Nash Ranch

We have been family owned and operated for 72 years now.
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Our pumpkin patch, corn maze and the Dreams of Darkness have been in operation in one form or another since 1990.

08/24/2026

Found some cool pumpkins yesterday. The warty one is called Knucklehead and the giant white one is a Polar Bear. Given another month, they're going to be pretty substantial. We haven't had a crop like this in a long time and we're really excited!

08/15/2026

I waited a couple of days to post these because I thought to myself, "Hey, I think we're getting the pumpkin patch pretty well squared away," and that seemed like tempting fate. I was right and one of our water mains blew up.

Now that I've fixed that (again), we can really start focusing on the mud run. We've been doing odds and ends like w**d eating but now we're really getting the big guns out.

Special thanks to Ricky Bambino of Ultra Fence and Lance Boyer (who also builds fences!) for coming out at just a phone call and helping us build obstacles.

08/09/2026

Remember, if you're cold, they're cold. Make sure your pumpkins have a blankie for bedtime.

Coincidentally, it also helps keep them from sunburning and being abused by deer. In 50 days, these are going to be absolute monsters, and there were a dozen more even bigger.

08/05/2026

I believe we've answered the age old question, "if a deer could cheat at a corn maze, would they?"

Turns out they totally would.

08/03/2026

Oh ho ho, what have we here? I went on a walk to determine crop loss to deer this morning. It was downright awful but there are a few giants coming in strong. And I mean downright huge. I'll have to start cutting up old sheets to cover them, which I haven't had to do since 2023 and years before that.

In an unexpected bout of (generally unwarranted) optimism, I increased the size of our edible varieties patch about 50% and had some extra space. I threw some giants in and they went nuts in that old pasture soil. The downside is that now I'll have to pick them and haul them to the pumpkin patch with the little squash, just one at a time.

07/21/2026

There's an overachiever in every group.

07/14/2026

Seemingly overnight, all the flowers have started blooming. Stayers Quality Queens keep a gazillion bees (my estimate) on the property this time of year, so they'll all get thoroughly pollinated right away.

07/09/2026

Early morning photos of the progress of the pumpkin patch. You can really see the various stages of growth across the fields. We finished planting all of the pumpkins and squash Saturday, which is always a huge milestone. Next, we'll plant the corn maze.

06/09/2026

Now we're officially off to the races! This is about where we got last year before the squirrels and deer started their rampage, but so far they seem less insistent on terrorizing the sprouts.

05/26/2026

Lots of work getting done this weekend, thanks to both sides of the family coming in and putting in the hours. We have hay going down, rows for pumpkins being put in, spreading lime to raise the soil pH, and the first irrigation for the long-season squash.

The pumpkin patch always feels so far away until there's water flowing (and you're also doing hay, there's 200 kids' birthday parties to attend, and all of your equipment breaks).

Address

10925 Old Oregon Trl
Redding, CA
96003

Telephone

+15309334574

Website

http://www.nashranch.com/, http://www.thedreamsofdarkness.com/

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