how to get pumpkins to last for months!

The kids just bought their first two baby pumpkins at the store this week. I know, right... we're not even in October yet! So even though the kids picked out pumpkins already, I'm sure we'll be going to an actual pumpkin patch or two over the next few weeks. Pumpkin patch season is relatively short in Central Oregon, because if you go too late, all you'll find is a field full of crispy vines and mushy pumpkins from all the freezing nights we get before Halloween. We try to eat most of the...