Picking in the pumpkin patch
October 02, 2019 12:00 am
• Last Updated: October 03, 2019 7:58 pm
Farm manager Phil Whittle, right, and Benjamin Ibbitson, left, place pumpkins in a trailer Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, while picking them at Whittle's Willow Spring Farm in Mystic. Twenty thousand pumpkin seeds were planted starting in early June and it took three weeks to hand-plant the seeds three at a time every 6 feet. Fifteen varieties of pumpkins were planted and the picking began on Sept. 25 and will continue until Halloween or until all the pumpkins are picked and placed in the field across from the farm stand to be sold. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic — Farm manager Phil Whittle and his crew pick pumpkins Wednesday from the field across from the farm stand at Whittle's Willow Spring Farm.
Twenty thousand pumpkin seeds were planted starting in early June and it took three weeks to hand-plant the seeds three at a time every 6 feet. Fifteen varieties of pumpkins were planted.
Picking began Sept. 25 and will continue until Halloween or until the all the pumpkins are picked and placed in the field across from the farm stand to be sold.
Farm manager Phil Whittle drives the tractor pulling a trailer Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, with the pumpkins that he, along with Benjamin Ibbitson, back left, and Eric Snurkowski, back right, picked to be sold at the field across from the farm stand at Whittle's Willow Spring Farm in Mystic. Twenty thousand pumpkin seeds were planted starting in early June and it took three weeks to hand-plant the seeds three at a time every 6 feet. Fifteen varieties of pumpkins were planted and the picking began on Sept. 25 and will continue until Halloween or until all the pumpkins are picked and placed in the field across from the farm stand to be sold. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Eric Snurkowkski, right, carries pumpkins to the trailer Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, while he and Benjamin Ibbitson, in background, help farm manager Phil Whittle, not shown, pick pumpkins at Whittle's Willow Spring Farm in Mystic. Twenty thousand pumpkin seeds were planted starting in early June and it took three weeks to hand-plant the seeds three at a time every 6 feet. Fifteen varieties of pumpkins were planted and the picking began on Sept. 25 and will continue until Halloween or until all the pumpkins are picked and placed in the field across from the farm stand to be sold. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Farm manager Phil Whittle picks pumpkins Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, with Eric Snurkowski, background, and Benjamin Ibbitson, not shown, at Whittle's Willow Spring Farm in Mystic. Twenty thousand pumpkin seeds were planted starting in early June and it took three weeks to hand-plant the seeds three at a time every 6 feet. Fifteen varieties of pumpkins were planted and the picking began on Sept. 25 and will continue until Halloween or until all the pumpkins are picked and placed in the field across from the farm stand to be sold. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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