Goal and options: How do you determine when to harvest your cranberries?
output answer: Observe the berries daily in September and October of each year. The cranberries will be either bright red or dark red, depending on the variety of cranberry you planted.

Goal and options: To prepare pumpkin for roasting in the oven.
output answer: Preheat oven to 325. Cut the stem off the sugar pumpkin, then slice pumpkin into quarters. Scoop out the flesh into a bowl (set flesh and seeds aside) and brush the pumpkin pieces with olive oil. Sprinkle each piece with salt (about 1/2 tsp) and freshly ground black pepper (about 1/4 tsp). Prick the pieces with a fork a few times and roast in the oven until pumpkin is very tender, approximately 2 hours.

Goal and options: how to keep odors down in the washer
output answer:
run it with a combination of hot water and a quart of bleach and opting for the sanitize setting.