Devine Pumpkin Blog

What do these 2 items have in common?  Devine Farms, of course!  Saturday, Oct. 1 is our annual Customer Appreciation Day.  Visit Devine Farms and receive a ticket for a free hotdog from 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday.  This is our way of "saying thanks" for supporting our farm.  When you support our farm, we are able to help worthy causes in the Licking County community.  Devine Farms is donating 5 percent of our gross Agri-Tourism sales to charity.  Ralph & I are giving to some church organizations and also the the Generation Challenge at OSU.  We are ear-marking our donation to Central Ohio Technical College (COTC).  The Generation Challenge is a matching fund to provide scholarships for students.  Gib & Lou Reese are matching up to $10 million dollars to Generation Challenge!  What a generous gift to the Licking County community!  If you donate, they will match your dollars.   Please consider giving to this worthy endeavor.  Every dollar helps!  We also encourage you to support a business that is taking "the challenge" to support Generation Challenge.  Thank you....hope to see you in our pumpkin patch....till next time....Charla Devine www.devinefarms.com

Have you smiled today?  I don't know about the rest of you but cooler weather makes me smile.  I'm ready for fall weather....without rain.  Fall is when I can wear sweaters, turtlenecks and the heavier clothes that I pushed to the back of my closet when spring & summer arrived.  I really look forward to wearing my "pumpkin clothes" and getting my face painted for all 5 weekends at our pumpkin farm.  This year, Devine Farms is sharing the face painting duties with the St. Luke's Choristers who will be painting faces for 3 weekends at the farm.   St. Luke's youth group is raising money to travel to Oxford, England next summer.  The Choristers will be part of the choir-in-residence at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, England.  Fall  weather, pumpkins on the farm and on my face plus  helping a worthy cause....it's all good.  And, it puts a smile on my face....till next time.....Charla Devine

What are you doing this weekend? Come on down to Devine Farms for a barrel train ride, a wagon ride & pick out the perfect pumpkin!  This weekend, Oct. 16-17 is weekend number 5 and next weekend, Oct. 23-24 is our last weekend for all of our rides & activities.

This Sunday, Oct. 17, Mrs. Van of Ohio Nature Education visits the farm from 1-3 pm.  She is bringing Halloween critters!  Ohio Nature Education is a private, non-profit volunteer organization which provides a home for wild animals that no longer can live in the wild.  Ohio Nature Education is committed to creating an awareness of, and an appreciation for Ohio's natural habitat and wildlife.  Check out Mrs. Van and her critters this Sunday. 

Did you notice the October photos are loaded on the website?  Click on the Gallery tab and see what happens at Devine Farms.  Miss a weekend, miss a lot!  Plus, a new video is on the Devine Farms Facebook page.  Check it out and see if your are featured!  A shout out goes to Beth Kelly for making the video.  Thanks, Beth!

Devine Farms is a pumpkin farm in Hebron, Ohio which is in beautiful Licking County.  We're about 20 minutes from Newark; 30 from Zanesville and 30 from Columbus, OH.  We are a short drive from Lancaster, Zanesville, New Albany, Westerville - actually, whatever your location, we're an easy drive.  Don't keep the pumpkins waiting.