Hurd's Family Farm Corn Maze

And after you visit Liberty View Farm you really should got to the Hurd's Family Farm Corn Maze just 8 minutes away! Ten years ago I was fortunate enough to meet and then help Sue Hurd with some of her projects; like helping her beautify the Clintondale Post Office. We bought flower boxes and planted them up! Then in 2000 she asked me if I was interested in helping her with an idea she had. A corn maze! Several months went into design and planning. It was the first one in the Hudson Valley and I remember flying in a friends plane taking all the aerial photographs. As with many of the projects I get involved with it was all very exciting!

Over the years I have gone on several occasions with friends and family of all ages and each time it is a real treat. At times it is both exciting and peaceful. A unique Eco-fabulous Eco-tourist experience with the most splendid views!

This year in honor of the 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed up the valley; the corn maze challenge design is the Half Moon Rising. A depiction of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed up the river that is named after him! Come and explore this local natural wonder, there is also raspberry picking, the Spanish ABC maze for children and several regional folk music festivals scheduled throughout the fall..

Who needs "6 flags"? Here you have corn that is 10 -12 feet high! And when the season is over the corn is donated and the plants are turned into compost! You have fun and you help a farm family all at the same time! How great is that?

The Hurds are terrific people and they help so many all the time. Susan and Phillip Hurd's son Charles not only works with me on my farm as a consultant, he spends his own money and over the winter flies to the southern hemisphere and installs solar powered wells in poor communities. They have helped me with my farm from the beginning too! The Hurds family has been farming here for over 150 years. As with many farmers problems right now the Hurd family is going through an extraordinarily personal hard time; so please support this fellow farm for me and many others. Tell them Farmer Billiam sent you! Phone: 845-883-7825