Isla Tate, 3, of Berkeley, finds a pumpkin she likes while exploring the Nicasio Valley pumpkin patch with her father, Steve Tate, and mother Sara Tate in Nicasio, Calif., Saturday, October 19, 2024. This is the Nicasio Valley pumpkin. Patch is celebrating its 29th year. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Faye Fernandez, 2, of Novato, rides in a wheelbarrow with her doll and pumpkins while exploring the Nicasio Valley pumpkin patch with, from left behind her, her grandmother Deni O’Brien, her father Kevin Fernandez and grandfather Tom Duff. Nicasio, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

River Moss Donovan, 3, of Oakland, chooses a pumpkin during a family visit to the Nicasio Valley Pumpkin Patch in Nicasio, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. This is the 29th year for the Nicasio Valley Pumpkin Patch. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Children and adults board a wagon for a hay ride at the Nicasio Valley Pumpkin Patch in Nicasio, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)