Pumpkin pickers needed

Liz Sherman picks sugar pie pumpkins at Sherman’s Pioneer Farm in Coupeville. The farm has promised 1,500 of the gourds will be available for volunteers to pick for the Whidbey Island Harvest Festival. The event’s organizers are seeking pumpkin pickers to help harvest at 10 a.m., Sept. 21 at the Coupeville farm. The pumpkins will be given to each child at the festival for free. Those interested in helping pick can email langley@whidbey.com with the subject “picker.”