Whether it’s picking out the perfect pumpkin or carving a jack-o’-lantern, there’s plenty to do at this British Columbia farm
For 34 years, Clarence and Judy Glaicar have delighted thousands of visitors a year to their Pumpkin Patch near Armstrong, B.C., including school bus loads of kids and vans full of seniors.
The Glaicars raise about 15 acres of pumpkins and squash, plus decorative corn and gourds.
Visitors can carve a jack-o’-lanterns and purchase pumpkins and all types of squash, including spaghetti squash, acorn, buttercup and huge butternut.
They can pose for photos in the Glaicars’ front yard, complete with autumn and Halloween decorations.
Beside the acres of countless orange, tan, green and yellow spheres waiting for selection, one of the most dramatic sights is the drive out to the field. The Glaicars spend an entire day lining both sides of their half-kilometre farm lane with about 1,000 little pumpkins spaced exactly four feet apart, which is 1 1/2 of Judy’s strides.
