Kalen Clements, 4, tosses a big armful of hay in the air at the scarecrow-stuffing station at Country Pumpkins Wednesday in Caledonia. Kalen is the son of Ashley Clements of Eutaw, Alabama, and attends Warrior Academy Elementary School. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
For a much-anticipated window of time each fall, Dwight and Jean Colson’s farm in Caledonia sprouts a thriving crop of the young and young-at-heart. When the pumpkins come in and the corn maze is tall, Country Pumpkins opens to the public for seven weeks of discovery, adventure and joy in the great outdoors.
Dispatch photographer Luisa Porter visited the farm Wednesday and found plenty of happy youngsters coming face to face with Mother Nature — and reveling in it.
(Country Pumpkins at 860 Spruill Road is open through Nov. 6, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays; noon-6 p.m. Sundays.)
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Evie Vogt, 4, found these squash in a haystack near the corn maze. This is Evie’s third year to visit from her hometown, Eutaw, Alabama. Her parents are Mark and Halee Vogt. Halee said, “Evie just loves here because of the wide variety of things to do at every age.” Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Charlotte Chaltry, 3, has some fluffy fun in a trailer filled with cotton. Charlotte, the daughter of Derek and Amanda Chaltry of Columbus, attends St. Paul’s Episcopal School. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Three-year-old Rogers Graham gets a good push on the swing from her mother, Summer Graham. Daughter and mom were on a field trip Wednesday with St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Columbus. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Kennedy Keys, 4, picks out a pair of traditional orange pumpkins while, at left, 4-year-old Blakley Hathcock chooses a Lumina pumpkin. Kennedy is the daughter of Marcus and Nakisha Keys of Starkville. Blakley’s parents are Chad and Amanda Hathcock of West Point. Both girls visited Country Pumpkins with West Point’s First United Methodist Church Child Development Center. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Witt Williams, 6, balances a pumpkin on his head while catching a red-wagon ride. Witt and his family, of Pass Christian, were visiting relatives in West Point and decided to make a trip to the pumpkin patch. Witt is the son of Elizabeth Williams. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Aiden Clements, 5, stuffs a scarecrow with hay at Country Pumpkins. Aiden is the son of Ashely Clements of Eutaw, Alabama. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Mark Alexander III, 3, plays in a huge trailer of cotton Wednesday at Country Pumpkins in Caledonia. Climbing in behind him is his St. Paul’s Episcopal School classmate Rogers Graham. Mark is the son of Alison and Mark Alexander Jr. of Columbus. Rogers, 3, is the daughter of Rob and Summer Graham of Columbus. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Mia Jimenez has some old-fashioned fun on a tire swing at Country Pumpkins in Caledonia. Mia, 4, is the daughter of Cruz and Charity Jimenez of Amory. She and her classmates visited the farm from Aberdeen’s Pentecostal Day Care. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
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