PHOTOS: Pumpkins, hayrides, corn mazes and apples mark fall festivities at local farms

Ellie Ustick, 2, uses a tall pumpkin to help her stand up while playing in the pumpkin patch at E.Z. Orchards. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)

Harvest festivals are in full swing at Salem farms, with fields of pumpkins, twisty corn mazes and enough apple cider to go around. 

Families flocked to Fordyce Farm and E.Z. Orchards on Friday to enjoy the festivities. 

At Fordyce Farm’s Fall Fest, children climbed, jumped and burrowed through the hay fort, and enjoyed the playground and indoor hay maze. Others spent the afternoon picking apples in the orchard and pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. 

While…

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