Reaping a harvest at Pumpkinfest
Staff photo by Mark Newsom
A cute tyke checks out the pumpkins at the Pumpkinfest held Sunday on the Ron Domeier farm near New Ulm.
NEW ULM — Anna Geiger and her two boys were busy picking through the boxes of small gourds on the hay wagon parked in Ron Domeier’s front yard on Sunday afternoon. Geiger said she and her boys, Jacob and Anthony, were looking through the boxes for gourds she could use to decorate her front porch. Like many of the parents, who brought their children out to Domeier’s farm for the annual Pumpkinfest, Geiger donated something — Rice Krispie bars — and took something home from the event, which aims to raise money for classroom technology for New Ulm Area Catholic Schools, where Jacob and Anthony attend grade school. Pumpkinfest stayed busy throughout the day despite the fact that grey clouds lingered overhead. Volunteers directed traffic on the section of Brown County Road 27 that ran between the two driveways of the farms where visitors parked their vehicles. “I’m happy that this rain held off, but it’s been steady.
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