Last year’s Super Bowl (XLVI) was the first ever to feature a Social Media Center. This year, there is no doubt that many more will be tweeting, posting to facebook and probably using Instagram to share the Super Bowl experience.   So many enjoy the Super Bowl and all of the activities that surround it that a petition has been submitted to declare the Monday after the Super Bowl a holiday. We will provide you with the quick Hit List of all the relevant links so that you too can be social and enjoy the game.

THE GAME
Watch it all – TV, online, in-demand –  on CBS.

The Super Bowl will be held in the wonderful city of New Orleans.

This game can also be called the Harbaugh Bowl. John Harbaugh is the coach of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim Harbaugh is the coach of the 49ers.

Beyonce will be singing a 12-minute set “LIVE” (really!) for the halftime show. Find out what she had to say about it. Did you know she does not get paid for her appearance.

THE ADS
Of course we all watch the Super Bowl for the ads and some ads are now getting a bit of the buzz prior to the actual game. The Huffington Post notes that “about half of the 30 Super Bowl advertisers are expected to have teasers this year”. Do a Google search for “Super Bowl Ads” can you can see links to videos – and yes, those are paid links.

THE FOOD
Of course you have to check out Pinterest for all of your Super Bowl food recipes!

May the best Harbaugh team win! What’s your pick? Let us know on our MJ2 facebook page.

The MJ2 team may not know a lot about farming, but we do enjoy what comes from farms! Fall is a great time of the year to enjoy going to an Ohio farm. Find out more about our image and the art installation in Dublin that is a tribute to Sam Frantz, the inventor of hybrid corn.

Near Dublin:

Jacquemin Farms
Where: 7437 Hyland Croy Rd., Plain City, OH 43064
When: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 1-6 p.m.
How Much: $1 hayrides to the pumpkin patch, $5 admission to the Kiddie Playland, ages 10 and under (admission includes a straw maze, grain boxes, giant air toys and free hayrides)

Leeds Farm
Where: 8738 Marysville Rd., Ostrander, OH 43061
When: Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
* Friday October 19 will be the ONLY Friday that the farm will be open 10 a.m – 5 p.m.
How much: $2 hayrides, $7 Barn Pass admission (admission includes mini zip lines, the pumpkin jump, a corn box and more)

Miller’s Country Gardens
Where: 2488 St. Rte. 37 W., Delaware, OH 43015
When: Sat., 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
How much: FREE parking and rides to the pumpkin patch

Around Columbus:

Lynd’s Fruit Farm
Where: 9090 Morse Road SW, Pataskala, OH
When: Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
How Much:
U-pick apples are priced at $20 per large bag (holds approximately twenty pounds when filled) and $12 per small bag (holds approximately ten pounds when filled), and we provide containers.
U-pick pumpkin patch All pumpkins from the patch are priced at $6 each. Friday’s patch location (10/12) is near the corn maze (on Morse Rd. west of S.R. 310) and the patch location for Saturday and Sunday (10/13-14) will be indicated by directional signage located at the Morse Rd/S.R. 310 intersection.

Circle S Farms
Where: 9015 London Groveport Rd., Grove City, OH 43123
When: Daily, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
How much: $8 per person (admission includes a hayride, fun barn, petting zoo, corn/sunflower mazes and a bale cave), $3.50 per pumpkin

Devine Farms
Where: 672 National Rd., Hebron, OH 43025
When: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 p.m.
How much: FREE parking & admission, $1 per ticket or $14 for an All Day Pass/Stamp

Lehner’s Pumpkin Farm
Where: 2920 St. Rte. 203, Radnor, OH 43066
When: Weekends, 11 a.m.-dark; Weekdays, 5 p.m.-dark
How much: FREE parking & admission (jumping house, petting zoo, corn maze and free hayrides on the weekend)