Floydada pumpkin farm is ready for visitors - fox34.com

West Texas conditions work in the farm's favor, Assiter said, and cooler weather this season pushed quality even higher. Anyone who has made the drive up from Lubbock toward Floydada for a fall pumpkin run knows the payoff, rows of shapes and sizes that don't show up at a grocery store bin.

Assiter also walked through just how much work goes into getting one pumpkin from the field to a front porch. Each one gets handled by hand about seven times, from the farm to the grocer to the cashier, before it ever reaches a customer.

For families in Lubbock and the surrounding South Plains looking for a fall outing, Assiter Farms offers something bigger box stores can't match, actual variety grown close to home. It also means fresher pumpkins for porches and pie plates across the region this October.