Large orange pumpkins on the vine in a pumpkin patch with low sun in the sky - Christian Feldhaar/Getty Images Growing any autumn crop in your garden requires some dedication, attention, and the ...

Families combed the rows of a naturally grown, mature pumpkin patch in Irvine for the perfect gourd last weekend at South Coast Research and Extension Center’s annual Pumpkin U-Pick event. “Typically ...

It protects against boring beetles, too. Two weeks ago, I went around the side of the house to take out the garbage—a household task typically relegated to my husband—and was stunned to find a 20-foot ...

Whether you’re looking to harvest pumpkins to make a pumpkin pie or to decorate in time for Halloween, you’ve landed on the right page. While pumpkins can be a fun fruit to harvest for the fall, it ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A huge, orange pumpkin is the ultimate "welcome to fall" sign, whether it's stationed by your front door or growing in your backyard. If you ...

Is it time to harvest your pumpkins? Our expert explains the signs to look for and how to harvest this autumn favorite. If anything signals fall, it’s the much-anticipated sight of pumpkins. No matter ...

POTEET, Texas – You can pick your own pumpkin off the vine at George Farms in Poteet. This is the fourth year the farm is hosting the pick-your-own pumpkin patch, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 ...

Horse-drawn carriages? They should be shaped like gorgeous gourds. Styling our hair in the morning? It would be so very helpful if a bird friend would deliver a velvet ribbon via its beak. A pumpkin?

Pumpkin vines are so sprawling, the leaves coarse and spiny, and the pumpkins themselves so big and ungainly, it’s hard to imagine how one became a critical prop in one of our favorite fairy stories.