WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

Growing your own pumpkins brings the joy of fall to your backyard and rewards you with food and decorations. Pumpkins thrive when planted in sunny, well-drained soil with plenty of space, nutrients, ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Is there anything more idyllic during fall than spotting a field full of orange pumpkins? Or seeing a ...

Last month, the Guinness World Record for the largest pumpkin ever documented was broken by two brothers from Hampshire, England, who grew a pumpkin weighing 2,819 pounds and four ounces (heavier than ...

Each month in Garden Talk, you’ll meet a different master gardener or expert plant person from western Massachusetts, learn about their gardening lives, and get advice on everything from pumpkins to ...

COVENTRY, R.I. — Ron Wallace grows pumpkins nearly the size of a Fiat. From the pumpkin patch in his Rhode Island backyard, Wallace has become the rock star of giant pumpkin-growing. He was the first ...

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — What would the Circleville Pumpkin Show be without the giant pumpkins? Some of the pumpkin growers, including this year’s grand champion, said with a tough growing season ...

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...