Looking for the perfect pumpkin?
Whether you need a Jack O’ Lantern for Halloween or a Fairy Tale to round out that front porch fall display, we found pick-your-own patches and farm stands that have done the work for you. Freddy Hill Farms, 1440 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale. Fallfest Weekends offer pick-your-own pumpkins, the Amazing Cornstalk Maze, giant slide, ice cream made on-site, pig races, hayrides, crafts, farm zoo and pony rides. Hours: Saturday and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Click here for the 2012 ticket list. Merrymead Farm, 222 Valley Forge Road, Lansdale. Harvest Days are underway! Every weekend through Oct. 28, enjoy tractor hayrides, wagon rides, 700-foot cornstalk tunnel, kids' games, pumpkin painting, 5-acre cornfield maze and more. 610-584-4410. Hours: …
After raining on our parade on several days last week, Mother nature has a much more mundane pattern in store this week.
Arguably the most wonderful time of the year is upon us in the weather world. With apologies to Andy Williams, I think September and October are much more "wonderful" since days are still mild, humidity is low, and one can fully enjoy the weather without sweating or freezing. This week marks the first of those weeks, thanks to a front on Saturday that blew through the region and pushed the tropical humidity out of here. Instead of dew points in the 70s, high temperatures will be in the 70s for both Monday and Tuesday. With dew points much lower, nighttime temperatures will also drop off quite a bit. Expect 40s in the offing for the burbs on Monday and Tuesday nights. The upcoming couple of days will be the coolest we've been since June …
Debbie DeKalb
2:04 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Easton Road in Glenside has a Pumpkin Patch every day this October. Wouldn't you want to support a local enterprise??? more ›