THE PUMPKIN HOUSE
HALLOWEEN is well and truly here, as this house in West Virginia, USA, shows!
Every year, the Pumpkin House features a whopping 3,000 jack-o’lanterns (carved pumpkins) in its front garden to delight visitors.
This year the carving began on 22 October, with a whole team of volunteers helping out, including local school groups and churches. Sometimes people can be carving all the way up until midnight!
The display, which is lit up 24 hours a day, attracts thousands of tourists from across the world, but only lasts until around 2 November. Then, the organisers have to scoop up all the mouldy mess.
The spooky seasonal tradition was started by the former mayor of Kenova, Ric Griffith. Ric told First News: “The joy the Pumpkin House brings to people of all ages makes all of the hard work worthwhile. An Australian radio station once asked me: ‘Why do you carve pumpkins?’ and I said: ‘Because grapes are too small!’”
See www.hubbub.org.uk/eat-your-pumpkin for pumpkin recipes so that you can avoid food waste this Halloween.