Jump Into Fall Harvest Fun with a Family Visit to Star Orchard in Kaukauna

Nothing signals the very beginning of fall in Wisconsin quite like the cooler night air, the changing colors of the landscape, and the ripening of apples! Star Orchard, located in Kaukauna, is a perfect local spot for a pick-your-own family apple adventure. The orchard is open for picking 7 days a week, rain or shine, from late August until October typically. Short on time? Stop in their on-site orchard store for pre-picked apples of various varieties & other mouth-watering apple goodies.

Orchard Details

Location: 253 County Rd CE, Kaukauna
2021 Season Opening: Friday, August 27th
You Pick Apples: Explore the 55 acres and 25 varieties available here! Apples can be purchased by the pound via cash or card. Check out their apple guide here.
Pre-picked Apples: Honeycrisp & 5 to 10 lb bags of other varieties available in the store
Store: open 7 days a week during the apple season. Around mid-September check in with the orchard for caramel apples on the weekends and fresh-pressed apple cider in limited quantities!
Pick-your-own pumpkin patch and corn maze
Portable toilet facilities & parking available on site

Tips

Dress for the weather — bring boots for mud, rain gear if needed, and layers.
Babywearing is your friend out in the orchard fields.
Consider giving each child a bag to pick and fill as much as they can carry.
You can usually drive out closer to where the varieties you are hoping to pick are located.

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Easy Slow Cooker No-Sugar-Added Applesauce Recipe

Best sauce-making apple varieties to use: Paula Red, McIntosh, Summer Rambo
With no added sugars, this makes a great older baby and toddler snack. You can even fill your own re-usable pouches to boot!

Recipe

Peel & core (about 6 medium) apples and place in slow cooker
Add ½ cup water and ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
Cook on high for 4 hours. Stir and serve warm, refrigerate or freeze for later!

Rebecca Reitz

Rebecca is a Wisconsin native, transplanted to the Fox Cities back in 2016. She has a background in Spanish and Occupational Therapy and loves to share tips on how to live the job of life more fully. Rebecca currently spends her days being mom to three little ones and helping to lead her local MOPS group. During nap time, she enjoys squeezing in a craft project or some social time out with friends. She and her husband love adventure and nature, binge-watching tiny house videos, sampling ethnic foods on date nights, and chasing their family goal of visiting every Wisconsin State Park.

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