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Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:09 am**

I got my pumpkins today and i got an extra large one and three medium ones. Has anyone elce got theres yet?

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:39 am**

Oh yes, I got a couple of little pumpkins! I might get another small one. No big pumpkins for me this year...I want to have a couple that I can cook, you see.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:00 pm**

Yes i have gotten a few pumkins! Right now i have 4 and i beleive im getting more tomorow!

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:45 pm**

Going to pick mine this afternoon! Whee!!!

I hope to have photos of pumpkin patches to post this evening!

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:03 pm**

Who's got there pumpkins yet?

I'll tell you who's got their pumpkins yet Ã¢â‚¬â€ my neighbor and I. It's too early to carve them (they rot within a week after they're carved), but I drew faces on them with a marker. I'll carve the reverse sides as we get close to the 31st.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:56 pm**

i got mine today actually i think any eariler then theyll be rotten by halloween

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:31 pm**

got mine today to, a couple of good ones, from a little punkin patch.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:36 pm**

Not yet, but my local food market has them all out on display, looking all lovely and orange and pumpkin-y

I'm going pumpkin shopping early next week, and I think as I'm getting quite a few, I will be taking my other half with me to help me lug them home. It's only round the corner from my flat, but still

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:29 pm**

I picked up 4 of them so far. More will be purchased in the days to come.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:40 am**

Nope, haven't gotten that far yet. I would enjoy going to a pumpkin patch with hubby while he's home, but not sure if we'll have time, so I might have to go after he leaves for work again.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:49 am**

I haven't picked one up yet. I don't have a car and the thought of driving home with a large pumpkin on my scooter doesn't exactly thrill me. But a traditional pumpkin does bring a traditional value to the home. Especially when the candle burns the top. I can smell it now.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:40 am**

My family got ours yesterday!
We have 4 carving pumpkins, two medium white pumpins, a nice big green gourd, and lots of mini pumpkins and gourds that we've scattered around the house.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:13 pm**

Hey! No one be afraid to SHOW your pumpkins once you're got them carved!
I love pictures!!!!

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Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:53 pm**

i went to the pumpkin patch last week and picked up 3 medium sized pumpkins (couldn't get any bigger coz the hubby wasn't there with us to carry them). i got a wicked sunburn that day also, damn 90 degree weather. thank god it's nice and cool now. we were gonna carve them this weekend, but it's been a bad weekend. hopefully next week we'll get to hack into them

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:08 pm**

Here's GOURDON!

I haven't decided what to carve it as. But I want to try using a skinning technique, instead of the usual carve holes and stuff. I might need to buy some wood carving tools to pull it off though.

Anyone ever tried this technique before? I'm thinking a small razor knife or exacto, and peeling the skin, to let the candle light through the rind. I might have to scrape the interior of the rind pretty thin. But I don't know how thin.

Since I never done it this way before, any tips, trick or links would be appreciated.