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Hudson Valley Home – Visiting a Pumpkin Farm in the Catskills

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Fall in the Hudson Valley is one of our favorite times of year. Brilliant fall colors as the leaves change, apple picking, and pumpkin farms for Halloween. The Hudson Valley is full of farm stands, but we often drive a little farther to the Catskills for dramatic pumpkin towers, artistic pumpkin displays and sculptures, and for fall hikes in the mountains. We aim to support local farmers instead of buying pumpkins from grocery or big box stores.

A large number of pumpkins of different shapes, sizes, and colors set out in a field. A red barn and farm buildings in background.

Taking a trip to the Catskills to visit a pumpkin patch has become a regular tradition, to bring back an assortment of pumpkins for decorating our home, and to stock up on butternut, acorn, and other squash to store and use during the winter.

Orange pumpkins in a field. Grassy meadow and tree covered hills in background with cloudy sky.
A large number of pumpkins of orange pumpkins set out in a field. A tower of pumpkins stacked on on top of the other is in the background.
A wedding scene is set with the figures created from pumpkins stacked on top of each other. The pumpkin "people" are dressed with veil, hat, tie, and other wedding attire. Wooden boards depict a structure meant to evoke a chapel. Farm building and rolling green meadow in background.
A large number of pumpkins of different shapes, sizes, and colors set out in a field. Dried corn husks and stalks are woven together to resemble a horse that is hitched to a farmer cart full of pumpkins. A "scarecrow" resembling a woman in a red dress and straw hat is set as though driving the cart.

Know Before you Go

Best selection can be found in September before the Halloween rush.

  • Most Pumpkin Farms in the Catskills are open from September through the beginning of November (although some farms not focused entirely on pumpkins may have other seasonal produce for sale and open at different times)
  • Seasonal weather or early frosts can impact the timing of the season
  • Best selection can be found in September before the Halloween rush
  • Some Catskill pumpkin farms have seen recent retirements, with the owners moving on to other things. We have shopped from farms in Hamden, NY in the past, but always good to check social media or farm websites before venturing out to check hours and operating status.
Josh and Layla stand next to a tower of pumpkins stacked 15-20 feet tall. Wooded hills in background.
A large number of pumpkins of different shapes, sizes, and colors set out in a field. A red barn and farm buildings in background. Layla stands holding a pumpkin.
A large number of pumpkins of different shapes, sizes, and colors set out in a field. A red barn and farm buildings in background. Layla stands near a table with sunflowers.
A large number of pumpkins of different shapes, sizes, and colors set out in a field. A red barn and farm buildings in background. Layla examines a white pumpkin
Country road looks towards a pumpkin farm with red barn and farm buildings. Trees line the left side of the road with power lines on the right. A wooded hill is in the background.
A scarecrow dressed in red apron, plaid vest, with hat stands next to a sign at exit of pumpkin farm with the words "thank you". Pumpkins and corn stalks at the base of the sign and next to the scarecrow. Trees, and short wooden fence, and faux gravestones make up the scene.

Follow our exploration of the area around our Home in the Hudson Valley including favorite day trips and excursions an easy drive from New York City with more posts from Hudson Valley Home

Press: Chronogram Feature on Between the Sheets

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Hudson Valley Arts and Culture publication Chronogram features Between the Sheets and designer Layla L’obatti in article: Seriously Sustainable, Right Down to Your Underpants

Hudson Valley Arts and Culture website Chronogram interviewed Between the Sheets’ designer Layla L’obatti to discuss sustainability, slow fashion, and making intimate apparel and loungewear in New York. Read the article here.

Most Difficult to Make – Meet the Maker Day 29

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In the post about design I talked about pattern making and the process of bringing a design to life. Perhaps the most detailed and difficult to make piece in our collections are the arabesque tap pants.

Meet the maker, most difficult to make. Image of lace.
meet the maker - most difficult to make

I hand cut the lace and match/mirror the pattern and scallops have to be cut at a precise point to create the miter on the final garment. After these are sewn on the silk behind is cut away, so when on the body this reveals the skin behind. (Because this hand cutting is so laborious it’s not a task I give to our contractor who sews the garment but one I handle directly)

Arabesque tap pant, showing one of the products that is most difficult to make.

That’s just the lace, these also have a tiny baby hem and stretch velvet waistband that needs to be attached so as not to pucker and with the right amount floating above the back cutout.

Arabesque tap pant.

So this particular piece, but also the entire silk range is challenging to make in that the materials require experience & skill needed to apply the lace and finish such delicate materials. The designing & patternmaking of this piece is also particularly challenging because it’s non-stretch and needs to be designed to fit over the hips but sit on top of them securely, so the stretch velvet waistband and cut out are part of how the design is both functional and aesthetic.

To see the original post on instagram – click here

We’re collecting all of my March Meet the Maker posts here on the blog for ease of reading and all of you who might not be on instagram or facebook. It was a great opportunity to share a bit more about our brand and hope it helps you get to know me and BTS a little better!

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