If you haven’t visited Kaity’s Country Store yet you are MISSING OUT! Come on out and see all the great items we have available from Fresh Baked Pies, Apple Cider Donuts (Fall Only), Amish made jar goods, Cake rolls, Local Honey, wearables, home decor, kids items and MORE!
Our Country Store is only open select dates, don’t miss your chance to visit!
NOW: Pumpkin Fest, Sept 19 – Nov 1
Open daily, 10 AM – 6 PM
We have seasonal flavor Fresh Baked Pies (also available Take and Bake or preordered), toffee and much more. We have a large selection of Amish made Jams, Jellies, Fruit Butters, Salsa, Relish, Local Honey, available all year long!
Our turkey legs are as big as your head, they are at least 2lbs. They are great for dinner or even picnics. Turkey Legs are available year round. You can get them Frozen during the Spring, Summer and Winter. During the Fall we also have them available ready to eat.
Dream catchers, All natural soaps, candles, and much more.
Visit our shelves filled with fun candies to eat and lovable stuffed animals to hug!
Straw bales (self serve at the entrance), Jar goods, Local Honey, Cake rolls and Fresh Pies (Pre Order for Holiday Pies). Call to make an appointment during winter months (815) 741-2693 or email info@SiegelsFarm.com.
Christmas Tree
Came out here to get a Christmas tree- found a beautiful tree, grabbed a fresh (still warm!) pie, and they helped us get everything loaded & ready to take home. Heartily recommend!!!
Totally worth the cost of admission to get out of the city and enjoy a day on the farm
We have such a great time out at Siegel’s. I really feel like a kid again, feeding the animals, love the corn mazes, fresh, clean air, and looking forward to their Cubs corn maze this year, plus the food! Last time I ate half a bag of their kettle corn and two apple cider donuts on the drive home! So yummy. It’s also a good place to stock up on high-quality flowers/plants that last forever and my fall favorite – apple butter. Totally worth the cost of admission to get out of the city and enjoy a day on the farm.
The store is open daily during Pumpkin Fest (Sept 19 to Nov 1, 10 AM to 6 PM) and on select dates in spring and summer. In the winter, call (815) 741-2693 for an appointment.
Yes. Holiday pies and cake rolls can be ordered online, and fresh pies can be pre-ordered year round.
Yes. Cottonwood Cash gift cards can be used for items on the farm except admission, and can be bought online.
Yes. Straw bales are self serve at the entrance.
Yes. They are sold frozen in spring, summer and winter, and ready to eat in the fall.
This barn is really two barns in one. When grandpa Frank and wife Gertrude Siegel purchased this farm in 1909, there was only a small horse barn. Then in the late 1930s he took down that horse barn and Frank and his sons built this dairy barn so they could start their dairy herd.
The East barn was originally built and used on the O’Brien farm near Elwood in about 1905.
Then when their farm was purchased by the government to start building the Joliet Army ammunition plant the O’Brien family sold the barn to grandpa Frank Siegel, who then rebuilt it on this farm. This barns east peak running north and south with the hayloft window, is where the original old horse barn stood, which was torn down to make room for the first/east 1/2 of the barn you see today. Frank was able to purchase and rebuild another barn and in 1941, they attached it to the first rebuilt O’Brien barn. The second building is a circa 1879 barn. Like many other complete farmsteads in the area these barns would’ve just been torn down and lost to make way for the ammunition plant if not saved and rebuilt by Frank and his sons.
They had to disassemble and rebuild the 1879 barn connecting it to the west side of the O’Brien barn. It has the peak running east and west. Both of these barns are timber frame style construction. All the timbers that make up the skeleton or frame of the barn are held together by wood pegs not nails or screws. The joints are mortise and tenon style. All this work would have been done by hand with only hand tools. Only the roof and siding would have used nails.
This same type of construction is still used today by the Amish And a few other traditional timber Barn builders using the same techniques as they have for many generations all around the world.
These rebuilt barns have served our family well for three generations, first as a dairy barn with hay loft and then as the retail shop and office space today.
If you go inside of the antique building you can see a scale drawing of these barns skeleton timber frames, and if you look inside Kaity’s country store you will see there are some animal foot prints from grandpa’s chickens and cows in the concrete floor. Put there by the animals when the hand mixed concrete was still wet. Come inside and see for yourself.
