What Not to Wear
This page attempts to serve as a guide to make your visit to our pumpkin patch as pleasurable as possible.
This is a real farm. It has things like dirt and weeds. Trust me, we wish it was clean too! Because of the dirt (and if it is a wet season this becomes MUD), you will probably want to wear something that can potentially get dirty. Leave your dress shoes at home. As for the weeds, some of them have thorns and the weeds themselves can be prickly. Even the pumpkin vines (early in the season before a hard frost) will scratch your legs a little if you are wearing shorts.
Once there is a hard frost, the weeds and pumpkin vines pretty much dissipate. However, you would still be wise to wear shoes as some of the thorns are laying on the ground searching for bare feet to attack.
The pumpkin stems themselves will also be a little prickly before a hard frost. It would be a good idea to bring a glove so you can rip the stem from the vine without hurting your hands.
I hope that the above advice has not scared you away. This pumpkin patch is REALLY fun! You ARE going to have a great time - but this will simply help to make it a little better.
After the hard frost, the patch becomes easier to navigate. But be warned, the HUGE pumpkins will be picked early in the season. We hope to have THOUSANDS of pumpkins this year, so there should be enough for those who come late in the season. My suggestion - Come early in the season and then come again late in the season. You won't be sorry. This is a fun, inexpensive family treat!