Five Days Left and Papa Has Pumpkins

There are only five days left in the 2012 season for Papa’s Pumpkin Patch, and Papa brought his final load of pumpkins big and small into the yards on Monday. According to the weather reports, high winds and cooler temperatures are expected by mid-afternoon Wednesday. If you’d like Papa’s opinion, you might want to plan…

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In Honor of Two Great Friends

On Friday, Oct. 12, Papa’s Pumpkin Patch provided 200 Wee Bee Little pumpkins and two Porcelain Dolls (pink pumpkins) for the Women’s Health Center Breast Cancer Run/Walk in Bismarck, ND. The Wee Bee Littles were for the first 200 participants, and the two pink pumpkins were in honor of two very special people. You see,…

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It’s Coming Back! Papa’s Costume Parade!!

Folks seem to like it so much, Papa’s holding his second annual Costume Parade on Saturday, Oct. 20! If you wear your costume to Papa’s Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, Oct. 20, you get a FREE pumpkin cookie, and you can walk in Papa’s Costume Parade at 3 p.m. There’s no age limit however you need…

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A Blessing in Disguise

Dear Papa, My husband, John, took our 3 sons to your Pumpkin Patch yesterday (Friday). Our boys LOVE the corn crib and could go every day just for that. Our budget is very tight right now and him taking the kids yesterday was a stretch, but made lasting memories. He inquired about the train rides…

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It Is GREAT to Be Home!

Humility comes in different forms and this weekend, it comes from the Bismarck Tribune recognizing exactly how Papa feels: it is GREAT to be home. In the Sunday edition of the Bismarck Tribune, photographer Will Kincaid and writer Katie Winbauer cover vividly the return of Papa’s Pumpkin Patch after the 2011 flood. Their story is…

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Under Cover Pumpkins Stay Warm

With the colder temps we’ve had this past week in North Dakota, Papa pulled out the blankets for his pumpkins. Seriously. One of the best ways we’ve found to protect the pumpkins, squash and gourds from frost is “tucking them in.” There are a couple of varieties that manage colder weather quite well: howdens, sugars…

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