| Pumpkin picking is a great fall activity and a | | | | the Cumberland County Fairgrounds, 3001 Carmel |
| memorable experience with the kids? | | | | Road, Millville, NJ (856) 765-0118 --Three days of over |
| Spend a day with the kids in New Jersey farm | | | | 100 artists and craftsmen, Professional Fall/Winter |
| country picking pumpkins, and time permitting, add on | | | | Home & Garden Expo, Bluegrass and Country |
| a hayride or a trip to the corn maze. | | | | Bands, Largest Grown Pumpkin Weigh Off, Little Miss |
| In the fall, the daytime New Jersey countryside | | | | Pumpkin Show, Halloween Extravaganza, Hayrides, |
| becomes a bright landscape, color-quilted with leafy | | | | Skillet Toss, Amusement Rides, Scarecrows, |
| hues and the night time sky is clear and vivid shining | | | | truckloads of pumpkins and mums. |
| stars. | | | | Here is a list of New Jersey's best pumpkin picking |
| The pumpkin picking season in New Jersey begins as | | | | farms with activities for kids. Please call ahead to |
| early as September 15, with peak activity from | | | | confirm activity schedule and get your travel |
| October 1 - October 15, with the season ending on | | | | directions. |
| Halloween Day, and on some farms, into early | | | | Emery's Blueberry Farms, 346 Long Swamp Road, |
| November. | | | | New Egypt. (609) 758-8514 --- Emery's Berry Patch is |
| Pick-Your-Own farms vary in the activities they | | | | a Certified Organic Farm and Country Bakery. They |
| offer, from the farm that offers only pick your own | | | | grow Organic Blueberries, Organic Raspberries, |
| to those that feature a wide range of activities | | | | Organic Vegetables, Organic Pumpkins and Organic |
| including hayrides, corn mazes, animals, and haunted | | | | Herbs. U-Pick Hayrides during Pumpkin season. School |
| houses. | | | | trips must be scheduled in advance and fill up quick. |
| Many of these pick your own farms also offer a full | | | | Country Bakery sells seasonal Organic Vegetables |
| range of produce grown on the farm, with other | | | | and Herbs, our famous pies, jams, jellies, turnovers, |
| goodies such as home-made pies, preserves, cider, | | | | muffins and much more! |
| candies, and the like. | | | | Dewolf's "U-Pick" Farm, 10 West Colliers Mills Road, |
| Several of New Jersey's farms and farm stores offer | | | | (off RT 539) New Egypt, NJ 609-758-2424, where |
| haunted hayrides that take revelers through vast | | | | they have pumpkin picking, hayrides, the amazing |
| fields and forests, with ghosts and goblins | | | | spider corn maze, face painting, and a kid friendly |
| everywhere. Just a few are described here, but | | | | haunted house. |
| most large farms throughout the state have hayrides | | | | Race's Farm , 224 Route 94 S, Blairstown, NJ |
| and other spooky happenings throughout October. | | | | 908-362-9363 "ghosts will walk and spirits will talk," |
| The South Jersey Pumpkin Show , fourth annual | | | | during this Haunted Hayride every Friday and |
| affordable family Fall Festival, October 13-15, 2006, at | | | | Saturday. |