Farmer Tom Spilman harvests some of the 100,000 pumkins that have been grown ahead of the Spilmans Pumpkin Festival, that opens this Saturday at Tom Spilmans' Pumpkin Farm in Thirsk. Picture date: Monday September 26, 2022. Planted in May, the farm has grown 20 varieties of pumpkins over 25 acres of land, for the pumpkin picking season ahead of Halloween. Stock Photo