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\"\"Story and photos by Tom Chillemi –\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the longest-running attractions at the Rivah is the Belmont Pumpkin Farm in Mathews County. The farm is celebrating 40 years of cultivating joy and learning.<\/span><\/h5>\n

The pumpkin patch is only the beginning. It\u2019s a festive atmosphere with something for everyone and it\u2019s a happy place for all.<\/p>\n

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Oakley Farmer gets tips on carving pumpkins from “Gabbie the Gardener.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spread over several acres, it\u2019s a place where excited children dart from one attraction to the next \u2014 hayrides, farm animals, a corn maze, games, playgrounds \u2014 and we\u2019re only getting started. \u201cIt\u2019s an awesome farm,\u201d said Shawn Rosenblum of Gloucester. \u201cWe try to come every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her husband Aaron added, \u201cIt\u2019s alway a nice place to come.\u201d He borrowed a line from Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s song, \u201cAll I Can Do Is Write About It,\u201d that longs for the natural world, that is being encroached by development. \u201cI can see the concrete slowly creeping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their children, ranging in age from 4 to 13, have found activities \u2014 one is climbing a pear tree, another is at the toy duck races, and one has gotten her face painted.<\/p>\n

Farm animals<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The hayride circles back to the main complex and riders scurry off to visit the farm animals. \u201cMy favorite are the turkeys, gobble-gobble,\u201d said Ella Boehm, as she jumps for joy and heads for the mini-zoo. Ella, 6, is there with her twin sister Emma, her younger sister Nevaeh, 2, who does a good job of keeping up with her big sisters, and parents Christopher and Elizabeth. They came from Gloucester and escaped a cloudy Friday.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Boehm watches a bee collect nectar from a sunflower in the waning days of the growing season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Animals to visit include sheep, baby goats, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, chickens, geese, and baby ducks.<\/p>\n

Off to the races<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Jackson Byrd, 4, and family are having lunch on a picnic table. He plans to get a pumpkin to carve into a pirate ship. As soon as he finishes his hot dog, he\u2019s off to the toy duck races.<\/p>\n

Floating ducks are propelled down a chute by water pumped with an old-time hand pump. The faster the racers move the pump handle, the more water flows.<\/p>\n

On this day it\u2019s not about competition, but the fascination of gravity. Brothers Preston Phillips, 8, and Ben Phillips, 10, of Gloucester furiously work the pump handles, sending the duck back to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been coming here for years,\u201d said their mother Kristina, who likes the family environment\u2026 and the Belmont prepared foods, especially the \u201cKickles,\u201d pickles with the right amount of a spicy kick. \u201cThey are delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cruz Sepeda and Kaitlin Hernandez of Newport News brought their dogs to \u201cDog Days,\u201d held only on Fridays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dog day<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Cruz Sepeda and Kaitlin Hernandez drove from Newport News to bring their dogs to \u201cDog Days,\u201d offered only on Fridays. It was their first trip to Belmont Pumpkin Farm. He\u2019d seen the Dog Days advertised so it seemed a good place for their second date, and a dog date. \u201cI hope to kick off fall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Activities<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Make a scarecrow, paint pumpkins, have your face painted. All are among the fun things to do.<\/p>\n

The farm supplies a burlap sack for the head, straw to stuff the clothes, and decorating materials. Bring your own scarecrow clothes and it only costs $8.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hayride<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Belmont is a place to experience new and different things and learn where food comes from. The hayride\u2019s first stop is the mysterious \u201cPirates in the Maze \u2014 Treasure Hunt\u201d corn maze where children run on circular trails looking for the way out.<\/p>\n

Next stop on the hayride is the sunflower field. They are next to multi-colored zinnias. No two flowers are the same, Gabbie the Gardener explained. Zinnias attract monarch butterflies as they migrate riding the winds of the east coast from Mexico as far north as Maine. Several years ago, a scientist from the Virginia Living Museum visited Belmont to tag and release butterflies, said Gabbie.<\/p>\n

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A pumpkin funnel cake and apple cider slushy go together well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Food<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The cafe serves pumpkin funnel cakes, cider slushies, farm smoked barbecue with apple slaw, cider, pumpkin loaf, pulled pork street tacos, hot dogs, and of course pumpkin pie.<\/p>\n

Take home items also include honey, hot sauce, old-fashion preserves and jams, barbecue sauces, syrup, salsas, hot pepper relish, pickled baby beets, apple butter and pumpkin butter.<\/p>\n

Decorative items for sale include sunflowers, zinnias, pumpkins, gourds, straw bales and corn stalks.<\/p>\n

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Sisters Nevaeh, Emma and Ella Boehm get ready to run through the \u201cPirates in the Maze \u2014 Treasure Hunt.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Future<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>of Belmont<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Noah Brown, 23, will be taking over management of Belmont Pumpkin Farm next year. Brown is the grandson of the farm\u2019s founder\u00a0Cammie Gustafson Flanagan.\u00a0He plans to build on the farm\u2019s 40-year history and expand the agritourism business with additional fruit and vegetable crops and host festivals. Brown is passionate about music and studied guitar with the late bluesman Franklin Jay Jarvis. He invites fellow musicians to come out to jam anytime the farm is open.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Pumpkin secrets<\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

A day of fun at Belmont Pumpkin Farm is capped with something to take home. Pumpkins are sold by the size, for carving or eating. \u201cGabbie the Gardener\u201d explains some fun facts about pumpkins. Oakley Farmer got a tip from Gabbie about Jack-o-lantern carving. The pumpkin will stay fresher longer if you remove the bottom of the pumpkin, and leave the stem and top in place. The stem is the umbilical cord, she said, and it\u2019s best to not pick up pumpkins by the stem. Oakley found that out when the stem of his pumpkin broke.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oakley planned to carve a traditional Jack-o-lantern this year, a departure from his more unusual creations of past Halloweens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, removing the pumpkin bottom will keep water from collecting under it and causing rot, said Gabbie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Self healing<\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Pumpkins are self healing, Gabbie tells a group. When deer bite pumpkins, the skin will scab over, keeping the plant alive.<\/p>\n

Some visitors were intrigued by the dark green pumpkins. Gabbie explained the green pumpkins, like green tomatoes, are just unripe fruit. Yes, scientifically they both are fruits, because they start as a flower.<\/p>\n

Gabbie Crowder is a seventh grade teacher at Thomas Hunter Middle School in Mathews. Until the Covid shutdown, Belmont Pumpkin Farm hosted school field trips for 30 years, and 3,500 to 5,000 students a season learned about farming. Gabbie recalled how urban school children had never seen where food comes from.<\/p>\n

They plant 11 edible pumpkin varieties including specialty \u201cGlobal\u201d pumpkins from Venice, France, New Zealand\u00a0 <\/span>and Thailand.<\/p>\n

Pumpkins are low in calories, high in fiber, beta carotene and alpha carotene for disease protection and anti-aging\u2026 and pumpkins are a lot of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story and photos by Tom Chillemi –\u00a0 One of the longest-running attractions at the Rivah is the Belmont Pumpkin Farm in Mathews County. The farm is celebrating 40 years of cultivating joy and learning. The pumpkin patch is only the beginning. It\u2019s a festive atmosphere with something for everyone and it\u2019s a happy place for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-feature-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nBelmont Pumpkin Farm in Mathews County: Celebrating 40 years! - Rivah Visitor's Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Belmont Pumpkin Farm in Mathews County is celebrating 40 years of cultivating joy and learning. 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