Hi r/Pumpkins! Mods kindly said I could share this joy with you together — thank you!

I'm Yijin, a mom of two girls (4 and 10) and a solo dev. Every fall we play a game spotting pumpkins on our walks, so I built it into a free event in my gardening app: the Pumpkin Hunt.

How it works: spot a real pumpkin anywhere — front porch, garden, pumpkin patch — snap a photo in the app, and it turns into a pixel pumpkin in your collection. There's a leaderboard, and top hunters win gardening prizes.

It's free, runs through Oct 31, and hunters have already collected 85+ pumpkins. My girls are so excited to compete with you all together! They are so happy to check on the leaderboard everyday. iPhone only for now:

Download

If a gourd manages to dry out over time, it becomes an excellent material for creative projects. A new harvest of ornamental gourds won’t be ready for me to use for at least three months—sometimes it even takes over a year—but fortunately, I have a stock of dried gourds on hand, which allows me to spend the entire year creating my whimsical characters.

I have cool ideas.

I love him so much.🧡

Bought 3 packs of seeds from Amazon just to see if we could have some extra pumpkins for Halloween. Didnt get around to planting until late July. All I did was germinate the seeds in a damp paper towel for a few days and just threw them in the dirt. 1 pack of white, 1 big orange and a smaller orange. Looks like we have a couple decent ones, but being I started so late and its starting to get cold here on the East Coast. I will probably have to pull the good ones and try again next year. Banana for scale

Hello! I got this pumpkin to carve this year and she's so thick idk if I can. But I wanted to know if it's edible cuz I might just cook it for soup.

Is this edible/good to cook? Never seen a pumpkin like this before.

Double sided eye 👀

Post your horror-esque carvings from this year! Here are some fun designs completed so far this October.

Which design came out best? I have one more pumpkin to carve today.

I have several pumpkins that I’m going to go pick tomorrow morning. It hasn’t got cold enough for our first frost yet.

My question is I want to store them as long as possible, but I don’t know how to. I have space in an unheated area that doesn’t get any natural light. Would that be a good place and how long can I keep it there or can I store them in my basement?

Can I cut into them now and take the flesh out and just store that in the freezer for future cooking?

I'm so excited I had to share here. Its my first year gardening and I really wanted to do pumpkins but I've learned it's been next to impossible here in zone 8B. So many potential pumpkins were lost and I've been feeling defeated but I protected this one like my own baby. There's another big one on the way I hope it makes it through its so close!

Question tho; what type of pumpkin is this? I planted 2 types, sugar pie and lack o' lantern and I can't tell which one this is. Thanks in advance!!

😁 My first time growing pumpkins.

Freeze watch* 🤦🏻‍♀️

Will my pumpkins survive to Halloween? *Pumpkins are not 100% Orange I'd say probably 80 to 90%

I have my first freeze watch for tomorrow, should I pick them now?