From the Fields: Jason Maloney

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Corn is chopped the second week of October along Ondossagon Road south of Washburn, Wisconsin.

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Fall colors decorate trees and undergrowth along Maki Road in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

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A variety of apples are available the second week of October at the 'Farmacy' at Erickson's Orchard in the Bayfield Fruit Loop near Bayfield, Wisconsin. An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

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Bushels of apples and a box of winter squash are offered to customers at Erickson's Orchard along Betzold Road near Bayfield, Wisconsin.

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Bags of apples await customers at Erickson's Orchard in the Bayfield Fruit Loop in Wisconsin. Apples, cider and more are abundant in Bayfield County farms and orchards in mid-October. Visit www.bayfield.org/things-to-do/farms-orchards/berry-farm-orchard-report/ for more information.

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Pumpkins and squash are offered on the honor system at a self-service roadside stand at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 137 and U.S. Highway 2 west of Ashland, Wisconsin.

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Smokey Bear graces a yard along Washington Avenue near Washburn, Wisconsin. The bear appears prepared for both Halloween and a pandemic that has become endemic.

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Cattle stand in October sun in a pasture along Ondossagon Road south of Washburn, Wisconsin.

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Sunchoke flowers appear just before the first snow flurries in October along Wisconsin's Lake Superior shore between Washburn and Bayfield, Wisconsin.

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A mushroom pokes through a boreal forest floor along Lake Superior near Bayfield, Wisconsin.

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Autumn leaves arranged by Mother Nature decorate a path along Wisconsin's Lake Superior shore in mid-October.

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A table along Bayfield County Highway C holds free zinnias for neighbors and travelers. The flowers are next to a sign directing customers to Maple Hill Farm near Washburn, Wisconsin. Visit maplehillfarm.square.site for more information.

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Many northern-Wisconsin pumpkins are becoming frosty after a full moon as Halloween approaches. For many the growing season ended Sept. 28 with a killing frost, but some microclimates on the Bayfield Peninsula had not yet had a killing frost as mid-October neared. Some days in the first half of the month were downright balmy.

Jason Maloney from Washburn in northern Wisconsin lives between Lake Superior and the orchards and farms of Bayfield County. The retired soldier and educator grew up on a family farm in Marinette County.