Pumpkin pickin' in Mystic
September 26, 2018 12:00 am
• Last Updated: September 26, 2018 7:31 pm
Farm hand Charles Barrett, left, and farm hand Alex Infante harvest pumpkins to take to the field across from the Whittle's Willow Spring Farm farm stand in Mystic to make them available for purchase Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic — Farm hand Charles Barrett, left, and farm hand Alex Infante harvest pumpkins to take to the field across from the Whittle's Willow Spring Farm farm stand in Mystic to make them available for purchase.
Farm manager Phil Whittle said they planted 20,000 pumpkin seeds on 15 acres and started harvesting on Sept. 20. Since then, they have picked 10 trailer loads, which is approximately 300 pumpkins, and will be picking pumpkins for about two more weeks.
Farm manager Phil Whittle, left, and farm hand Charles Barrett harvest pumpkins to take to the field across from the Whittle's Willow Spring Farm farm stand in Mystic to make them available for purchase Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Farm hand Charles Barrett, left, and farm manager Phil Whittle harvest pumpkins to take to the field across from the Whittle's Willow Spring Farm farm stand in Mystic to make them available for purchase Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Farm manager Phil Whittle, center, and farm hands Charles Barrett, left, and Alex Infante, right, ride the tractor as they haul the trailor full of pumpkins they harvested to the field across from the Whittle's Willow Spring Farm farm stand in Mystic on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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