Pumpkin Patch Fun

I do not know how many years we have had our own pumpkin patch.

It has always been my favorite part of the garden.

This is a picture from 2008, there is a post about it HERE.

This year Kirk tilled & sprayed the pumpkin patch. We had

 decided we were going to have a smaller garden,

 I DID NOT KNOW 

smaller included no

  pumpkin patch!!!

So, without a personal patch it required us to go find another one.

Josh and Ali had taken Miss C to get pumpkins in Oakley, ID and told us how fun it was.

Today Kira needed to have pumpkins for her Young Women's activity.

So we took Miss H to go get pumpkins at the "fun patch".

It really was fun. A really nice gentleman came out and told us to climb up on the trailer and he would take us around the patch.

If we saw a pumpkin we liked  just "holler" and he would stop.

We yelled several times, picking out pumpkins we liked.

We would load them on the trailer, even Miss H had to put hers on the back.

Hazel found one we couldn't load.

The patch was full of all sizes and shapes.

PLEASE NOTE THE WHITE ON THE MOUNTAINS!

When we were done picking our pumpkins we climbed back up on the trailer and got a ride back to the car with our orange treasures.

We had a great time, but it was really strange when we were all done to

 PAY 

for pumpkins.

I am saving seeds from these pumpkins so I can have a 

PUMPKIN PATCH next year.

Wordless Wednesday

Thank You's and Jack-O-Lanterns

I love to share our garden. When the pumpkins are ready I let who ever wants come HELP THEM SELVES! The little Pre-schoolers are the best! I LOVE thank you cards!

Three of our favorite neighbors came to show us their pumpkin art! To CUTE Hu!!

Pumpkin Art

When you have a BILLION pumpkins only so many get taken off your hands, by who ever you can get to take them, what do you do with the rest?

I visited Sayda's blog and she had this idea...

Pretty darn cute hu?

Gold spray paint, ribbon and I added silk flowers to a couple.

I think I will pass 1 gold to 50 orange ones to my neighbors...

I'm off to load the trailer!

The Garden Has Been Put Away

Kirk getting the garden cleaned and tilled for the winter.

Ro and I gathered the pumpkins so that the pumpkin patch can be tilled up today.
It really is a sad feeling to see all the fresh produce gone from the garden, and just dark dirt waiting for next Spring.

Cute Pumpkin Craft Idea

My Friend Sayda has a couple of new blog sites. She has directions to do this pumpkin at

http://sadiescraftideas.blogspot.com/

With a patch full of pumpkins, I think this will be a great gift for neighbors and friends.

Here is her other sight (it should link). They are going to do a gift drawing so visit Raspberry Lemonade, and be sure to tell them Janiece sent you!