If you didn’t grow your own pumpkins, it’s time to head to a pumpkin farm or store to get yours to carve. Debbie Jarve did just that with the help of a few of her grandkids recently, at the Mayflower Pumpkin Farm. Check out the view looking down toward Traprock Valley from the farm. Pretty spectacular looking, seems like you can see forever in the first photo. It sure looks like they had plenty of pumpkins to pick from on this day, but don’t wait too long, because the closer it gets to Halloween, they’ll be disappearing quickly. I love the display with the hay bales and little scarecrows. It made the picture of Debbie’s granddaughters even cuter, if that’s possible!

We’re joining Kristin Ojaniemi for an episode of Discovering the U.P. about her deer hunt, the ATV Wilderness Adventure ride in Baraga County and Richard P. Smith’s book on Black Bears. Sit back and enjoy!

Very cool pictures. It's really
looking like fall now. Like the
saying goes, "My favorite color is
autumn". I bet those grandchildren
had a blast. I remember taking
mine when they were little. It
doesn't matter what you do with
the grandkids. It's always great
to make those memories.

Nice set that exemplifies the season !
And I’m no genius, but I really have
a craving for a slice of pumpkin pi.

Hi
When I was a kid, fall meant apple orchards rather
than pumpkin patches. Mostly this was because
cousins had an apple orchard, and adults & kids
helped out. Well, young kids didn't help all that
long or well, but we were there with our moms.

Glad to see fall colors.

It's getting mighty gorgeous out there...too bad
there wasn't more color for that 4 wheeler
ride..but the water falls they found were
spectacular!!

The pumpkin patch....back in the day, I'd do those
super fancy cut out pumpkins....about 6-7, and
when I lived in Dollar Bay, I also had a motion
detector pumpkin that would "woo woo" when someone
walked by. I had all my pumpkins on the front
porch and the woo woo hiding in a lilac bush.
There were some parents walking the Halloween run
w/their little man...probably about 4 y/o...that
pumpkin went off....and so did he! lolol...he
started "Oh, there's a pumpkin, there's a pumpkin,
there's a pumpkin", on and on...Mom and Dad just
laughed...they never saw him do anything like that
before....it was so cute. Poor lil dude probably
had a pantsful when he got home.

Hi
Donna, sounds like fun. Every year on the weekend
before Halloween, our nature center here in Jackson
has "Goblin Walks". Kids in costume are led from
station to station on trails lined with lit jack o'
lanterns. I'll be part of the crew carving pumpkins.

We too always went to the apple orchard at this time of year. Us kids got snow apples and the folks got red delicious. And maybe some baked goods while we were there. We did have jack-o-lanterns with REAL candles inside, but don't recall where we got the pumpkins. Always had to roast the pumpkin seeds tho!

KathyL...GREAT time, indeed!

I had the Headless Horseman, a witch at the
cauldron, etc..they have booklets that you tear out
a pic, tape it on, poke through the picture, then
carve...and they are so awesome!