Pumpkin Patch 2025 | Shane Cook

A few weeks ago, my daughter Josie started to sing Miss Rachel’s Pumpkin Patch song which has spurred an interest for us to take the kids to a pumpkin patch this year. We have taken Josie every year that she has been alive and now that she is older she should be able to enjoy it more than she has in the past.

Since I am on paternity leave right now we were able to drive out to Sweet Eats Farm out in East Georgetown, TX yesterday morning.

When we arrived we were met with a dirt parking lot partitioned by plastic string fencing to form sections. There was a main barn-shaped building that had animatronic roosters greet us on our approach to probably the coolest and smoothest motion censored sliding glass doors I have ever seen. When you walk through there is a counter where you can order a plethora of baked goods and other treats. Sweet Eats Farm has free entry to the pumpkin patch Monday-Friday so we walked through, got our wrist bands and made our way out another set of motion censored sliding glass doors.

The farm itself was quaint but it didn’t feel like a real farm, more so focused on selling an experience rather than providing a glimpse into real farm life. The “pumpkin patch” (and I use that term loosely) was helmed by an arch made of plastic pumpkins. The patch was less of a patch and more of a rundown pathway lined with corn stalks and reject pumpkins dotting the edges of the path.

To top it off, Texas being Texas decided in late October to be in the 80s with a high of 89. To be fair, none of us dressed for the weather. It really was wishful thinking to dress how we normally would have in the past for pumpkin patches but here we are.

There were several piles of miniature pumpkins that Josie found intriguing. We originally were planning on purchasing our pumpkins at HEB but Josie took a liking to a white and an orange pumpkin. I don’t really know what a good price would be for a pumpkin but they sold the miniature pumpkins at $1.50 a piece and 4 for $5. After working up a sweat we purchased our mini pumpkins, took some family photos in the nearby flower garden and headed out.

Josie posing in a trailer with some pumpkins.

Our family sitting on a swing surrounded by a flower garden.

A family selfie with Josie showing off a white and orange mini pumpkins she secured.

Today Josie and I broke out some old acrylic paints I used for painting Dungeons and Dragons miniatures and started painting. She wanted to paint the orange pumpkin pink and red while I was directed by her to paint the white one. I was thinking of a ghost theme and I think they both turned out pretty good considering she is a toddler and I have little to no artistic skill.

Josie and I balancing the mini pumpkins on our heads.

Josie and I with the finished painted pumpkins part 1.

Josie and I with the finished painted pumpkins part 2.

Josie with the finished painted pumpkins.

Would I ever want to go back to Sweet Eats Farm? Maybe not for now. To do any of the activities such as the corn maze, kid playground, and the petting zoo, you are paying about $22 per person for each person over 2 years old or $26 in person which in my opinion is quite expensive. On top of that when I say East Georgetown I mean really east meaning you are driving through backroads out by Jonah, TX to get to this place.

Overall, life isn’t all about making sure you squeeze every drop of value from experiences but rather soaking up what you can with the people you love.