In Pictures: Halloween harvest starts at pumpkin farm

In Pictures: Halloween harvest starts at pumpkin farm

Fans of Halloween can get a jump-start on prepping their Halloween lanterns after one North Yorkshire farm began harvesting their crop.

Spilman’s Pumpkin Farm, near Thirsk, has grown some 20,000 pumpkins and squashes of all different shapes and sizes, which are traditionally linked with Halloween on October 31.

Tom Spilman harvest his crop at his farm near Thirsk in North Yorkshire
Tom Spilman harvests his crop at his farm near Thirsk in North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)

Pumpkin harvest
It is believed the custom of carving pumpkins for Halloween originated in Ireland (Danny Lawson/PA)

Pumpkin harvest
The Christian festival falls on October 31 before All Saints’ Day on November 1 (Danny Lawson/PA)

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