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DISCOVER! | SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 Community | 5 KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER Pumpkins Solsma’s Punkin Patch open for the season galore! At a Glance: WHAT: Solsma’s Punkin Patch WHERE: 6190 320th St., Sanborn, IA WHEN: Monday-Friday: 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m.-6 p.m.; Evenings by appointment COST: Varies CONTACT: 712-729-3174 ONLINE: www.solsma.com Popcorn: Solsma’s Ruby Red Popcorn is a smaller kernel popcorn that pops bright white with small red hull speckles. It has a rich nutty flavor. Raised with love on the Solsma’s very own farm in northwest Iowa. Shipping available in the continental US. They have also added Mardi Gras Popcorn. It is a dark blue kernel popcorn with higher expanding, tender flakes. It is the perfect compliment to their Ruby Red Popcorn. Pumpkins, corn and gourds, oh my! Solsma’s Punkin Patch in Sanborn is celebrating 17 years of helping people usher in the autumn season with their selection of pumpkins, gourds, corn and so much more. The idea behind Solsma’s Punkin Patch came from a time when Amy Solsma was very young. “I grew up on a farm by Newkirk and we had a little garden that we would plant some pumpkins in and we would set them out by the road and the neighbors would stop and pay a dime or a nickel,” Amy said. “One year, the Orange City paper put my sister and I with our pumpkins in the paper and we made $24. We thought that was pretty big stuff.” Fast forward to 1999. Amy got married and moved to Sanborn with her husband and they had a family. One year, when they were planting corn they forgot to go back and plant one area of skip rows. They filled in by planting Indian Corn and pumpkins, whose vines would wind their way between the rows.. “We got a golf cart trailer load that we sold and that was our first load,” Amy said. They’ve been doing it ever since. Now they are up to five acres of pumpkins, but they also grow gourds and Ruby Red popcorn, and they have a corn maze and a country store. The country store sells the Solsma’s own home raised, drug free Hereford beef, as well as their Ruby Red and Mardi Gras popcorn, crafts, fall decor pieces and wine from Country Barn Winery. In fact, they’ll be having a wine tasting at the Punkin Patch on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1-5 p.m. The corn maze is in a different shape every year so it’s something that people can keep returning to year after year to have a new, fun and different experience. The cost is $5 per person. The pumpkins have had a good year, and Amy can’t wait to share some of her favorites with the people who come by and stop in at Solsma’s Punkin Patch. “We have 70 varieties this year and some cool new ones. I planted seven kinds of white ones and I like six of the seven,” Amy said. “We also have some interesting squash varieties that I wouldn’t eat but that look very cool.” In addition to picking out the perfect pumpkin, whether that be for eating or for carving, the Solsma’s have a wide variety of pumpkins in all shapes, sizes and colors this year. They also have some entertaining things for the kids. There is a bouncy house outdoors and a corn playpen inside for the kids to enjoy. The Solsmas officially opened the Punkin Patch on Labor Day this year and they can’t wait to share all their hard work with the people who stop in. “I’m really excited because I have a really neat crop and really interesting new things. It’s so fun to see your hard work come to fruition,” Amy said. “We didn’t have hail or anthing so everything looks really nice and it’s been fun educating people on all the different kinds of pumpkins, gourds and squash.” F Sanborn | Iowa
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