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!