@@iowANFarmer I’m not only here for the pumpkin patch videos but it was kinda cool to see an idea become reality. And the maze really got me hooked lol it was beautiful
Wow building looks nice inside. Guess you won’t be storing equipment in there for the winter. Well I would say it’s a success since you guys are still smiling and are still married. Congratulations.
I’m so excited for you 2! Newlyweds with 2 businesses! Esp bringing the local economy business. We have these patches here in PA & they do amazingly well. You’ve always been very forward thinking Ben, it’ll pay off.
If you can partner with a Christmas tree farm &/or sell fresh wreaths & poinsettias in the Holiday shop you’d probably do well. You already have power out front to run strands of lights out around the trees. Like I said, here in PA we have a lot of patches like yours. They sell local produce during the summer, then the pumpkins & then the fresh Christmas trees, etc.
Great work you two n thanks for friends, family n community for help n support with Papo pumpkin patch. Interesting with running of events, i am glad you put full effort in display, electrical, gravel, especially way some business become successful. Now easter egg hunt?? Ben n Molly meet n greet day?
Way to go you two. Love following you two and your business adventure. I wish you the best of the luck on the next year's as you continue to grow the pumpkin biz
So glad you put this video together. Lots of stress and a short amount of time to put it all together - you two did amazing! You gave some kids and families great memories - and that is a huge part of the benefits of the tourism programs. Congratulations!!
Great video, I have been wanting to put a corn maze in at our family’s Christmas tree farm farm for years now. We finally got a plan together last winter and are starting to pice things together around the farm. Thanks so much for all the information, there’s not many channels that tell about corn mazes and advice about how to run one. I will be watching this video on repeat until maze time!
Good for y’all! What a great way to build a business, support your community, and enrich your lives and marriage! You’re both creative and talented people with a passion for those around you. I really enjoy your videos. God Bless Y’all and hopefully I can come see Papos Pumpkin Patch in the future.
Congratulations! From my perspective you two knocked it out of the park. I hope the future turns out just as well if not better for both of you. P S I missed Molly's spunky goofy-ness. lol
Ben and Molly, congratulations on a successful first year. Like you said maybe not totally successful financially but the learning curve can be rather steep at times. My Wife and I have a good idea of what you faced and went through. We sold Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, and Christmas season item's in Southwest Minnesota. We did that for 34 years. Like you, we had a few vender's almost every year. We had Santa for a couple weekends and we had actual bobsled rides with a team of horses also for a couple of weekends. We were successful the first year but we had a couple of hurdles also. We had livestock on our farm yard be it across the yard from the building we used for the trees. Prevailing winds carried the barn odor to the trees. We weathered the storm but made some changes after that. After a few years doing it in the cold we weren't farming anymore so I made one of our other buildings into a heated shop and cold machine storage. We then could have all the tree's inside cold and still have a heated area for the activities. No ice or snow on the trees and the other items. The whole family had an immense amount of fun and memories from that endeavor. The boys, my wife and I still talk about some of the good times. Again congratulations on your first year and onward and upward in the future.
THANKS SO MUCH YOU TWO!! I truly admire folks like your self,get it done from the ground up. You guys are a great asset to your community for sure. Wish you guys nothing but the best in this venture and the future what ever comes your way. 🙏🙏🙏
1 new business helping to support 10 other vendors along with the food truck business then to include the schools with field trips and the sophomore class with a Fundraiser is DEFINITELY a successful first year. I hope the years that follow brings you both huge success for your businesses. Thank you for the recap on the patch and Thank you both for all the hard work you have put in.
The best of luck for increased visitors in '24. Might think about looking to sell some pumpkins to retail stores in the medium distance to avoid local visitors from not coming to the patch.
0:39 FREEKIN AWESOME!!!! THATS A STOREFRONT :) WELL IT IS A STORE!! :) YOU HAVE A PLACE OF BIZZYNUTTZZNESS STUFFZZ !!!! :) YEA !!! :) were you able to pull a check from the BIZ ??? don't forget to do that.... just reminder... ;)
Definitely expand on your night time. All of our mazes are open thurs, fri and Sat nights. What a great business you and Molly have created. Are you going to be able to move your patches around. Desise and mold will become a problem after two or three years. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
Absolutely no disrespect to your grandfather. But think of make annual shirts each year for haunted corn maze. “ I got so scared I papo’d my pants 2024. 😂 know I would get one. Bob in Pennsylvania
Glad to see you had a good first year. I know you visited Bloomsbury Farm west of Cedar Rapids , and they were a small business at one time. Continue to stay in contact with them because they are a wealth of knowledge.
I'm from Long Island NY(Sorry)I'll be taking a ride to the patch next season. I wanna be a part of your success. I know it will be a winner, just look at the two of you perform........... I wish you both well in everything you do.........
Awesome job.. I followed your journey with the pumpkins all season.. We have a pumpkin patch also... I grow about 25 acres in total to stock our stand and sell the rest wholesale to other patches.. growing up we planted on bare dirt and tilled in between like you.. since then I've moved to all no till in wheat stubble.. keeps ground firm for picking, pumpkins clean and a lot less weed pressure by not working the ground.. your planter is 10x bigger than what I use, itd surely go thru stubble.. also built an hooded sprayer for our ranger - now i can run roundup/liberty between rows until the plants tip.. reflex is the best preemergent Ive found.. any questions or need tips just ask .. big fan of the channel
A paint you pumpkin night….. a couple of Thursday nights. Have one be a kids night and one for mom’s night(BYOW). Maybe donate some decorations to a local senior center/ assisted living with a courtesy of Papo’s pumpkin patch sign. A pick your own flower area. During the off season. Zinnias and sunflowers are really easy to grow.. Maybe a tractor show in the spring.. food trucks… some music Enjoy the journey.
America is great because folks like you have dreams and take risks. Impressive comprehensive execution. Pricing idea. Raise to $14 but give $1 coupon for the store with proof of a social media post.
07-30-24 Hi Molly and Ben! My husband and I are from Southwest Missouri and are wanting to create a pumpkin patch in our area when I retire in 1-2 years. We’ve watched your videos and they’ve been really helpful. We were wondering if we could actually come see you all and your farm at the end of the Summer? We plan on coming this Fall when the patch is in full swing, but knew that you’d be too busy to talk. We sure could use some more info on getting started and any tips/tricks you’d be willing to share!
You guys did a great job! I don’t raise pumpkins but my neighbors do. They have to do a crop rotation that only allows pumpkins every 3 years I think. They say the disease pressure is to high. I’m sure you have thought about that but just in case I wanted to say something. I wish you were closer. We would definitely visit your pumpkin patch.
Thank you for putting this video together! We are currently in year 3 of trialing a small patch for agrotourism in Minnesota. Weeds have been a major problem because weve only used tillage in the past. Would you mind sharing what you did to conteol weeds in yours?
You guys did so good. You guys should sell some bandit shirts next year. Good for you guys. Remember Rome wasn’t built in a day. Good things take time.
How big was your corn maze? (Sorry if I missed that in the video). I have been contemplating starting a pumpkin patch and this video might just make me do that!
4:53 WHAT IS THE STORY PERTAININT TO CENTERVILLE's (township?) not SQUARE appearance??? whats with that JAGGED SPIKE POINTING UP ?? LOL yea oh oh yea, (KOOLAID) LOL OH YEA !!! no, wait, .... YEA CONGRATS!!!!!! :) well wait... you gunna be able to do it again better, bigger and more ''everything'' NEXT YEAR RIGHT????? (if so then seriously congratz!!!!) :) if you only did it one and done, and it won't be sustainable, sadface, but congratz@!!@ :) YOU WENT OUT THERE INTO THE BATTING CAGE!! :) that's half of WINNING the ''battle''!!!
