PUMPKINS~ Pick your own pumpkins will begin September 25, 2010...  Round, narrow, perfect or odd shaped, you'll find your perfect pumpkin in our patch.  Beginning the last weekend of September and running through October, you can enjoy a  hayride to the patch on weekends or walk out with a wagon during the week.  Looking for something unusual?  Try carving a white pumpkin, hubbard squash or tiny jack be little!  All pumpkins are edible, however the jack-o-lantern type are best known for their seeds.  Pumpkin pies made from the tan, flat shaped "cheese pumpkin" taste best.  The flesh from these pumpkins make a much smoother pie and provide a much richer taste.           Farmer Don's fun facts: A solid green pumpkin picked in October will turn orange by Christmas!  Pumpkins continue to "ripen" both on and off the vine!  Pumpkins are fruit. Colonists sliced off pumpkin tips; removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of pumpkin pie. The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.

APPLES~ PICK YOUR OWN APPLES will begin September 11, 2010!   PLEASE CALL FIRST FOR AVAILABILITY.  Apples are sold in our market by the pound or by the basket.  However, most customers enjoy picking their own during the months of September and October!  We provide the bags, you have the fun.  Remember that apple varieties ripen at different times during their season.  Feel free to call for the varieties available the day you wish to pick.  All apples picked are sold by the pound.         ***Please call for pricing and availability.***     Apple pickers are available for a small rental fee.  Sorry, we request that dogs be left at home!     Farmer Phil's  fun facts: Once picked, don't throw the apples into the baskets, place them in gently, or they will bruise and spoil quicker than ones placed gently and non bruised! Keep apples refrigerated to preserve crispness! It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple. It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider.

We look forward to your visit at Sun High!