Pumpkin Patch!

Portland weather, being Portland weather, was gorgeous this last weekend. Why is this Portland weather? Because one weekend earlier it was inopportunely POURING rain during the marathon. But the weather Gods are forgiven since the weekend was just so darn nice.


First we took an enchanting stroll through the animal barn. Here is our good friend Mr. Pig. He plays basketball. Obviously.


Then it was out to the vast pumpkin fields! The farm has several different fields, the closet one was only about a 1/4 mile walk, so we ditched the tractor hay-ride and hiked on over for some quality pumpkin searching.

Quick Lesson:

Pumpkin #1 -- NOT Quality Pumpkin.


Pumpkin #2 -- Quality Pumpkin! Yay!



After mastering the ability to distinguish between non-quality and quality pumpkins, we found ourselves 2 giant pumpkins and strained our arms carrying them back to the barn. We thought they maybe weighed around 20 pounds. Official pumpkin weights: Genaro = 44 pounds, Felicia = 37. Combined pumpkin weight = 81 pounds.

According to some pumpkin pie recipes, you need 15 ounces of pumpkin. Disregarding that our weight includes stems and seeds, we have enough pumpkin for 86 and a half pumpkin pies.

Thank goodness those pumpkins managed to fit in the back of the Mini! :)