Bates Nut Farm
15954 Woods Valley Road,
Valley Center
(760) 749-3333
Around Halloween, Bates Nut Farm is the ultimate pumpkin-picking experience. After the $1 hayride, the busloads of kids who visit can tumble over piles of basketball-sized pumpkins, each $2.75. Then, hurry over to the large pumpkins, the Big Macs, some of which are beyond beach-ball size, to select a Big Mama, and then load it into the provided wheelbarrow. Last year, Big Macs were $.30 a pound early in the season. Ghost pumpkins, with white skin and orange inside, were $2.75 (they're better eating, Bates people say, than orange pumpkins -- sweeter). On the way to the candy-and-nut shop, stop to look at the farm's livestock. Then go into the store, with its rows of barrels filled with pecans, walnuts, and toffee.
Bates Nut Farm
15954 Woods Valley Road,
Valley Center
(760) 749-3333
Around Halloween, Bates Nut Farm is the ultimate pumpkin-picking experience. After the $1 hayride, the busloads of kids who visit can tumble over piles of basketball-sized pumpkins, each $2.75. Then, hurry over to the large pumpkins, the Big Macs, some of which are beyond beach-ball size, to select a Big Mama, and then load it into the provided wheelbarrow. Last year, Big Macs were $.30 a pound early in the season. Ghost pumpkins, with white skin and orange inside, were $2.75 (they're better eating, Bates people say, than orange pumpkins -- sweeter). On the way to the candy-and-nut shop, stop to look at the farm's livestock. Then go into the store, with its rows of barrels filled with pecans, walnuts, and toffee.
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