Our Pumpkins
Pick Your Own Pumpkins
Our ‘Pick Your Own Pumpkins’ season will return in 2024. 19th - 31st October. 10am to 4pm every day!
We have welcomed thousands of you to our pumpkin field over the last 10 years and loved hearing how you were going to carve them or what delicious dish you were going to make with the pumpkin.
We will be open everyday from 10am to 4pm weather permitting. We have lots of different varieties and sizes of pumpkins and squashes. They are priced from £1 upwards depending on size.
There is plenty of free parking. Sometimes the field gets muddy so please wear suitable footwear. Dogs are welcome on a lead.
We are so looking forward to seeing you again this October!
Cooking with Pumpkins
Not just for Halloween, pumpkin is a versatile vegetable that can be incorporated into a number of tasty dishes - find three of our favourite below. Let us know on on Instagram or Facebook what dish you’ve created with your South Farm pumpkin.
Pumpkin Soup
We love this delicious pumpkin soup recipe from Annie Rigg on the BBC Food website.
You’ll need:
1 large onion and 2 garlic cloves
2 carrots
1 medium pumpkin
1 medium sized potato
1 bay leaf
Unsalted butter and Olive Oil
Chicken stock
Double cream and pumpkin seeds are optional.
You will find the method on the BBC Food website here.
Roasted Pumpkin
Pumpkin chunks or slices are delicious roasted.
Cut up into chunks (with or without the skin) and place in a roasting tin with crushed cloves of garlic.
Season with salt and pepper (chilli flakes too if you like it hot), add sprigs of rosemary and thyme and drizzle with oil.
Cook in a fairly hot oven 200C for 40-45 minutes, turning them over occasionally. They should be slightly charred.
Sprinkle with rock salt and serve hot as a vegetable accompaniment or cold in a salad.
Helen’s Roasted Vegetables & Feta
Cut up the pumpkin (with or without the skin) and 3 carrots into slices or chunks.
Chop 2 red or green peppers
Quarter a handful of shallots or 2 onions
3 crushed garlic cloves
A sprig of fresh rosemary and thyme
You can add any other vegetable you have in the fridge - courgettes are delicious roasted. N.B. cherry tomatoes can be added halfway through cooking.
Season with salt and pepper (chilli flakes too if you like it hot), add sprigs of rosemary and thyme and drizzle with oil.
Cook in a fairly hot oven 200C for 40-45 minutes, turning them over occasionally. They should be slightly charred.
Empty out into a large dish and crumble feta cheese, and maybe some parsley over the top before serving.
“Thank you to everyone who bought a South Farm pumpkin!! We hope you enjoyed carving them for Halloween and/or making a delicious meal with them. We look forward to welcoming you back next season. Don’t forget to tag us in your creations!”