After Matthew and I got back from Portugal, we hit the ground running for fall. Since we got back mid-October we wanted to make sure we could savor the season as much as possible. That meant decorating our house and also finding a pumpkin patch! Unfortunately, in Los Angeles there aren’t many pumpkin-on-the-vine patches. Most of the pumpkin patches here are constructed with tents and straw in parking lots behind malls. While those can be great, I really wanted to find one that felt a little more rustic and homey. I did some research and decided our best bet was heading north to find pumpkins on the vine in Ventura County.
The pumpkin patch we loved from a few years back {wow 4 years!} didn’t quite look the same but we found McGrath Street Pumpkin Patch and it was great! They grow pumpkins right on the vine and have a lot of options when it comes to pumpkins, including cooking pumpkins and gourds. I saw ones in baskets that I didn’t even know existed! We got a couple that we’re going to bake this week for Halloween. If you have any good pumpkin recipes, please share! I don’t think the ones we got are sweet enough to use for Pumpkin Pie Trifles but now I’m craving all sorts of pumpkin desserts! I hope I’m not alone in my pumpkin obsession these days!
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I’m so glad we were able to fine pumpkins on the vine in Ventura! They’ll be perfect to decorate our front stoop with. I hate to say it but Matthew and I might not carve our pumpkins this year! I know, I know! Every year we do a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and then last year we got super lazy. Like drawing with sharpies on our pumpkins lazy! I honestly think Matthew is scared of losing to me again! But we’ll see, maybe I can convince him!
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