i recently harvested two pumpkins. neither was completely orange but i could not puncture the skin with a finger nail, the stage at which they are ready to harvest. instead of leaving these pumpkins i cut them off the vine and put them on my back stoop. they continued to ripen and are now uniformly orange...
the morton chamber of commerce promotes the businesses of the pumpkin capital of the world and hosts the annual morton pumpkin festival in partnership with libby's pumpkin, a nestle company. beyond our pumpkins, our history is embedded in agricultural industry, generational manufacturing and locally...
well as festivals and outdoor concerts with a backdrop of pristine lakes, brilliant sunsets and rolling landscapes. winters offer skiing, snowboarding, hiking and community festivals with puffy snowflakes and rosy cheeks. spring means maple and crocus and the smell of renewal. autumn is all about pumpkins...