Picking Pumpkins at Roloff Farms

Although I’m happiest as a warm weather girl, I can get into fall and one of my traditions is getting pumpkins to put on my front stoop! Rather than go the grocery-store route we decided to visit our first pumpkin patch this year! And we did it right – we visited Roloff Farms in Helvetia, Oregon just about a 30 minute drive from Portland.

This farm is a bit famous, as the family that owns it are the stars of the TLC reality show “Little People Big World“. I have only seen a few episodes of this show but the Roloffs seem like a hardworking, loving, and fun family – and we were lucky enough to see them in person and take a tour of their farm.

Admission to the farm is free, but parking is a small fee. You can also pay to take one or both of the tractor ride tours around their property. Pumpkins are 35 cents a pound.

We took both the tours and they were guided by close friends of the family. One of the tours was driven by Zach Roloff himself:

Here’s Matt Roloff (in the red):

and Amy Roloff (middle of photo, black vest white shirt… lots of people lined up to meet the supermom):

Yes they were filming that day. As a former video major in college, camera crews and equipment always interest me so I was just as fascinated with the production as everything else going on. The Roloff property is a-maz-ing. Those are some lucky kids. I mean for the twin boys’ birthday one year their dad got them a life-sized pirate ship to play on.

They also have an absurdly-detailed Wild West village, a full castle, numerous forts, sand volleyball court, regulation size soccer field, heated pool, and who knows what else. And not all of these were bought on their reality show royalties either. It was inspiring and visually exhausting to see all the vision and work put forth. It’s a place you would never need to leave, their own little world. Here’s just a few photos from the tour: