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A Halloween staple! Head to the pumpkin patch (or store, or your own garden) to get some pumpkins — then carve them up to your heart’s desire. You can also paint them instead of carve them, and try other squashes or hard root veggies like turnips. And don’t forget to roast those pumpkin seeds.

Halloween may be over a month away but one candy store in Massachusetts is hard at work getting sweets ready for the spooky season.