Storing whole pumpkin?

[The nut house]

One of my giant pumpkins is already going orange and the plant dieinh back. It's a long way to Halloween! Any chance I can store it until then?? Would the fruit still be edible?

[realfood]

Leave it on the plant to mature and harden off, till the plant is dead. Then cut the pumpkin off leaving at least 2" of stem and store in a sunny place covered against the rain. Yes, the fruit will be edible.