[temporarara]

Good for him, but I highly doubt the "with almost no work" statement. And besides, having just an acre of pumpkins and noone to buy them can be hazardous. Specialty crops can offer good profits on good years if everything goes right (which usually requires a ton of work, though you can get lucky for a few years), but the risks are significantly higher even if you did everything right.

[brewtide]

My first job when about 14 was working a pumpkin field/farm, every day, for the entire summer with (debatable) 2 other people.

It's non-stop work. Eventually, it folded and became ... A development.

[TedDoesntTalk]

I grew a dozen pumpkins last year in my backyard. “Almost no work” makes no sense unless he’s got everything automated.