It’s pumpkin season!
Oh how I love the pumpkin.
Picked up some fun facts about pumpkins at Pumkinpatch.com
Did you know…
Pumpkins are rich in potassium and vitamin A.
Pumpkin flowers are edible.
Pumpkins are 90% water.
Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
The tradition of pumpkin carving was brought to America by the Irish…Yup they used to carve turnips but when they arrived on American soil pumpkins were so plentiful they made the switch.
The largest pumpkin pie ever made weighed over 350 pounds and was more that 5 feet in diameter?
Yum! Carve me off a slice of that!
All pics courtesy of Wikipedia.com


















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