Our Favorite Summer Activity in Iowa

Dave had finished another part of the playground.  Here it is….

Sunday was the big push to get The Pumpkin Ranch set up for the season.  We had the incredible blessing…

…planted!  The corn field that we use for Iowa’s Mega Corn Maze at The Pumpkin Ranch has been planted!  We…

Remember this dream?  It’s not coming to fruition this year.  Maybe someday, but not this year.

The water in Iowa!  Are you tired of me posting about the rain?  Me too!  The corn maze cutter came…

Dave and I both grew up with entrepreneurial parents.  Working for ourselves feels very natural to us…not easy, but natural….

Making these out of the gourds we grew last year and dried all winter.  VERY excited!

I’ve turned into a woman who is more excited to receive seed catalogs in the mail than my newest copy of…

Does anyone remember the great (maybe not so great) song by Asia, “The Heat of the Moment?”  Ahhhh, the good…

If you were to fly over The Pumpkin Ranch today, this is what our corn maze looks like.  Thank you…

I’m sure there are some very high tech pumpkin patches with very high tech seed sorters.  Here is our version…

I have found some wonderful local crafters who will be providing me with fun goods to sell this year at The…

Do you live in an area that has a good county fair?  We do!  We take our kids every year…

This dry weather has not affected our pumpkins, their vines are still green and thriving!  Our trees, however, are a…

 The Pumpkin Ranch was asked to participate in the first Kidfest in Winterset. We brought our newest jump house and…