Oh, my gourd – this intro is just as bad as the title… boo! Visiting The Patch at Mount Mill Farm has become another tradition of ours, and for the last two years, we have visited for both sunflowers and pumpkins. It may seem a little late now, but last week got our fill of pumpkins and squash. Don’t worry, there’s no tricks, and things aren’t about to get spooky…
#Instagoals with the photo opps
Much like when
we visited The Patch for sunflower season earlier this year, the team have upped
their game to offer so many more photo opportunities. I’ll be honest, I first
found out about the site on Instagram, after so many local bloggers and
influencers posted – and through the powers of social, you can see how popular
it is!
Sadly, I was
unable to get a photo in the Dracula style chair – I couldn’t even find it
while walking around! And I’m sure there were many other things I also missed.
However, Alfie loved the pumpkin carriage – although he kept on insisting “I’m
a pumpkin”. I even manage to persuade him to see how tall in pumpkins he was…
still only two!
Last year, when
we visited, the rain was torrential, and we had to make a quick exit – so I had
to snap a quick selfie in front of the Pumpkins sign. With much better weather
this time, the queue was crazy and the large family (or potentially even two
families together) insisted on getting every single photo combination available
and Alfie wasn’t feeling patient – so after five minutes we gave up and instead,
I managed to get a quick snap of the empty sign. I still love how the MK in
PUMPKINS is a different colour to the rest of the lettering.
Oh, and the pumpkin house was back, too! Another great photo opportunity. Can you spot
Alfie in the picture below?
Pumpkins for days
Even though we
visited quite late in the month – Thursday 28th October, to be
precise – there were still plenty of pumpkins and squash left. All different
shapes, sizes and colours. They may have looked pretty sparse when you stood on
the viewing platform – if you were expecting an epic backdrop, it wasn't as
impressive as the sunflowers earlier in the year – but there were plenty out in
the fields, and we all still loved choosing ones to take home.
We chose one each,
although Alfie initially wanted two! He also insisted on picking up the biggest
pumpkin he could manage – eventually I intervened. It was really sad to see all
the bashed and smashed pumpkins, where people (kids, most likely) had thrown or
dropped them on the floor. We spent a long time inspecting them before picking,
and I also made sure that Alfie wasn’t continuously picking them up.
I think we paid
£7 for our trio, which I think is great value and rather than carving them at
home for Halloween, I kept them for cooking. I’ve already made some pumpkin
soup and plan to bake a pumpkin pie at the weekend. I'll be using the acorn
squash to cook some parmesan fries as well as maybe blitz the other half to
use in a pasta sauce. Watch this space!
Talking of
food, The Patch Pantry was up and running, serving the tastiest sausage rolls,
amongst other things. I think Ash chose the pork and sage variety and it was
delicious. I wish he had bought two now because we all shared one between us
and it simply wasn't enough.
It's kids play…
And as usual,
there was plenty to do, for the kids to release some energy. The multi slides
with rock climbing wall was out again while the haybale maze was fabulous. The
vintage Red Tractor was also very popular – and it was surrounded by pumpkins,
too. It's easy to have hours of fun, and when it got too cold, there was a cup
of tea or mulled apple ready to warm up in the marquee.
As always, The Patch is now closed until next season. Already I'm looking forward to our 2022
visits – it is a tradition after all.
Love, Lucy xx
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