Just read on my favorite Niles chat group, that Perry’s Farm isn’t doing the pumpkin patch this year. I’ve gone there the last two years; it’s great. Perry wanted to give his fields a rest this year, so he didn’t plant pumpkins.

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((UPDATE)) I just talked to Doug Perry of Perry Farm. He said they expect to plant pumpkins again next year. The corn maze, however, is probably gone for good.

He said the family is getting up in years and wanted to take a year off. Pumpkin season is a lot of work. Squash bugs and wanting to give the land a break from pumpkins were also factors, he said.

There were vandalism issues last year, which he said was a particularly tough one. However, he said the pumpkin patch is profitable, and the family will get less revenue from planing other vegetable on the land.