Pumpkins, squash, and flowers on my front step

My front stoop this year- laden with pumpkins and squash

I love pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins.
Eating pumpkin treats.
Slurping pumpkin soup.
Crunching pumpkin seeds.

And I am not alone.

Americans really love pumpkins.

By best estimates, 158,000,000 Americans planned on carving pumpkins in 2025! Whoa, that’s a lot of fruit on our front stoops. (Yes, pumpkin is technically a fruit.) Which equals close to a billion pounds of pumpkin!

Then November 1 hits, and you’re left wondering what to do with pumpkins after Halloween.

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