National Pumpkin Day 2025

Today is National Pumpkin Day.

The pumpkin has been both decoration and food for as long as I can remember.

The 26th of October brings all this to the fore with the gourd being the inspiration for competitions and festivals all over the fall season.

One of the oldest domesticated plants there is evidence for their cultivation back as far as 7500 to 5500 BC.

You can roast and eat the seeds, use the flesh for all manner of pies and pastries and such.

The blossoms are popular food items as well.

There is even a johnny come lately coffee drink which has gained autumn popularity with the faddish coffee outlets around.

Dried and hollowed out shells make highly practical bowls and storage containers.

So consider the pumpkin.

A versatile and highly useful plant species we have enjoyed for eons.

Happy National Pumpkin Day.