficult year for the pumpkins. “This was one of the worst years I’ve experienced,” Scott said.

He explained that hot summer weather made pumpkin blossoms close and, subsequently, fewer got pollinated. Then his farm got hit with 20-degree weather the weekend of Oct. 10, which froze Scott’s pumpkins. “I went out there the next morning, and you can imagine how a person could feel,” he said. “I had frozen pumpkins. Luckily they thawed out.”

It’s not just the pumpkins that can be finicky about weather. “Rain puts a damper on things because it gets muddy.” When you’re hoping people stop by to tromp through your pumpkin patch and run through your corn maze, the mud isn’t welcome.

“The other crops — apples and cherries — there’s much, much more money in stuff like that, so it’s not very wise to go to the trouble of having a pumpkin patch,” he said.

“I do it because it’s good for the kids,” Scott said. “Most people do it for money to put in the bank. Once you come out and see all the kids running after the pumpkins, it’s worthwhile just to see them do that.”

Rochelle Feil Adamowsky: 664-7153

feil@wenatcheeworld.com

Top Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

These are some of my favorite mazes of all those that I created over the years.


Created by Yonatan Frimer

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Surfin' Monkeys Maze Cartoon



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Purple Maze - Jimi Hendrix

Purple Maze - Jimi Hendrix

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Maze Rushmore

Maze of Mount Rushmore

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Maze Portrait of Lily Allen, Mazes have feeling too.




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Maze of an Olympic Pool - Y.Frimer Mazes


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Maze Portrait of Albert Einstein.



Mushroom Maze
Maze-A-Delic 2006


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Maze Kong

King Kong of Mazes

Maze of Albert Einstein, created by Yonatan Frimer

Maze Portrait of Albert Einstein.

"Genius Maze" - By Y. Frimer

This Maze of Albert Einstein was created by Yonatan Frimer. the arrows depict the entrances and exits of the maze. good luck!

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Frimer Mazes: Lily Allen Maze

Maze of Lily Allen

This maze seems to be the more popular of the other mazes. The strong eyes and the stare of the rockstar's gaze are what holds the viewer's attention.
To solve this maze, Created by Yonatan Frimer, simply find the entrance and exit arrows and then you can either find the path that connects them, or scan the whole maze with your eyes to see the pattern of ink and use that to created a mental map of the maze in order to solve it.

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Mazes by Yonatan Frimer

All Mazes Created By Yonatan Frimer


To solve the Maze, find the entrance and exit arrows and the path connecting them without crossing over any of the dark ink.

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Maze comic of team of monkeys on a jackhammer

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To solve the Maze, find the entrance and exit arrows and the path connecting them without crossing over any of the dark ink.

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Gil Scott Heron Portrait Maze



Maze Of Chai (Life)

Maze Of Chai (Life)

Maze Comic, Team Of Monkeys Riding a Forklift

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To solve the Maze, find the entrance and exit arrows and the path connecting them without crossing over any of the dark ink.

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Maze Comic Team Of Monkeys Cake Mixer



Elephant Maze

Maze of Barak Obama, profile view – 2009

Side Portrait Maze of Barak Obama, President

Zebra Maze Comic


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Puppy Dog Maze



Maze of Sophie Ellis-Bextor




Maze Of Don King and his Big Hair


Maze Portrait of Albert Einstein.

"Genius Maze" - By Y. Frimer

Mazes have feelings too: Maze portrait of Lily Allen

Maze portrait of Lily Allen

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To solve the Maze, find the entrance and exit arrows and the path connecting them without crossing over any of the dark ink.

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Maze of Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Maze of Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta - Great Singer on MTV



Maze of Piano Keys



Maze of Former Vice-President Al Gore


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Maze of the Statue Of Liberty by Yonatan Frimer

Maze of the Statue of Liberty - 2009


Created By Yonatan Frimer

To Solve these mazes, simple find the entrance and exit arrows and then located the path that connects them, without crossing over any of the dark lines.

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Maze of Mount Rushmore, By Yonatan Frimer - Frimer Mazes

Maze Rushmore


Mazes and mazes and more mazes can be found at http://www.teamofmonkeys.com and also at http://www.inkblotmazes.com.

To solve the maze, you need to find the entrance and exit arrows, and then the path that connects them without crossing over any of the dark ink.

Created By Yonatan Frimer