Pictured left, clockwise: Pumpkin Weigh Off in Half Moon Bay, pumpkin carver, pumpkin plunge, Lego brick pumpkin at Legoland California, pumpkin pie eating contest and Pumpkin Races in Manhattan Beach
It’s pumpkin season — we warned you months ago that if you planned to enter your specimen into a giant pumpkin weigh-off, you’d need to start back then. In upcoming weeks pumpkin growers around the globe hope to break records for biggest, heaviest pumpkin on the planet. One such spot where you’ll see the “big ones” is Half Moon Bay’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off, part of the city’s annual pumpkin festival. California doesn’t grow the most pumpkins of any state (we’re #2,) but we’ve had some record-breakers through the years and countless pumpkin events to celebrate our love of the fall harvest crop associated with Halloween and holiday pumpkin pies.