[note: this post is a rerun from a post on my private blog from last fall..thought i would share here, stay tuned for the giveaway later today and upcoming post on kitchens (i dont just work on nurseries yall!) and more updates..and please note, this “research” on prices was from last year, who knows what pumpkin prices will be this year…how about leaving in comments what kind of prices you are finding in your area??!!!]
Forget oil and gas…what is up with the price of PUMPKINS??? (or “puh-kins” as Drew says) We have three fruit stands in my little town..one was $10-11 for a medium/large pumpkin and basically .79-.89 cents per pound on everything else..and NINETY NINE CENTS for ONE of those little tiny pumpkins..nuts! One of the other fruit stands had the same big pumpkins for $6.99 each and I bought TWELVE of the tiny white pumpkins for $2+..that is better!(at the local grocery store they are 8 in a bag for $5.99 (I think) that seems soo high)..THE BEST fruit stand (and the last one i went to of course) had a wonderful variety and the CHEAPEST prices..
everything was roughly .59 cents a lb..nearly half from the other places..but their tiny pumpkins wer 2 for a $1, not so good..so interesting to compare..then yesterday at Home Depot they had medium size pumpkins for $4.97..of course i would rather buy them from the local fruit stand and pay more than from a chain (especially the stand that buys peas and watermelons from my father in law) BUT not at $10-11 each..that place was nuts!
I love all of the interesting varieties..like the one in the picture above..it almost looks striped..i also love ones with bumps and warts..and the variety called “fairy” and “ghost”…. my “assistant” and I added dots to some (of course there are great instruction/examples on how to do the dots the “right way” in various shelter mags and online BUT we just freehanded and it is not perfect but thats ok and its done;)..we went a little overboard but had fun..my next project is to decoupage pumpkins with book pages..i saw this on a metal pumpkin in a store for $45..now that is crazy!
If you live near Houston and travel hwy 6 or 290, email me and I will tell you where to find the best!
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