Green Bluff Harvest Festival

Heading to Green Bluff Harvest Festival in the fall is an annual tradition for many.

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Mon., Sept. 30, 2024

Nicholas Mielke holds his son, Thomas, who is 15 months old, up to pick an apple at Walters Fruit Ranch in Green Bluff Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Mielke said he and his family chose to go on a weekday to avoid weekend crowds at popular farms in the area near Spokane, Washington.

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Nicholas Mielke shows a Honeycrisp apple to 15-months-old son Thomas as Paul Turbyfill instructs visitors to Walters’ Fruit Ranch in Green Bluff about how to pick apples in the orchard Monday.

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Paul Turbyfill, left, of Walters Fruit Ranch instructs visitors about how to pick apples in their orchard then offers an apple to Mikayla Mielke, right, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. to Walters Fruit Ranch in Green Bluff. The children watching are , from left, Preston Orion, 6, Everest Orion, 2 and a half, and Morgan Mielke, three and a half. Mikayla's husband Nicholas said he and his family chose to go on a weekday to avoid weekend crowds that flock to the popular farms in the area.

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Preston Orion, 6, Morgan Mielke, 3, and Thomas Mielke, 15 months, eagerly bite into apples after pulling them off trees at Walters Fruit Ranch in Green Bluff Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 while on a family trip to the popular farming area near Spokane, Washington. While picking apples, visitors may snack on them, but the ranch employees ask that visitors eat all of the apple they have chosen.

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Mikayla Mielke holds up her niece Everest Orion, 2, to pick an apple Monday at Walters’ Fruit Ranch.

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Pumpkins of many varieties await visitors to Walters Fruit Ranch, shown Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Green Bluff. Pumpkin and apple picking, along with activities like corn mazes and play areas bring out families every fall.

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