Tips for Every Pumpkin Picker This Fall Season
Being a pumpkin picker isn't just a chore; it's basically a rite of passage once the leaves start to turn and the air gets that crisp, chilly bite. Every year, thousands of us flock to muddy fields, armed with nothing but high hopes and maybe a sturdy pair of boots, looking for that one perfect gourd that'll sit on the porch or turn into a masterpiece of a jack-o'-lantern. It sounds simple enough—you walk into a field, you find a pumpkin, and you take it home—but anyone who's spent an hour hauling a twenty-pound orange ball across an acre of vines knows there's a bit more to it than that. ...