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Halloween is just around the corner, so have you got your pumpkins at the ready?

If not, why not pop over to Pick Your Own Pumpkin in Sevington and make it a great day out, both for adults and kids!

Pick Your Own Pumpkin opened on Saturday, October 12 between 10pm and 4pm and will also open on weekdays from Monday, October 21 at the family-owned farm owned and run by Jake and Mark Thompson.

From pumpkin shop displays to pumpkin spiced drinks, October has become the month where everything is about the symbolic pumpkin!

The UK’s obsession with pumpkins has evolved over the last 20 years, with now over 15 million pumpkins being grown in the UK.

At Pick Your Own Pumpkin, there will be over 70,000 pumpkins and squashes to choose from.

Whilst the orange carving pumpkin remains a favourite, the demand for other varieties has increased, and the pumpkin is becoming a popular autumnal culinary dish as well as a decoration!

From soup to muffins, ‘pumpkin spiced’ is popping up on menus everywhere!

This year, not only will Pick Your Own Pumpkin Sevington have the orange carving pumpkins but a range of squashes including Crown Prince (blue/grey), munchkins (mini pumpkins), Celebrations (green and white speckled), and Ghosts (white) to name a few.

“Whilst the orange carving pumpkin remains popular, we are seeing more families wanting different varieties for cooking,” Jemma Thompson, who manages Pick Your Own Pumpkin.

“There is something quite satisfying from taking your ingredients straight from the field right to your fork.”

Pumpkins will be priced according to size, with small pumpkins costing £1 up to £10 for the extra large ones.

Some of the proceeds from Pick Your Own Pumpkin will be donated to the Brain Tumour Charity - a UK-based charity dedicated to funding research, raising awareness of brain tumours, reducing diagnosis times and providing support and information for people with brain tumours, their families and friends.

For full details on opening times please visit www.pickyourownpumpkin.farm

To find the farm, follow the signs from M20, jct. 10 to Sevington Church and look out for the Pumpkin signs.

For more information and to check opening times (the weather may impact opening times) visit www.facebook.com/pickyourownpumpkin

The sizes of pumpkins vary in sizes but mainly fall into the Small/Medium/Large/Monster category.

• Small Pumpkins range from 13 – 18CM
• Medium Pumpkins range from 18CM – 24CM
• Large Pumpkins range from 24CM – 27 CM
• Monster Pumpkins range from 28CM+

Pick Your Own Pumpkin is due to open in October on the following dates:

• October 19-27, 10am-4pm
• October 28-30, 10am-1pm

The field can be located at the following address: Cheeseman Green Lane, Sevington, TN25 7HX. Please note that parking is in the adjacent field or on the road dependant on weather.

Pumpkin pickers of all ages are welcome while pumpkin pickers are advised to wear wellies and gloves. Dogs are not permitted.

For any other information or images please contact pickyourownpumpkin@gmail.com.