By: Leta Lohrmeyer
Harvest Edition celebrated its 20th show and was hosted at Sycamore Farms last weekend. The fall event featured more than 180 vintage vendors, over 20 food trucks and artisan food vendors, and different bands to entertain guests.
The event hosted pumpkins galore along with fall decor. Guests could browse rows and rows of vendors, either in outdoor tents or in the different barn complexes on the farm.
This “overgrown” flea market has become known as the place to go for antiques or repurposed items. Buses shuttled people to the property and an entire lot of parked cars are proof of its popularity.
After 20 different shows, Junkstock keeps the event fresh with new additions. This year the new piece is a giant pumpkin house, a large skeleton structure with pumpkins filling in the empty space.
The harvest theme is seen throughout the farm, with sheaves of corn, hay, flowers and gourds decorating the farm. It’s enough to get anyone into the fall season.
Sycamore Farms located in Waterloo, Nebraska hosts the ever-growing Junkstock event. The October weather brings out the best of fall, as shoppers walk around outside. Homegrown Junk sells a variety of products including hardwick candles in vintage coffee tins. The newest creation at Junkstock is the pumpkin house, a 15 feet tall by 15 feet wide structure made with real pumpkins. Dotted around the farm are little creations like a broken-down car and the pumpkin man. The Sycamore Stables holds the partial amount of 180 plus featured vendors. Crowded inside a barn are vendors that sell anything from dog biscuits to potpourri to hand-sewn aprons. Air plants and other types of succulents are a featured item across several vendors. Junkstock is an animal friendly, all the dogs are a highlight of the event. Dirty Kids Soap sells allectic flavored soaps, smells include Apple Jack and Lilac Bushes. An assortment of antique jars are among the “junk” at Junkstock. A guest browses a selection of prints from DK Design Studio, which is based in Iowa. The Uncorked Wine Jelly vendor sells various wine jellies including Sangria and White Zinfandel. The outdoor walkways are matted down with hay to cover puddles after the rainstorm the day earlier.