Wrapping up our mini-tour of Burlington Road, just east of Greensboro, was a trip to Scott's Pumpkin Patch. In North Carolina, pumpkin patches are everywhere this time of year and no week-before-Halloween would be complete without our featuring a local place selling pumpkins. Here is one from 2010; here for 2009. Children delight in ambling through the pumpkins arranged by size and price.
This old barn is representative of the outbuildings found throughout rural North Carolina. Ten years into the 21st century, these structures are disappearing before our eyes. As a matter of fact, the land in the present photo is for sale. Wonder if Scott's Pumpkin Patch will still be here next year? Places like Scott's make great memories for children and help us appreciate our old-time ways.
If you are local and looking for something to do this weekend, click here for a pumpkin patch picking guide for North Carolina. Also, keep in mind it is the last weekend for Johnson's impressionist sculptures to be in Graham. Finally, this is our contribution to Skywatch Friday. Please take time to look up and admire the sky above.
i love that they still use this old barn! you should link it to tricia's barn charm!
Posted by: Tanya | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 06:45 AM
Gotta watch what you might find in the pumpkin patches. I like the old barn a lot.
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 07:13 AM
I remember a segment on "Frasier," where Daphne takes Americans to task for tearing down their old buildings, instead of fixing them up for future generations as they do in London (Europe). I think she has a point.
Lovely old building and well, pumpkins are not my thing. But I do like the pumpkin bread (which is really more cake than anything) at Bob Evans Restaurants!
Posted by: Lowell | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
thanks for this reminder-I have to go and buy a pumpkin!
Posted by: Lily | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Hello Greensboro! What a lovely way to view a blue sky....over a pumpkin patch. Fall is my favorite time of year.
Posted by: Tami Weingartner | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM
'tis punkin season!
;-D
«Louis» is serving Pumpkin Spice Chai as a beverage choice at the farmers markets this weekend.
Posted by: Louis la Vache | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 03:49 PM
A very sincere Pumpkin Patch that you have there! We no longer have any "real" local patches,I miss them,their smell,their special charm. I mostly miss the way the corn stalks rustled in the Santa Ana wind all spooky and foreboding at the end of the day when the last children had gone home to a warm kitchen and there remained only we few humans and the many scarecrows among a sea of orange-y pumpkins and whispering corn. What did it say? what did it say? Go away, go away or was that come back,stay,stay?
Posted by: Janis of So Cal | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 04:08 PM
A Halloween picture. Love it :0)
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Posted by: ann new zealand | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 07:39 PM
Beautiful photo. I love the old barn! Yesterday, our trees looked like these. This afternoon, there was color everywhere.
Posted by: Stephany | Friday, October 28, 2011 at 09:00 PM
Looks like a wonderful place to get your Halloween pumpkin. Great photo, happy skywatching!
Posted by: eileeninmd | Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Cool shot... looks like a happy place!
Posted by: Peter B | Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 02:13 PM