Help harvest corn at Kline Creek

Celebrate fun in the fields the 1890s way at the corn harvest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21 and 22, at Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago.

Visitors will hear the history of this crop at "corn college" before hitting the fields to pick some of the corn that will feed the cows and sheep over the winter at this living history farm. They can help load the wagons and may even help store the harvest in the corn crib.

Throughout the day, visitors can tour the 19th century farm, where they can make corn-husk dolls and explore the barn, chicken coop, sheep fold and other buildings on the 200-acre farmstead.

Volunteer beekeepers will be on hand to answer questions in the honey house, and a blacksmith will demonstrate the tools and techniques of the trade in the wagon shed from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Admission is free, and activities are ongoing. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes for walking in the fields and be prepared to handle corn and stalks.

For information about the corn harvest, call (630) 876-5900.