ELKHORN, Wis. – Farmers from Apple Barn Orchard and Winery say apple picking season is on the horizon and that the summer climate has made for a fruitful fall harvest.

“We connected through church. We just stumbled into each other one day, and that was, it,” said Steve Jacobson the co-owner of Apple Barn Orchard and Winery.

Steve and Judy Jacobson are the owners of the Apple Barn and have been married for 40 years. Their farmland has been in Steve's family since 1846, the year James K. Polk was president.

They have five daughters who are all grown, and now their grandkids are the seventh generation to help out on the farm.

With 5,000 apple trees and the fall harvest just weeks away, they say there's a never-ending to-do list.

“You're racing around like that first day of school trying

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