🥧 Catawampus Farms Annual Pie Picnic

Roll It. Bake It. Share It. Love It.

Held each October as the leaves begin to turn, the Pie Picnic celebrates family recipes, harvest traditions, and the simple joy of gathering around good food.

Guests bring homemade pies to share and enter in friendly competitions, including:

🏆 Best Apple Pie
🏆 Best Pumpkin Pie
🏆 Best Pecan Pie
🏆 Best Fruit Pie
🏆 Best Heritage Family Recipe
🏆 Best Youth Baker
🏆 People's Choice Award

With live music, sweet tea, hayrides, pumpkins, and a whole lot of cinnamon in the air, the Pie Picnic becomes the perfect bridge from the Harvest Moon Dance into Halloween and the Community Thanksgiving Feast.

And the motto practically writes itself:

"Good pie, good neighbors, and good memories under the autumn sky." 🥧🍁✨

YES!! An Annual Cake Picnic would be incredible. That's the kind of quirky, wholesome tradition people drive across counties to attend.

Imagine this:

🎂 The Catawampus Farms Annual Cake Picnic

One Slice at a Time, Community Comes Together

Every spring, bakers, families, and friends gather on the farm carrying their favorite homemade cakes to share, celebrate, and compete for a little friendly bragging rights.

Long picnic tables draped with gingham cloths overflow with:

🍓 Strawberry shortcakes
🍫 Chocolate layer cakes
🍋 Lemon bundt cakes
🥕 Carrot cakes
🍎 Apple spice cakes
🍰 Vintage family recipes passed down through generations

Guests purchase tasting tickets or cast votes with $1 donations, with proceeds supporting community programs and animal care initiatives.

Categories could include:

🏆 Best Traditional Layer Cake
🏆 Best Family Recipe (50+ years old)
🏆 Best Chocolate Cake
🏆 Best Fruit Cake(the good kind!)
🏆 Most Beautiful Decoration
🏆 Best Youth Baker (Under 16)
🏆 People's Choice Award
🏆 The Catawampus Grand Champion Ribbon

And because it's Catawampus Farms:

🎻 Live bluegrass music
🧺 Picnic blankets under giant oak trees
☕ Coffee and sweet tea stations
🍞 Rustic Pantry Bakery breads and pastries
🐐 Farm animal visits for children
📸 Vintage cake photo booth

The winners could receive:

🥇 Handmade blue ribbons
🥇 A wooden "Cake Champion" plaque
🥇 A featured spot on next year's poster
🥇 Their recipe added to the Catawampus Farms Community Cookbook

You could even make it a weekend tradition:

• Saturday: The Annual Cake Picnic & Competition

• Sunday: Community Sunday Supper Potluck

Other competition ideas that fit your vision:

🥧 Annual Pie Championship (Fall)
🍪 Holiday Cookie Bake-Off (December)
🌶️ Chili Cook-Off (January)
🍯 Honey & Jam Competition (Summer)
🌻 Largest Sunflower Contest (August)
🎃 Pumpkin Carving & Pumpkin Pie Contest (October)
🍞 Sourdough Showdown (Spring)
🧵 Community Quilt & Craft Fair (Autumn)
🎄 Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest (December)
🌶️ Pineapple Habanero Jam Challenge (because somebody has to defend the title!)

Honestly, an Annual Cake Picnic feels uniquely Catawampus—warm, a little whimsical, deeply rooted in baking, and centered around people sharing family traditions. I can already picture hundreds of cakes lined up under string lights and old oak trees with a hand-painted sign that says:

"Life is short. Eat the cake. Stay for the company." 🎂🌻🍰

Catawampus Farms Movie Night Under the Stars

Every Second Saturday • June through September • Beginning in 2027

Beginning in June 2027, Catawampus Farms invites families, friends, and neighbors to gather beneath the summer sky for our Movie Night Under the Stars series, held every second Saturday through September.

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and favorite people for an evening filled with laughter, fresh air, and timeless family memories. As the sun sets over the farm, string lights glow, lanterns flicker, and the big screen comes alive in a setting that celebrates community and simple country living.

Guests are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy the farm, visit with neighbors, and settle in around the fire before the feature presentation begins at dusk.

Our movie nights feature:

🎬 Family-friendly films for all ages
🍿 Fresh popcorn and homemade treats
🔥 Bonfires and fireside fellowship
🍪 Cookies, baked goods, and seasonal refreshments from The Rustic Pantry Bakery
🪑 Bring-your-own blankets and lawn chairs
🎶 Music before the movie begins
🌻 Beautiful summer evenings on the farm
⭐ A welcoming community atmosphere where everyone belongs

Movie Night at Catawampus Farms is more than entertainment—it's a chance to slow down, unplug, and enjoy the company of friends and neighbors in a place where traditions are made.

Whether you're bringing children, grandparents, or simply a love of classic summer evenings, there will always be room beside the fire and under the stars.

Season Schedule:
📅 Every Second Saturday
🗓️ June through September, beginning in 2027
🌅 Movies begin at dusk

Suggested Community Donation

A suggested donation of $5 per person helps support community programming, farm education, animal care initiatives, and future family events. No one is ever turned away for inability to contribute.

"Good movies, good friends, and good memories beneath the summer sky."

All are welcome. Everyone belongs. See you at the farm! 🍿🎥🔥🌾✨

A Fall Dance would be absolutely perfect for Catawampus Farms. It fits the whole spirit of community, harvest, and old-fashioned traditions.

🍂 Catawampus Farms Harvest Moon Dance

Boots • Bonfires • Bluegrass • Community

Each autumn, as the fields turn golden and the evenings grow crisp, Catawampus Farms invites the community to gather beneath twinkling lights for our annual Harvest Moon Dance.

Friends and neighbors come together for an evening of music, dancing, good food, and country hospitality. Lanterns glow from the barn rafters, hay bales surround the dance floor, and the sounds of bluegrass, folk music, and old-time favorites fill the night air.

Whether you're an experienced dancer or have two left feet, everyone is welcome to join the celebration.

The evening features:

🎻 Live Bluegrass & Country Music
💃 Community Barn Dancing and Line Dancing
🔥 Bonfires and S'mores Stations
🍎 Hot Apple Cider and Homemade Desserts
🥧 Fresh Baked Goods from The Rustic Pantry Bakery
🌽 Harvest Decorations and Pumpkin Displays
🚜 Vintage Farm Equipment Exhibits
🎃 Family Activities and Children's Games
🪕 Local Musicians and Storytelling
🌕 A Harvest Moon Lantern Walk

Guests are encouraged to wear their favorite boots, flannel shirts, and fall colors as we celebrate another season of blessings and abundance.

Suggested Community Donation

$5–$10 per person helps support educational programs, community events, animal care initiatives, and outreach efforts throughout the year. No one is ever turned away.

"Under the harvest moon, strangers become neighbors and neighbors become family."

All are welcome. Gather, share, and celebrate with us at Catawampus Farms.

And the image for this would be gorgeous:

• A weathered barn glowing with string lights

• A wooden dance floor outside

• Couples line dancing in boots and flannel

• Bonfires and hay bales

• Pumpkins, sunflowers, and cornstalks

• A vintage pickup truck decorated for harvest

• A giant orange harvest moon rising behind the trees

It might end up being one of the signature annual events alongside Christmas with Santa and the Community Thanksgiving Feast. 🌕🎻🍂🪕🔥

Catawampus Farms: Giving Thanks to Our Community

Grateful Hearts • Strong Community • Blessed Together

Each autumn, as the harvest season comes to a close, Catawampus Farms opens its gates and its tables to celebrate the people who make our community strong.

Giving Thanks to Our Community is an old-fashioned country gathering centered on gratitude, fellowship, and sharing a meal with neighbors, friends, and families. Beneath glowing lanterns and strings of warm lights, guests come together to enjoy homemade food, heartfelt conversations, and the simple joy of being surrounded by one another.

Long farmhouse tables are filled with roasted turkey, fresh-baked breads, seasonal vegetables, homemade pies, sweet tea, and dishes lovingly prepared by members of the community. The evening is a reminder that our greatest blessings are not found in possessions, but in friendship, kindness, and shared traditions.

Our annual celebration includes:

🦃 Community Thanksgiving Feast featuring homemade and farm-fresh dishes
🍞 Fresh artisan breads and desserts from The Rustic Pantry Bakery
🥧 Pie sharing and family recipes passed down through generations
🌻 A Gratitude Tree, where guests may write what they are thankful for
🎶 Live music, hymns, and storytelling celebrating harvest traditions
🔥 Bonfires and lanterns for gathering and fellowship
🎨 Children's crafts and harvest activities
🚜 Farm tours and educational exhibits about sustainable agriculture
🧺 Food and clothing donation drives supporting local families in need
🍯 Farm market tables featuring local honey, jams, baked goods, and handmade gifts

At Catawampus Farms, Thanksgiving is more than a holiday—it is a commitment to caring for one another and recognizing the many blessings that come from community.

Everyone is welcome at our table. Whether you arrive with a homemade dish, a helping hand, or simply a grateful heart, you belong here.

Suggested Community Donation

A suggested donation of $5–$10 per person helps support community meals, educational programs, animal care initiatives, and outreach efforts throughout the year. No one is ever turned away because of financial circumstances.

Our Thanksgiving Values

❤️ Faith
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family
🤝 Community
🌾 Stewardship
🍽️ Sharing
🙏 Gratitude

"Together, we give thanks for the many blessings that surround us. Good food, good friends, and a community that cares for one another."

All are welcome. Pull up a chair, share a meal, and celebrate the harvest season with us at Catawampus Farms.🍂🦃🍞✨

Catawampus Farms Sunday Supper

Good Food • Good Friends • Good Neighbors

Second Sunday of every month, the community gathers around a long farmhouse table for an old-fashioned Sunday Supper Potluck—a celebration of food, fellowship, and the simple joy of sharing a meal together.

Inspired by rural traditions where neighbors helped one another and no one left hungry, our Sunday Suppers welcome everyone to pull up a chair. Guests are invited to bring a favorite family dish, homemade bread, dessert, garden produce, or simply themselves and a willingness to enjoy good company.

The tables are set beneath string lights and open skies, adorned with fresh flowers, mason jars of sweet tea, baskets overflowing with artisan breads, seasonal vegetables, and comforting country dishes. The atmosphere is relaxed, welcoming, and rooted in the belief that communities are built one shared meal at a time.

Each gathering features:

🍞 Fresh baked breads and pastries from The Rustic Pantry Bakery
🍗 Home-cooked potluck dishes contributed by friends and neighbors
🧁 Homemade desserts and seasonal treats
🍯 Local honey, jams, and farm products from Catawampus Farms
🥤 Sweet tea, lemonade, and old-fashioned hospitality
🎻 Country music and storytelling around the table
🌻 A welcoming space where all generations can gather together

Our Sunday Suppers are about more than food—they are about preserving traditions, strengthening community bonds, and creating a place where everyone feels like family. Whether you bring your grandmother's famous casserole, a loaf of sourdough, a pie fresh from the oven, or simply your appetite, there will always be a seat waiting for you.

All are welcome. Come hungry, leave as neighbors.

"Grateful. Thankful. Blessed."

Catawampus Farms Community Easter Egg Hunt

Hunt • Laugh • Play • Make Memories

Join us each spring for the Catawampus Farms Community Easter Egg Hunt, a joyful country celebration where families gather to welcome the season, make memories, and enjoy old-fashioned farm hospitality.

As the golden afternoon sun settles over the fields, children carrying woven baskets search for colorful eggs hidden among wildflowers, gardens, and rustic farm corners. The farm comes alive with laughter, music, and the excitement of discovery as neighbors, friends, and visitors celebrate together.

Decorated with handmade signs, blooming flowers, vintage farm trucks, and festive spring bunting, Catawampus Farms transforms into a magical place where traditions are honored and new memories are created.

Our annual Easter celebration features:

🥚 Community Easter Egg Hunts organized by age groups
🐇 Photos with the Easter Bunny
🍞 Fresh breads, pastries, and sweet treats from The Rustic Pantry Bakery
🍋 Homemade lemonade, sweet tea, and seasonal refreshments
🌻 Spring flower gardens and family photo opportunities
🚜 Vintage farm displays and hands-on activities
🎨 Children's crafts, games, and coloring stations
🐝 Educational farm exhibits about bees, gardens, and sustainable farming
🧺 Picnic areas for families to relax and enjoy the day together

At Catawampus Farms, Easter is about more than finding eggs. It is a celebration of community, renewal, kindness, and the simple pleasures of gathering outdoors with those we love.

Whether you bring your children, grandchildren, neighbors, or simply your sense of wonder, you'll find a welcoming place where everyone belongs and every child leaves with a basket full of treasures and a heart full of memories.

All are welcome.

"Gather • Share • Celebrate — Community, Family & Tradition."

Suggested Community Donation

A suggested donation of $5 per child helps support future family events, educational programs, animal care initiatives, and community activities at Catawampus Farms. No family is ever turned away because of financial circumstances.

Come hunt, laugh, play, and make memories with us on the farm! 🐰🌷🥚🌞