Nancy’s Ranch ready to open for the season

Katharine Lotze
September 30, 2016
1:00 am

Angel Castillo, left, catches a pumpkin tossed to him by Herminio Bastian-Garrido, left, as they unload the orange gourds at Nancy’s Ranch in Valencia on Tuesday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Herminio Bastian-Garrido, right, tosses pumpkins out of a trailer to Angel Castillo, left, as they unload about 6,700 pounds of pumpkins at Nancy’s Ranch in Valencia on Tuesday. The ranch opens on Saturday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Tuesday’s load of pumpkins sits in a pile, waiting for Saturday’s opening of Nancy’s Ranch in Valencia. Nancy Roatcap, the ranch owner, says they unloaded about 6,700 pounds of pumpkins on Tuesday, and had several more trips to their supplier in Santa Paula to make before opening day on Saturday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Nancy Roatcap, owner of Nancy’s Ranch in Valencia, holds a “siamese twin” pumpkin as the rest of the pumpkins are unloaded at the ranch on Tuesday. Roatcap says the ranch will have about 4,400 pumpkins this season. Pumpkins sold out last year. The ranch opens Saturday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Herminio Bastian-Garrido, left, tosses pumpkins out of a trailer to Angel Castillo, right, as they unload about 6,700 pounds of pumpkins at Nancy’s Ranch in Valencia on Tuesday. The ranch opens on Saturday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

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Katharine Lotze

Katharine Lotze is a photojournalist and columnist at the Signal, and can be found photographing daily life in Santa Clarita, or writing personal essays about her own daily life.

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Nancy’s Ranch ready to open for the season

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