[Vocabulary] Pumpkin patches

[Cynthia Garett]

Hello,
What does a "pumpkin patch" (as in: "A pumpkin patch was offering hayrides.") mean?
Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

It is usually a patch of ground on which pumpkins are being grown.

 

[Tdol]

What is the context?

 

[Rover_KE]

Here's a pumpkin patch. The growers are offering rides in a haycart as an added attraction for buyers.

 

[Cynthia Garett]

Thank you all. So it's a cultural thing. People in the US that grow pumpkins can also offer hayrides sometimes.

 

[Gillnetter]

Thank you all. So it's a cultural thing. People in the US [STRIKE]that [/STRIKE] who grow pumpkins can also offer hayrides sometimes.

It is not just farmers who raise pumpkins. Many people who have enough space, wagons and horses offer hayrides. A neighbor of mine has a building located on a few acres. He rents the building for various and sundry events during the year (auctions, meetings, sales of different types, etc.). During the last weeks of October he offers hayrides on the weekends.

 

[SoothingDave]

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It's a common thing here as a sort of fall festival. Hay rides and apple cider, pick a pumpkin or two to take home. Even mazes made of corn to get lost in for a while. The farm or orchard usually sells food and drinks as well, may have entertainers and activities for the kids (face painting, etc.)

 

[emsr2d2]

The whole Hallowe'en thing seems to have made it from the USA to the UK in a big way. We now also have "maize mazes" (corn mazes), pumpkin nights, trick or treat, haunted hayrides etc etc. When I was a child, we saw just a few carved pumpkins and very few kids went "trick-or-treating". Now it's huge - parties for days either side of October 31st, hundreds of dressed-up kids out banging on doors and shops full of Hallowe'en sweets and chocolate. I very much doubt if most people under 30 in the UK have any idea of the original meaning of "All Hallow's Eve".

 

[Tdol]

The whole Hallowe'en thing seems to have made it from the USA to the UK in a big way. We now also have "maize mazes" (corn mazes), pumpkin nights, trick or treat, haunted hayrides etc etc. When I was a child, we saw just a few carved pumpkins and very few kids went "trick-or-treating". Now it's huge - parties for days either side of October 31st, hundreds of dressed-up kids out banging on doors and shops full of Hallowe'en sweets and chocolate. I very much doubt if most people under 30 in the UK have any idea of the original meaning of "All Hallow's Eve".

When I was a child, nothing happened for Hallowe'en- there was a clear run to Bonfire Night.

 

[MikeNewYork]

When I was a child, nothing happened for Hallowe'en- there was a clear run to Bonfire Night.

Is that Guy Fawkes Day/Night?

 

[emsr2d2]

Is that Guy Fawkes Day/Night?

Yes, Guy Fawkes' Night, but these days it's more commonly known as Bonfire Night or Firework(s) Night. Much like Hallowe'en, the number of people in the UK who know the original story of November 5th is rapidly dwindling.

 

[Tdol]

Maybe it's regional, but it was always Bonfire Night for me- and that was in the good old days when history was dates and tests.