Running through straw mazes, carving pumpkins, gathering around a bonfire, jumping in piles of gloriously-colored leaves, bobbing for apples … where better to be than Indiana for a festive fall season?

For the fifth year, Christa Egolf  has handed out some of that Hoosier country fun by hosting a pumpkin patch and fall fest weekend at her pumpkin and gourd patch and part time business, The Milking Parlor, just north of Churubusco.

Christa Egolf in her country shop, The Milking Parlor. Egolf makes many of the handcrafted country decor items and also stocks a variety of antiques.

Christa and her husband, Chad, and their children live at 758 East U.S. 33-57, Churubusco. The pumpkin and gourd market as well as the Milking Parlor gift shop are all located on their property near their house.

During the weekend event, Egolf offered a straw maze and games for children  and a large selection of pumpkins, gourds and fall harvest items for sale.

Egolf has converted a shed into The Milking Parlor - a retail shop with a variety of handcrafted items, quilts, antiques and country decor. The shop is seasonal, Egolf said.

Egolf will be selling the pumpkins, gourds and fall harvest and decorative items every weekend throughout October and the first week of November.

For specific hours of The Milking Parlor or for more information on the pumpkin patch, call Egolf at 693-3684.

A straw maze kept the kids busy during the weekend pumpkin patch events.