Travel Diaries: A Day At Tulley's Farm Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we decided to get in the autumnal spirit and go to a pumpkin farm to do a little picking. I have never been to a pumpkin farm before, so I didn’t know what to really expect. I suppose I actually just expected a field with a load of pumpkins in, however Tulley’s pumpkin farm was alot more than that.

The week before we went I did a quick Google and found that Tulley’s was the closest pumpkin patch to us. I had been there in previous years for Shocktober so I was kind of familiar as to where it was. Due to the pandemic we had to book entry tickets online which were only £4 per adult. We also had to pick a time slot so that the farm could do some crowd management.

When we arrived the farm was clearly signposted, however it is worth noting that the pumpkin farm has a different postcode than the rest of the farm where other events are held. The entrance to the farm was decorated with cute fairy lights, hay bales, scarecrows and of course pumpkins. There were plenty of adorable spots to snap that perfect insta shot. However I decided not to partake as I wasn’t in my cutest outfit (bad blogger moment!). Also, the farm is pretty muddy so it isn’t the best place to wear your favourite autumn heeled boots.

Before we got to the actual pumpkin patch there was a sort of lobby area where you could get food, drink and some more unusual shaped gourds and pumpkins as well as some really cute pastel and white pumpkins.

After feeling a bit disappointed we headed to the second which was thankfully so much better. It was full of orange, yellow, white and green pumpkins of all kinds of shapes and sizes. It was also alot quieter as there weren’t as many insta-snapping spots here.

As you can see from our wheelbarrow snap we managed to get our hands on a “perfect” large orange pumpkin, another perfect but smaller orange pumpkin as well as some teeny tiny ones and yellow striped ones. A successful bounty if I do say so myself.

After picking all of our pumpkins we headed back to the outdoor lobby area to get something to eat and drink. We decided to get some soft drinks and apple cider doughnuts covered in sugar. They were really tasty and put a little bit of warmth back into our bodies after walking around the muddy pumpkin patch in the wind.

With our bellys full of sugar we headed to the check out area where there were several crates full of more unusually shaped pumpkins. They were all really cute and I would have taken every single one if I could have.

In the lobby we also managed to pick up a wheelbarrow to ferry our prized pumpkins around in. All of the wheelbarrows were cleaned and sanitised after every use. Also facemasks were mandatory in the lobby area and when queuing for food, drink or photo ops. It felt very safe and we could easily keep our distance from everyone.

The first field we went into was quite busy with not a lot of “good-looking” or intact pumpkins left. I don’t know if this is because we arrived around 11am and the farm had already been open for two hours or this was field was just a bit sad. However I did get to see quite a few unusual pumpkins with different colours, shapes and textures which was really interesting. It’s funny because I actually found the less aesthetic ones more fun to photograph and look at. We only picked up one pumpkin in this field - a rather round green one which I was pretty happy with because I wanted to recreate my Animal Crossing pumpkin patch at home.

When we checked out I saw that they also had some toffee apples for sale by the counter - of course I had to grab some of these because, you know, autumn vibes. Our entire bounty plus the apples came out as around £14 which was much less than expected and pretty good value for money considering all of the unusual ones I wouldn’t have been able to get at the supermarket. It is worth noting though that not all the pumpkins in the wheelbarrow were ours - we shared it with our friends so the £14 was for two large pumpkins, two medium pumpkins and three small ones. Still pretty good! We plan to make jack-o-lanterns with the larger pumpkins and cute tea light holders with the smaller ones. Make sure you’re following me on Instagram so you can see the finished product!