Wightman’s Farms, just over the border on Route 202 as it heads north to Morristown, offers old fashioned family fun and plenty of great photo opportunities for a reasonable price. Located at 1111 Mount Kemble Avenue in Morris County, this is a preserved working farm, which has offerings for each season. Currently, the farm's harvests are transitioning from summer fruits. This past weekend, there were fewer nectarines and peaches to pick, but apples were present in abundance. Here are some tips to prepare for this trip: Wear sneakers. The terrain is a farm, with ruts and areas carved out for …

Timothy Ingling of Basking Ridge was heading to a supermarket in nearby Bernardsville when, on his way, he remembered the Bernardsville Farmers Market held each Saturday in the parking lot of the borough train station."I'm glad I did," Ingling said, while selecting ears of fresh white corn at one of the the farmstands. "This is great corn." He said that Saturday was the first time he had been this summer to the long-running annual farmer's market, held weekly between June and November. Other browsers at the market, which also offers a variety of products from pickles to gourmet pierogies, …

Just a single trip to a farmstand such as the one owned by Crane Farm, on the roadside along South Maple Avenue and just south of Lord Stirling Stable, isn't really enough to appreciate all of the fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers and other farm products that the seven-acre farm will put out on display this season. A sign inside the stand advertises some of the products that are mostly in season at this time — but that list changes between the time the farmstand opens full-time on May 1 and closes on Oct. 31. The fall season usually continues beyond, with the seven-day schedule reduced to just…