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This afternoon.

Glasnevin, Dublin 9.

Pumpkins decorated by children from all over Ireland displayed at the annual Halloween decorative pumpkin competition in the National Botanic Garden.

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This afternoon.

There’s nothing left to carve.

Pumpkin farmer Tom (aka broadsheet social media manager Dylan] of ‘Alright Pumpkin’ in Meath writes:.

We have sold out of all our pumpkins. The crop was good but demand was about four times greater then last year. Crazy stuff last weekend.  We tell people we’re sold out. they keep coming anyway to run into the corn maze…

In pumpkin news generally, UK crops are down 40% – 50%, Irish crops are not doing that much better.Pumpkins need plenty of warmth and water during the spring but when the fruit, yes fruit, is set and skinning up they need dry and hot weather, something that was in short supply this year. Supermarkets are not engaging in their typical predatory pricing this year, promising cheap pumpkins but expensive sweets, because supplies are short.

Fight!

Alright Pumpkins (Facebook)

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This morning.

Alan McArthur writes:

Well they are definitely getting into the spirit of pumpkin carving this Halloween in Smithfield [Dublin 7] #pumpkincarvinggenius

Update:

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The lads last night.

Thanks Emma O’Neill

All ‘kin carvings to Broadsheet Pumpkin Challenge at broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

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Staged but nonetheless awesome shots of squirrels taken by British photographer Max Ellis whose M.O. is to leave treats secreted in objects with which the squirrels must interact to retrieve. In this case, a suspended jack o’ lantern.

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