Once upon a time not far from Holly’s house in a popular suburb of one of the country’s largest cities was a pumpkin patch. And by pumpkin patch Holly means a large picturesque field where pumpkins are trucked in and laid in neat rows.
Holly and her family visited and enjoyed the pumpkin patch very much. They looked forward to the following fall so that they could visit again.
The next year Holly was surprised to see the WHOLE field full of pumpkins. She couldn’t wait to go visit the super-sized pumpkin patch.
Hey, wait!
It wasn’t just one pumpkin patch. It was now
two.
Practically identical pumpkin patches sitting right next to each other.
Holly wasn’t the only one that noticed the phenomenon.
The pumpkin patches noticed
each other.
Soon each patch had new signs:
And then some more signs:
At this point some legal action took place that Holly is too tired to review and report back to you. She assumes it involved lawyers, judges and a whole bunch of pumpkin patch proceeds.
She would also like to make the following legal disclaimer: Holly has no further understanding of this case then what is obvious to the general public while driving a minivan past the patches at no more than 50 mph. Nothing drawn in marker should be construed as fact, opinion or slander.
Once the case was settled, things settled down a bit at the patches.
One of the patches received a new name!
And so it went for a few pumpkin seasons. The Patch and Village coexisted in a civil manner.
As civil as two fighting children required to sit next to each other.
Then a new sign appeared
this fall on the patch formally known as Village:
It appeared they had changed their name to Park.
Why Park?
Holly thinks that it might have something to do with the fact that when you drive from town toward the Patch, you cannot tell that there are two separate pumpkin entities. All you are looking for is pumpkins and a place to park:
That Pumpkin Park is so sneaky it is downright scary.
This is phenomenal. Your artistic abilities are so amazing LOL
Silly pumpkin patch people.
Pumpkin Park…pure, evil genius! LOLOLOL!
Ahahahaahahahahahaa…. You KILL ME! And I’ve only just “met” you! So glad I’ve found your blog. I’m a new mommy. And blogger. And I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. So I’m writing and reading. Now off to find our very own pumpkin park!!! Happy Halloweeeeeen!!
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November Grey
I love your story telling…and the drawn pictures are priceless! LOL You’re right, that is a sneaky way to get traffic to their own pumpkin patch. I wasn’t sure at first if you were using the 2 pumpkin patches as a metaphor for something else…
HA! LOVE THIS! We laugh at this “situation” every year. Each year since Z was 1 (eek this will be year 6) we go here and each year we end up at the original & every year I tell my husband I want that house. My husband and I are dying, supreme greatness Holly!
We went to the original one this week. Loved it. It’s so free! how could you not like it? but the war is kinda crazy.
This is so funny. Which one do you go to?
An oldie but a goodie! Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin “Park Here.” Brilliant. I tip my witch’s hat to their marketing person.
Doesn’t anyone realize that neither of them is a real pumpkin patch? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Soylent Green is people! And this is just a field of overpriced pumpkins! Sorry, two fields.
Do they at least have hayrides and fun stuff to make the inflated pumpkin price worth it?
I should be more offended, but instead I’m kind of thinking of setting up a “pumpkin patch” in my yard…