Wow, fall really arrived in a blink. It’s time to head out to the farms and orchards for pumpkins and some fresh cider!
My friend Veronica shows off a pumpkin she chose from the patch at Detering Orchards in Harrisburg.
A couple of websites I turn to when I’m looking for farms to visit are Local Harvest and Pick Your Own. On the Local Harvest site, you can search by state (here are my search results for pumpkins in Oregon), or narrow it even further by city or zip code. The Pick Your Own site is rather dizzying, but you can follow the links and end up on a page listing out farms by county (for example, Salem and the surrounding areas).
Don’t forget to call before you go! Many of the farms are currently offering hay rides, fresh cider, corn or hay bale mazes, and more.
I’ve updated the Recipe page and added a Baked Pumpkin Pudding recipe from HobbyFarms.com. Happy baking!
