Pick your Pumpkin

Our church hosts a pumpkin patch each October to raise money for youth missions.  Next year the high school youth group will be heading to Imperial, Pennsylvania for a week of home repair.

This photo is only a small example of the 48,000 pounds of pumpkins we unloaded earlier this month.  Our patch is open from 11:30 am-8 pm daily.

So...get out and pick a pumpkin from a local patch, charity (like ours) or the grocery.  You don't want all the good ones to be taken!

A pumpkin should not have any soft spots and (IMHO) should have a have a stem.  Don't pick your gourd up by the stem or you could find your self with smashing pumpkins.  Store in a cool place until ready to carve (we carve only a day or two before Halloween)

I bought 20 pumpkins for a work "pumpkin-carving" event.  Will post pictures later!

Happy Pickin'
Diana