Pumpkin Contest @ Kress Farm

The winner of the pumpkin decorating contest on October 17th, at the Fall Festival held at Kress Farm. It may have been cold but everyone had a great time. The chili was the best and the hot chocolate disappeared quickly. The festival is held the third Saturday of October every year.

New Find at Kress Farm on September Workday

While cleaning out a very large barberry patch at Kress Farm the Jefferson County Master Gardeners found an old "Fire Plug". It took several "young" master gardeners to moved the heavy old fire plug to a newly reclaimed area just outside the pavilion area. Dorothy Schuette renamed this area the "dogie park".

Old to New at Kress Farm

Bill Cannon has revamped the old pump house into a very useful garden shed. This is one of the original buildings at Kress Farm, now it has a new purpose. Bill spent many hours this summer reworking the building inside and out.

Bounty of Baby Boo Pumpkins at Kress Farm

Bunnie Gronborg of Festus, Mo. brought to Kress Farm Plant Sale the first Saturday of May three baby boo pumpkin plants. Two were sold and one was planted in the vegetable garden. This is the bounty of one plant. These will be sold at the Kress Farm Fall Pumpkins Festival on October 17, 2009.

New Flower Pot for Kress Farm

Mary and Ray Stroups of Barnhart, MO have donated an old apple butter kettle with stand to Kress Farm. Mary became a master gardener in 2008 with the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Program held every spring at Kress Farm. Mary has volunteer many hours at Kress and one day she thought the old apple butter pot in her front yard would make a great addition to the decor at Kress Farm. Mary wanted her "grandchildren to remember how much she enjoyed gardening" and helping the volunteers maintain the beauty at Kress Farm. Their son Jason helped moved the heavy kettle to the farm.