Pickin' pumpkins
A Springdale family-run patch thrives through rainy season, hard economic times
Posted: October 25, 2009 at 6:33 a.m.
Avery Ferguson wants to pick a pumpkin. Riding in a small yellow wagon, the 6-year-old is wheeled out by his aunt, Deana Dickey, into a rocky, dirt-filled aisle at Dickey Farms U-Pick Pumpkin Patch. Wearing a bright orange shirt and jeans, he sits on a bed of hay in the wagon, excitedly waiting to be surrounded by many pumpkins in the Springdale patch. His aunt and her 11-year-old daughter Katie plan to help him in the search for the round orange item.
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Living, Pages 13 on 10/25/2009
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