Pumpkin Destruction Day

The porch pumpkins had their moment; now comes the reckoning.

Pumpkin Destruction Day arrives after Halloween, when jack-o-lanterns have started to sag and it is time to let them go. Some people compost, some smash, and a devoted few fling their pumpkins with catapults and air cannons in the tradition of punkin chunkin. It is a playful and slightly cathartic w