MALTA – While sitting on dad Andrew’s shoulders Sunday, 1-year-old Landen Burza happily munched on an apple among the trees at Jonamac Orchard.

“It’s not every day they get to pick their own food,” said mom, Kayla Burza, of DeKalb, referring to Landen and his 5-year-old sister, Lilly. Burza added that her son, normally a picky eater, seemed smitten with the fresh apple.

Apple picking began this weekend at the Malta orchard, which also offers a barnyard play area for children, a corn maze, country store and bakery and a pumpkin patch open in the fall.