Tigges Farm will have pumpkins available for customers in limited quantity around the produce and gift shop farm stand and around the close by equipment displays. We were limited to planting just three short rows (instead of fields) of pumpkins that are on a drip line because of lack of rain and irrigation water this year. Not enough water to plant the big fields of pumpkins for you to hunt for pumpkins this year. Weather rules. All the drip line pumpkins planted are also baking pumpkins in colors (orange, yellow, white, pink pumpkins) so keep your pumpkin in a cool place when you take it home. Instead of carving, paint your pumpkin and bake pumpkin cookies or pie after Halloween. You don’t need a lot of pumpkins to make the most of them. Let’s make the limited quantity of pumpkins stretch as far as possible to make a lot of kiddo’s happy. A few on the porch this year for everyone and get a wagon load NEXT YEAR!. Pink Pumpkins, regardless of size will have $1.00 added to the price that will be donated to “Hope Lives” a non-profit supporting breast cancer patients of Larimer and Weld Counties. https://www.hopelives.org/ CAPTURE THE FALL SEASON Bring your camera as there are lots of picture places. Many high school graduation and family pictures are taken at the farm. FIELD TRIPS Field trips for Schools, Child Care Centers and Adult Day Care Centers need to be scheduled in advance. Youth, School & Child Care Field Trip Letter • In place of the pumpkin hunt in the field, will be a program on the Legend of the Jack O Lantern, which began as a turnip. • A storybook about the Enormous Turnip will be read. Teachers and Child Care Centers can find school worksheets online about The Enormous Turnip, storybook. • The activity will be painting a miniature pumpkin with marking pens. • We hope you will “TURN-UP”for the “TURNIP” this year! Field trips are on Thursdays and Fridays only! Pull up the letter for details and schedule early. COMPANY/BUSINESS DAYS • Company customer or employee appreciation days may be scheduled for Thurs, Fri, Sat or Sun in August and September and October. Text 970-576-8970. Ask for Kathy. • Event Center can be used as part of the trip for a meeting place, refreshments or for any other extra things planned by the business or group. • Coupons can be given by company toward farm purchases in the amount determined by the company. • Go to the Events and Activities to see what days would be of greater entertainment for clientele. SPECIAL EVENT WEEKEND – OCTOBER 24-25 There will be only one weekend packed with customer activities this year since the pick-em patches could not be planted. Make it the “fall place to be” this year so kids still have a fall season experience at the farm. There will be: • Petting Zoo (sponsored by Tigges Farm) 10am – 6pm https://2by2zoo.com/ • Conestoga Wagon Rides (sponsored by Tigges Farm) 1-4pm http://www.kiowac3.com/ • Unicorn Visit (sponsored by Colorado Costume Castle) 1-4pm http://www.kiowac3.com/ • Face Painting (donation fee) 10am – 6pm • Award Winning Author Mobile Library and Book Signing – 10am -6pm (tentative) https://www.facebook.com/CharlesWelchAuthor/ • Penny’s Food Truck – 10am - ? pennysfoodtruck@gmail.com • Craft Vendors (invitation is out, if interested text 970-576-8970) • Barn Quilt Gallery (discover Tigges Family history through the display) • Gift Shop (One-of-a-kind homemade gifts and fall décor) Click here for a gift shop sneak preview • Popcorn and Cotton Candy Snack Attack (just because it’s fall fun ya’ll!) • Pumpkin Chunkin (Two Buck Chuck) – 1-3pm Saturday the 24th only • Plus the “Gotta Have – Can’t Leave Without” some Fire Roasted Green Chilies or a big red tomato for a BLT sandwich when you get home. Or make it chilies, onion, garlic and a tomato and you have “salsa.”