October 12th, 2010 
It’s October and it’s a pumpkin bonanza month. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, cookies, cupcakes, latte, bread, cream cheese etc. Oh the cream cheese – I am not a cream cheese fan at all but pumpkin cream cheese (from Einstein’s) is just divine, I’m pretty sure I’ve had a pumpkin cream cheese bagel at least once a week. Pumpkin contains some great nutrients such as potassium, which can help regulate blood pressure and heart function. It taste good and it’s healthy – those are always the best foods.
So! Pumpkin month calls for pumpkin patches however in the time that I have lived in Colorado (a few years now!), I’ve never been to a pumpkin patch or celebration and the like but I’m going to change that this year as I am determined to make my first pumpkin pie and pumpkin muffins. I’ve only know of some of the pumpkin patches around Denver by word of mouth or by driving past a few of them and apparently there’s one out East that is the best. I know there was a pumpkin festival in Botanic Gardens at Chatfield on the 9th and 10th of this month, I’m bummed I missed it but that’s just only the beginning of all things pumpkin. So in order to not miss any more opportunities, I have scavenged some pumpkin patches close to Denver.
Cottonwood Farm, Boulder CO
Berry Patch Farms, Brighton CO
Hill’s Harvest, Thornton CO
Rock Creek Farms, Broomfield CO
Carpenter’s Helper Pumpkin, Littleton CO
The Great Pumpkin Patch, Lakewood CO
Flat Acres Farm Amazing Maze and Pumpkin Patch, Parker CO
May Farms, Byers CO (This is probably the recommended one out East)
