Oct 26, 2009

McLeod Farms Pumpkin Patch

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I picked up Patti and Eva, loaded up the Mazda 6 and drove to McBee, SC to McLeod Farms for their annual Fall Festival.
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McLeod is famous for their peaches with 22 varieties on 650 acres. I was stunned to learn the average life of a peach tree is 17 years! My peach trees are still producing, but they are obviously failing and I thought I wasn't taking care of them properly. It turns out they are just geriatric trees, over 19 years old. Ha. It wasn't me that ruined the harvest.
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But we didn't drive through Swine-Flu laden Camden to McLeod Farms for the peaches, we were there for the pumpkins.
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I have to strongly recommend you go to the festival next year, we are going to invite Emma and Lexi. It was excellent.
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  • pumpkin foods
  • inflatables
  • pony rides
  • hayrides
  • horse n buggy rides
  • a huge corn maze
  • pumpkin patch
  • catapulting pumpkins (Punkin Chunkin')
  • pumpkin painting....
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After jumping in an inflatable, we rode the hay wagon out to the pumpkin patch to select our pumpkins.
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Marj was unable to come with us, so we were carefully selecting the perfect pumpkin to take back to her.
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We had to look through a LOT of pumpkins before we found one suitable for Marj. We finally found the perfect one and Eva found a green one for herself. We thought a green pumpkin would be very creative.
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I love this picture of Patti, who, ironically, I've always called "Punkin'Head." Doesn't this look like a scene from "The Little House on the Prairie" or something?
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The farm continues to offer wagon rides, the pumpkin patch and the corn maze each weekend through October, so you still have a chance to experience part of the fun. The corn maze was excellent, but I'll describe it in another post.
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Happy Fall, Ya'll!

5 comments:

Mom said...

Hey if I'm still around next Fall I'd like to go to! Sounds like a fun place.

Love the pics.

Mom said...

Oops-------I'd like to go "too"!

Poof said...

Oh, Okay. Since you friended me in facebook, I guess we'll let you go. :)

Anonymous said...

Wow,can I go too!!!

Even tho I tried to FRIEND u on facebook, I dont think mine took!

Boo-Hoo!!!

~Connie said...

Nice!