Add Thanksgiving and Halloween to the list of things being affected by this summer’s drought, as farmers say the local pumpkin crop is in jeopardy.

While Sunday’s rains certainly didn’t hurt, they weren’t enough to make farmers feel much more secure.

“(They’re not) the size and quality we're used to because pumpkins need water . . . they're 90 per cent water,” said Suzie Miller of Miller’s Farm Market.

“If you don't get that moisture you don't get that growth, that size isn't there.”’

“You'll have longer vines and you'll have bigger pumpkins if you get a good start, but the plant itself is not very healthy so it can't feed what's there,” said Ron Miller.

The lack of rain means fertilizer isn’t being absorbed into the ground, meaning the Millers’ fields are full of barren, brown dry patches.

Suzie said they’ll likely be pushing back their harvesting to let their pumpkins grow, not starting in a few weeks as usual.

“If we have to wait then its going to be a big push, that's harder on everybody when we have to do it under the gun,” she said.

“We'll have enough for pick your own, we'll have enough for ourselves to sell and maybe have enough to help out other farmers who are short; we won't be wholesaling the way we have in the past.”

The Millers said the pumpkins will still be there for the fall, they’ll just be smaller than normal unless they get more 60 millimetre rainfall days like Sunday.

With a report from CTV Ottawa’s Katie Griffin