In 2005, we decided to do a corn maze as an added attraction to our Arkansas farm. We found a young man up north who designs corn mazes and teaches the owners themselves to cut the maze. We begin by providing him with a rough design or picture that we like. He works on refining that picture. When we finalize that draft, he transfers that drawing onto graph paper. We plant the corn on 36 inch rows, vertically, then horizontally. The amount of rows depends on how large we want the corn maze. Our maze is approx 14 acres, so typically, that means about 240 rows of corn each direction. Once the corn emerges, if you were to look down on it, it would resemble a huge graph paper. We then transfer the drawing onto the cornfield kind of like embroidery: we count and mark our outside rows then cut out the paths. The process takes about a week and a half.

We provide maps to the maze. Typically, it takes about 30 minutes to complete the maze in the day time. At night it takes longer.

Our aerial view of this year's corn maze is usually posted by the 1^st of September. (Click on the aerial photos on the right to see larger versions.)