Devine Pumpkin Blog

I've been musing about the end of summer and the beginning of fall or pumpkin season as we call it at Devine Farms.  Labor Day is considered the symbolic end of summer.  In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday and observed on the first Monday in September.  President Grover Cleveland signed the legislation in 1894. (Four years after the farm house at the farm was built.)   Wikipedia states that the first observance was on Sept. 9, 1882 by the Central Labor Union of New York.  Today, most Americans celebrate the holiday with barbecues and parades.  Labor Day also use to mark the beginning of the NFL and college football seasons.  I'm not so sure about that.  Seems like football games are already on TV!  But, hey, what do I know?   Additionally, "high society" considered Labor Day the last day of the year when it was fashionable for women to wear white.  There is one thing I do know, we don't wear white when we are cleaning out barns and preparing the farm for pumpkin season and your visit!  Opening weekend for fun and pumpkins is Sept. 24-25 this year.  The first day of Autumn is Sept. 23 and Autumn's origin is a blog for another day.....Happy Labor Day to all....till next time.....Charla Devine