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How many pumpkin and gourd pieces does a front porch need?
Compare pumpkin and gourd counts for small stoops, steps, and wide porches. Choose a package size while keeping the doorway and walking path clear.
Find the right scaleMother Pam’s Notes
Listen to your Mother.
Practical guides for a proper porch: planning it, getting ready for installation and keeping it looking good.
Plan your porch
A sense of scale. A little timing.
And room for the things you love.
When to book your Cincinnati fall porch installation
Plan your fall porch installation around gatherings and Halloween. Understand installation windows, date confirmation and the care your display will need.
What does a full-service pumpkin porch installation include?
Compare pumpkin delivery with full-service porch installation. Understand design, sourcing, setup, and optional pickup before choosing a service.
Fall decorating ideas for a small front porch
Make a small stoop feel considered with a focused pumpkin grouping, usable steps, and space for the door to open.
How to decorate for fall around your existing planters
Use the containers you already love as a starting point for fall pumpkins, while preserving access, plant care, and drainage.
Should you decorate your porch yourself or hire an installer?
Compare the decisions, hauling, setup, care, and removal involved in a DIY pumpkin porch and a full-service installation.
Before we arrive
A little room for Mother.
A short checklist for installation day: clear access, keep the pieces you love, flag delicate surfaces, and tell us what we need to know.
How to prepare for your porch installationCare and season end
Keep it looking good.
Care for the pumpkins, water the plants and know when to ask for help.
How to care for porch pumpkins in Cincinnati
Learn what affects uncut pumpkins outdoors, how to spot deterioration, and how to care for a fall porch display in Cincinnati’s changing weather.
Should you treat porch pumpkins with vinegar, bleach or anything else?
We use vinegar when preparing our pumpkins. Here’s what that means for your display, why we don’t ask you to add bleach, and how to care for pumpkins once they arrive.
Squirrels and porch pumpkins: what you can realistically do
What to check after squirrels visit a pumpkin display, why deterrents are not guarantees, and when a damaged piece needs attention.
How to care for fall mums in pots
Check the soil, water the soil around the roots, manage drainage, and keep porch mums accessible without soaking the pumpkins around them.
Caring for a pumpkin porch in rain, frost and freezing weather
Check your local forecast, watch drainage and wind, and plan safe access before weather changes your fall porch display.
Protecting porch surfaces from pumpkins, pots and straw
What to tell us about your porch surface, why generic mats are not a universal fix, and how to watch for moisture and deterioration.
What to do with pumpkins, mums and straw after fall
Plan safe removal, separate decorations from natural materials, check local disposal options, and understand optional Mother Pam pickup.
Rather leave it to Mother?
Someone has to hang the garland. It doesn’t have to be you.
Reserve your winter week, or book a fall porch by Friday, October 23.