Pumpkins at Scottsdale Farms

Saturday, October 4, 2014

With Halloween only two weeks away it is time to start looking for the perfect pumpkin! Soon to be turned into jack-o-lanterns with faces that range from sweet to scary these orange gourds are starting to dot front porches and driveways in my neighborhood. I went on a search to find a good pumpkin and that led me to a few new places. My first stop was to Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta. Hundreds of pumpkins of all shapes and sizes were laid out in a wooded area at the front of the farm. It was like walking through a forest where instead of pine cones there were pumpkins strewn over the pine needle covered floor. It was almost something out of a storybook (with a little imagination).

Nathan Pelletier beats his hands on a pumpkin as his family searches for one for Halloween at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Nathan Pelletier beats his hands on a pumpkin as his family searches for one for Halloween at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Drew Loveless (right) places a pumpkin in a wheelbarrow as Maddux Sherrill holds it steady at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Drew Loveless (right) places a pumpkin in a wheelbarrow as Maddux Sherrill holds it steady at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Evan Penrose sits on a pumpkin at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta as his family searches for a pumpkin for Halloween on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Evan Penrose sits on a pumpkin at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta as his family searches for a pumpkin for Halloween on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Olivia Rogers tries to muster enough strength to push a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins through the pumpkin patch at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Olivia Rogers tries to muster enough strength to push a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins through the pumpkin patch at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Michael Harper tries to toss a rope ring around a pumpkin at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta as his family searches for a pumpkin for Halloween on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Michael Harper tries to toss a rope ring around a pumpkin at Scottsdale Farms in Alpharetta as his family searches for a pumpkin for Halloween on Saturday, October 4, 2014.