Last year was a gamble, she said, due to the pandemic. This is just the second year the Hites created a corn maze, and it seems to be a big hit.ĭespite the not so wonderful weather on a recent weekend, Hite reported that more than 900 people visited the farm over the two days. There is also a kiddie maze - a pig’s face this year - that features a shorter walk and easy to answer questions, Hite said. The maze includes a barn, chicken and windmill and guests get a question/answer sheet to fill out as they walk through. It took three mornings during a really warm period in July to get the whole design cut, she said. A friend then cut the scene with a zero-turn mower when the corn was about a foot high. Lori Hite said they used an aerial photo of the field and drew the design on top of the picture. This is the first year the farm has done a corn maze, Mitchell said, and he’s happy with the result.Īt the Jim Hite Farms & Corn Maze in Patton, a farm scene was carved into a 7-acre corn field. “Corn is a form of grass, so a lot of times it will regrow in the summer,” he said, which means he and others check the paths to “pull up little stubbles” to make sure it’s clear. The paths through the maze are maintained as the corn grows. The fields were planted in the spring and when the corn was about 3.5-feet high, the maze design was cut, Mitchell said. “I have grandkids who have chaperoned some adults through it,” he said with a laugh.Ĭorn mazes aren’t made in a day, although they may be cut in a few hours, he said. Mitchell, who admits he has gotten a bit turned around in the maze himself, said his grandchildren can get through it in about 15 minutes because “they know all the little corners.” If guests take a wrong turn, it could be longer. “If you search for all of them, it will take you an hour to get through it,” Mitchell said of the clues.
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