Perfect Pumpkins

With Halloween just around the corner it’s time to be thinking about getting creative with those pumpkins, do you go for simple but a traditional style of triangle eyes, nose and a big wide mouth with jagged teeth or a more complex design with a whole scene of witches flying through the air on broomsticks or graveyards with ghosts flying around there are some really complex impressive designs out there if you have the time, patience and artistic flair.

The fun isn’t just in the scooping out the insides and completing the design of the pumpkin half the fun is going to collect the pumpkin itself.  Gone are the days when you would pop down to the supermarket and pick up a pumpkin from what was left at the bottom of the large square cardboard displays, now it’s a whole day out going to the fields to see where they are grown grabbing a wheelbarrow and finding the absolute perfect size, shape and colour to perform your masterpiece on.  Many pumpkin farms also offer tractor rides, farm tours, meet the animals, great photo opportunities and of course hot drinks and delicious slices of cake.  For ideas of where to go for a day out close to Sambrook Manor Cottages and to purchase your perfect pumpkin take a look at the following ideas –

Fordhall organic farm, Market Drayton

Pumpkins & Alpacas, Woodeseaves

Little Wytheford Farm, Shawbury

Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge

Amerton Farm, Stafford

Bearstone Fruit Farm, Knighton Market Drayton

Bednall Pick your own, Stafford