What is better than carving pumpkins in the fall? This season, the Gordon Skagit Farms of Skagit Valley is arranging a harvest festival from September 22 to December 21, so that people from all over can experience the feeling of fall. The farm is open from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. all week.

   Trinity Luchi, a junior at Sedro-Woolley High School, gives a reason for students to come and enjoy the farm: “I think it’s a fun place to go because you can really take in the beauty of fall and enjoy all the things it has to offer from all different kinds of pumpkins, apple cider, apples, the corn maze, the local produce, and the orchards. And just really get into the fall spirit I guess.”

   Sophomore, Dalton Cook, shares his favorite part about working at the farm: “Probably always being able to see people I go to school with, even while I’m working.”

   The owner of the farm, Eddie Gordon, said : “People get to see a variety of different types of pumpkins and harvest.” Gordon and his brother, Eddie, have worked on this farm for forty years.

The main attractions of the farm are the locally-pressed apple cider, fresh grown pumpkins and the huge corn maze.

   “My favorite part is probably getting apple cider, it’s really good and fresh getting it from the farm.” Said Luchi.

   Every year, families from all over Skagit Valley come to this farm to pick pumpkins to carve for Halloween or use for decoration during fall.

   “It’s just a tradition and a connection to the farm,” said Gordon.

   Founded in 1936, the farm was ran by Ed and Amelia Gordon. Two generations later, Todd and Eddie Gordon began running the farm in the 1980’s.

   The fall feeling is spread through Gordon’s paintings all throughout the farm. Whether it be pumpkins hung up in the barns, corn fields right above the squash or vines on the crates, this art makes the farm feel like home.