LinksI sort of like the odd-shaped ones. Theyre unique, she said as she spent the day at Schilter Family Farm in Nisqually with her two sisters, parents and grandparents. I dont know what Im going to pick before I go.
The trip to the Schilter Family Farm has become a Halloween family tradition since Allie was 2, said her mom, Shala. The family saves pumpkins until Halloween week, when its time to carve faces into the squashes.
Our one rule is they have to have a pumpkin that they can lift, Shala Godwin said. My husband and I, we just look for the biggest ones we can buy.
The Godwins were among hundreds of people at the Schilter farm taking advantage of the sunny fall Sunday to find a pumpkin, shoot ears of corn out of an air gun, or run through a corn maze.
Jeff Schilter of Schilter Family Farm said the farm has about 10 to 12 different varieties, which gives people a choice in pumpkin color, shape and size, including a number of pale, warty pumpkins.
They are the ugliest thing Ive ever seen, but for someone thats the perfect pumpkin, he said.
They also made sure to have a number of soccer ball-sized pumpkins available for those whose budgets might not allow for the biggest pumpkin in the patch, Schilter said.
But there are some visitors who seek the 150-pound pumpkin, he said.
Guys. And kids, he said. But I dont like moving the big ones, so I dont grow too many of them.
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