Sparky-(Admin) 21,324 #1 Posted October 5, 2022 Just kidding! Dropped a whooping $10 on this pumpkin, plopped it on my yard art rig and called it DONE! That’s about all I’ll be doing this year 6 3 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,568 #2 Posted October 5, 2022 We don't celebrate Halloween so we don't decorate for it but I do have a great appreciation for the colors of fall. Most years I'll get a hold of some gourds and lay them out and maybe some straw or dead corn plants as decoration. Quite a lot of work there Mike. One whole pumpkin. You get that done all in one day? I was thinking about buying five small ones for five front steps but I'm not sure I can handle that much exertion. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #3 Posted October 5, 2022 Now that mike is pure genius best Halloween decor I’ve ever seen I can tell it took some time to get it right 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldWorkHorse 3,045 #4 Posted October 5, 2022 $10 must be organic 2 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,145 #5 Posted October 5, 2022 Way to "cut loose" with the cash! Prolly could have bought a couple bags of chips! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,233 #6 Posted October 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, Sparky said: Dropped a whooping $10 on this pumpkin Yep, pumpkins have gotten really pricey. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #7 Posted October 5, 2022 Yeah because people keep running them over with snow blowers on ventracs 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,324 #8 Posted October 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, OldWorkHorse said: $10 must be organic I don’t recall past years pumpkin prices. I assumed it was by the pound but instead the circumference was measured and that is how pricing was determined. Kinda thought $10 was a bit steep… but this was at the farmers market in town and all pumpkin proceeds (or profit?) goes the the local food bank so that made me feel good. 3 8 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #9 Posted October 6, 2022 They saw your deep pockets coming. Probably that Hawaiian tropics tan of yours tipped them off. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,828 #10 Posted October 6, 2022 Gotta be like my missus Sparkeye and buy plastic and metal ones. They last for years...unlike my back for hauling them out of the attic.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh500special 2,184 #11 Posted October 6, 2022 Probably expensive because it was likely imported from Illinois. More pumpkins are grown here than in the next five states combined. I have no idea why I know this, but this is the kind of crap that takes up precious room in my head… steve 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,568 #12 Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, wh500special said: Probably expensive because it was likely imported from Illinois. More pumpkins are grown here than in the next five states combined. I have no idea why I know this, but this is the kind of crap that takes up precious room in my head… steve Nothing wrong with having a bunch of minutia about the minutia. I know a little bit about a lot of things or some would say I know nothing about everything.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,307 #13 Posted October 6, 2022 Local supermarket price was $5 for one about that size. You can plant a hundred pumpkins for $5, why buy them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,233 #14 Posted October 6, 2022 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: I know a little bit about a lot of things or some would say I know nothing about everything.... Similar to one of my mantras: I'm learning less and less about more and more. Eventually I'll know nothing about everything. (and think of the converse...) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,145 #15 Posted October 6, 2022 10 hours ago, WHX?? said: Gotta be like my missus Sparkeye and buy plastic and metal ones. They last for years...unlike my back for hauling them out of the attic.... Must be that space age plastic from recycled Veg O Matics! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,378 #16 Posted October 6, 2022 At the little lady's place of work, they sell pumpkins for $5 for medium & $7 for large ones. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
