What to do in Southern Oregon: Pheasant Fields Farm

Every fall my family plans one pumpkin patch trip together. Which includes my parents, and my sister's and brother's families. Pheasant Fields Farm often ends up being our destination and this year was no different. Since the beginning of fall, Ilias had been asking to go here because he loves the huge corn maze so his wish came true!

First thing, we had to get our annual picture of our parents with all of the grandkids. Of course, to get this task done it is nothing short of a miracle, with four boys and two girls all under the age of 10. Alas, we eventually got them all to look at the camera at the same time. I would share the picture but I think my mom would have my head if I shared it on a public forum; thought it did turn out beautifully.

Pheasant Fields Farm zinnia's. The spot we took the picture. Isn't it magnificent?!

After our picture taking was done, we headed on over to the corn maze. Our two oldest boys would loved to have taken off by themselves but the young lady and younge man that were taking the tickets told us that a couple of people had already gotten lost that day and needed help out. Needless to say, we made sure to stick together. It is a pretty big maze and the young man offered for us take a picture of the aerial shot of the maze, but we decided to take a chance and take the challenge of getting out without one. It took us a while to get through and just as I was getting ready to call my mother and have her send a picture, our boys (with the help of my brother) found the exit. They were quite proud of themselves.

Our next activity was the hayride. It is always a crowd favorite. It is a fun little trip around their whole property while Farmer Ric, the owner, tells us about the crops that they grow and some of the animals that share the property with them. We didn't realize that there were so many varieties of pumpkins let alone that Pheasant Fields grows 50 different types.

Our friendly tour guide Farmer Ric.

Next on the agenda was Pear Shooting. Now this was really fun! The boys picked two pears, pulled the stems off, then they got to use a huge slingshot to shoot at different targets. They had some really cool prizes to win but our boys only won a piece of candy since they didn't hit anything. Nonetheless they enjoyed it!

From there we checked out their pumpkin carver's creations. It was so fun to watch their skill as they carved an awesome, scary face out of a pumpkin. They were also roasting pumpkin seeds at the same stand. If you like roasted pumpkin seeds, Jeri, Farmer Ric's wife suggested using the kakai pumpkin. It is an orange and green, almost striped pumpkin.

They are really popular so you are going to have to really keep an eye out for them in the patch, or just go to their Country Store. Not only can you purchase heirloom pumpkins, but you can get beautiful hand made aprons, local products and homemade caramel apples. They even had a coffee stand and they were also grilling up burgers and hot dogs if you were hungry. And while you were enjoying your snack you could sit under a beautiful black walnut tree, that is over 50 years old.

They made this light fixture out of mason jars. Love it!

Beautiful cinderella and other heirloom pumpkins.

The kids wanted to finish off their day by playing in the bounce house. On the way there we got distracted by the chickens and bunnies, but then moved on to the kiddie section. For the bounce house we could either pay two tickets or get a bracelet that was good for as many times as they wanted. We somehow ended up with a lot of leftover tickets so the kids went through a few times.