It’s that time of year when we head out to the local pumpkin patches and choose our pumpkins to cart home for the annual carving tradition. Often we carve the to soon only to have mildewed and pick pumpkins sitting on our porches come Halloween night. Not any longer with these great carving and preserving tips from HGTV.com. Find out how to carve, preserve and even light those carved pumpkins up this Halloween. Click here for their easy to use tips and tricks before you head out to pick this year pumpkins.