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Searching for the perfect pumpkin? Here’s where to look in Thurston County

Army Sgt. Zach Holt and his wife, Constance, find a selection of future jack-o-lanterns at the Schilter Family Farm in Nisqually Sunday for their daughters Paisleigh, 3, and Charlotte, 4 months, as summer-like weather attracted throngs of pickers to local pumpkin patches.
Army Sgt. Zach Holt and his wife, Constance, find a selection of future jack-o-lanterns at the Schilter Family Farm in Nisqually Sunday for their daughters Paisleigh, 3, and Charlotte, 4 months, as summer-like weather attracted throngs of pickers to local pumpkin patches. Steve Bloom sbloom@theolympian

Sunday’s sunshine might have felt a bit like summer, but South Sound residents were well aware that Halloween is a mere two weeks away.

Throngs of pickers arrived at local pumpkin patches searching for the perfect gourd – or gourds.

But if you weren’t among them, here are some suggestions of where to look when you are ready to get your home a little more ghoulish. A listing of regional pumpkin patches also can be found at www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/WApolympiaarea.php.

  • Hunter Family Farm, 7401 Yelm Highway SE, 360-456-0466.
  • Pigmans Organic Produce Patch, 10633 Steilacoom Road SE, 360-491-3276.
  • Rutledge Corn Maze, 302 93rd Ave. SE, 360- 357-3700.
  • Schilter Family Farm, 141 Nisqually Cutoff Road SE, 360-459-4023.
  • Lattin’s Country Cider Mill & Farm, 9402 Rich Road SE, 360-491-7328

This story was originally published October 14, 2018 at 2:35 PM.

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