Orange City — An area pumpkin grower says it appears this year’s harvest is a big one.
Dave and Helen Huitink have been growing pumpkins for the past 28-years on their farm north of Orange City.
The Huitink’s have an 8-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch called Pumpkinland.
But Huitink says he is a little worried his bumper crop may be left in the field, as customer traffic has been down due to the weather.
Nearly three decades ago, the Huitink family started “Pumpkinland” after someone stopped at the farm and asked if they could buy some of the pumpkins growing in a patch by the family’s garden.
Pumpkinland also features a corn maze, an animal petting zoo, a craft store and home-made baked goods.
Pumpkinland is located at 4123 Jackson Avenue, about 3 miles north of Orange City, or about 4 miles west, and just over a mile south of Newkirk.
