Walters Pumpkin Patch http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog Memories for a Lifetime! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:09:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Employee Orientation Today at Walters’ Pumpkin Patch http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=277 http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=277#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:09:23 +0000 Becky http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=277       Today is our employee orientation, so we can show our new employees what we do and what we would like for them to do while they »»]]>       Today is our employee orientation, so we can show our new employees what we do and what we would like for them to do while they are working here at the Walters’ Pumpkin Patch.   Our facility is close to the Wichita market and we are competing, so to speak, with those Wichita pumpkin patches and other entertainment entities.   We have to be the best, be different or be first to attract those customers and get them to drive 45 minutes to 1 hour to come play in our pumpkin patch!    Walters’ Pumpkin Patch is one of Kansas’s largest and most unique pumpkin patches, but our employees all make the difference whether our visitors really have a great time.

I’m really excited about the employees we’ve hired for the 2010 season.   It is going to be an awesome year with great employees who are smart enough to handle the goings-on of our pumpkin patch facility.   The weather is going to be just perfect for enjoying a fall day in the Flinthills of Kansas.   And the decorating of our grounds, the gift shops, and the baking is just going to put us all over the edge!   Can you tell we’re getting excited too?   Be sure to take a look at our events page on the www.walterspumpkinpathc.com site.    Our Gourdeners (like a gardener, only gourds….) Day and the 34 mile Band, and Jeff Davission with his music and history of Kansas talk will be added this year for your entertainment.    Oh, and did I mention all the great new attractions that Carroll has built this year?    Can’t forget his talents and efforts in this crazy Kansas agritourism business!    Until next time….we’re down in the patch!

]]> http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=277 0 http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=270 http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=270#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:39:00 +0000 Becky http://walterspumpkinpatch.com/blog/?p=270 This gourd fellow is made with one of our giant bushel gourds.   This is a big one, people!    While I was mowing yesterday around the gourd field, »»]]> This gourd fellow is made with one of our giant bushel gourds.   This is a big one, people!    While I was mowing yesterday around the gourd field, I thought of all the wonderful, huge gourds that we have growing this year and all the people who might be interested in crafting a huge gourd, if they just knew how!   So….we’re going to have a Gourdeners Day complete with a wagon ride to the gourd patch to pick out their gourd(s), and then give instruction what to do with the gourds when they are dry and ready to craft.   I really like the idea and hope others will too!   We are going to have to rope off the gourd patch though, so “random” visitors don’t just wander through, stepping on the vines and gourds, and literally ruining the crop.   So….crime scene CAUTION tape will be put up to keep the just- lookers out of the gourds!   Hopefully this will allow the gourds to maximize in size.

Let’s set a date of Sunday, October 10th.   Come on out to Walters’ Pumpkin Patch and plan to spend the day.   We’ll take you to the gourd patch for our 1st Gourdeners Day, let you pick your gourds (prices vary from $3.00 to $20.00), and then instruct you on crafting the gourd when they are dry.

Until next time….we’re down in the patch.

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