Monologue, Part 2 (10/10/12). Last night our corn maze was featured on the Tonight Show during Jay Leno’s monologue–check out this video (at 1:20) to see our maze! (Of course, we missed it because it was past our bedtime…)

This week is our first Math Day at the Maze. We’ve got almost 450 kids ready to learn about how we make the maze and the math concepts we’ve incorporated. We will also have hands-on stations, presented by the Wisconsin Mathematics Council. Dave Ebert, the president, has put together a team of  math students who […]

TREINEN FARM PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES (If you aren’t sure what a Whoopie Pie is, you definitely need to try this recipe) We would make this all the time in the fall if we had any time to cook… 2 1/2 cups flour 3/4 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger […]

We always like to include multiple layers of meaning within our corn maze. We like to have an aesthetically pleasing image that is fairly easily recognizable (this year it’s da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” aka “that guy, you know, the one in the circle with this arms out like this <insert realistic demo of arms outstretched […]

Rex and I headed out to check on the maze–just wanted to see if 1) the corn was tall enough (yes); 2) Alan’s work cutting it was up to its usual standards (yes); 3) If I would get lost (yes). All very good signs!

The maze is DONE! (Actually it was done a little while ago, but now we have a photo to prove it.) Alan and the crew got the design cut into the field right before we had to leave for Montana…and then we thought we’d be returning to beautiful, six+ feet tall corn. Instead, we returned […]

The pressure is on..yesterday Alan pointed out that you can “row” the corn already. Since I’ve been married to a farmer for a number of years, I know what that means: the plants are up enough that when you are driving by you can see the rows. Good thing I’ve been working on the design–did […]

Here’s the next step in maze design–collecting ideas and images and taping them to my closet door next to my desk. I use these as inspiration for the preliminary sketches, and to see which elements will work visually. I’m also looking at ideas for incorporating math and science for our field trips. It’s easy to […]

I thought I’d make some videos along the way as long as I’m doing the maze design–we get a lot of questions about the process, and it really is fun to do. Plus, this helps with my procrastination… However, the clock is ticking because the corn has been planted.

As I start the corn maze design process for 2012, I thought this would be a good time to start the Treinen Farm blog–the maze design process is fun for me, and I get a lot of questions about how we design and cut the maze, so I’ll start off with a lot to write […]

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