Pumping out pumpkins: Growing your own gourds for Halloween
Dan and Nicole Mickle hold up a pair of pumpkins while standing in their pumpkin patch in Royal City on Sept. 16.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
A small white pumpkin sits in the sun on its vine at the Mickle Farms & Pumpkin Patch in Royal City on Sept. 16.
A bright orange pumpkin sits among the vines in the pumpkin patch at Mickle Farms in Royal City on Sept. 16.
A greenish pumpkin is one of about 50 varieties grown by Dan Mickle and his wife, Nicole, at Mickle Farms & Pumpkin Patch in Royal City on Sept. 16.
Small, ornamental white pumpkins sit on the vine shaded by the vines growing above at Mickle Farms in Royal City on Sept. 16.
ROYAL CITY — With October here, Halloween is fast approaching. While it’s a little late to start a pumpkin crop this season for jack-o’-lanterns ready, it’s not too early to start a crop for next season.
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