Pumpkin Patch

As I was complaining (perhaps too long and too hard) about my new city to my mother-in-law the other day on the phone, (no good shopping close by, no children hittin’ the streets to play after school for Cali’s happiness) I have to say in spite of all my moaning, I do have one of my greatest autumn joys right down the road from my home: a pumpkin patch. A real live pumpkin patch on a real live farm. Actually, I not only have one pumpkin patch in this city, I have two.


I believe it was on a ‘drive’ when I discovered a second, smaller roadside pumpkin patch. (Y’know the drives where you are praying that all that driving you are doing is sending your littlest love to slumber land?) Yes, well, I also have to gush about the beautiful ‘country roads’ for those particular drives in this city, too. I always wished I had roads like this to drive in Salt Lake (and for this particular reason!)


The second pumpkin patch I found is completely cute; but we chose to visit Pack Farms. Once there, we found they have adorable hand carts to carry your horde of pumpkins (how can you get just one?), a few places to have a harvest photo taken and even a straw maze.

Eleven pumpkins later, photos and smiley faces we were on way. I will be back just before they close for the season to get a bundle of corn stalks to decorate for the harvest season in November. But for right now, we are decked out with ghosts and bats for Halloween. The pumpkins sitting on the steps of our front porch are a perfect addition; just waiting to be turned into jack-o-lanterns!☺










Okay, so we didn’t wait until closer to Halloween to start our carving fest. Here is our first creation!