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SALT LAKE CITY — Halloween is just around the bend, and with it comes a myriad of choices when it comes to fall activities and family fun. A standard family outing this time of year usually includes a trip to the store or a local pumpkin patch to choose soon-to-be Jack O’ Lantern. There’s nothing quite like picking a fresh pumpkin from the vine and hauling it home to carve up.
Many local farms in Utah grown pumpkins all year in preparation for the Halloween season. The majority of farms will pick the pumpkins for visitors to choose at a collective area. For the more adventurous, here is a list of local pumpkin farms for all the you-pick fun a family can handle.
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The evolution of the jack-o'-lantern
There's probably a pumpkin sitting on your porch right now, waiting to be carved into a Halloween creation. But how did this tradition start and how has it changed over the years? It all begins with a guy named Stingy Jack and a drink with the devil.- Black Island Farms Harvest Festival, 3178 S. 3000 West, Syracuse
- Day Farms, 2500 W. Gentile Road, Layton
- Pack Farms, 1700 W. Glovers Lane, Farmington Salt Lake County- Mabey’s Pumpkin Patch, 10090 S. 1000 West., South Jordan
- Petersen Family Farm, 11800 S. 4000 West, Riverton
- Pumpkin Point Farms, 11900 S. 3600 West, Riverton Utah County- Lance’s Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin Patch, 821 W. 700 South, Pleasant Grove
- Rowley’s South Ridge Farms, 300 W. 900 South, Santaquin Other You-Pick Pumpkin Patches Around the State- Staheli Family Farms, 3403 Washington Fields Road, Washington
- Judd Pumpkin Patch, 314 E. 270 North, Paragonah
