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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

See how pumpkin vine growing in 50 days from seeds. The plant was growing directly from seeds in small container indoor.

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 ...

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?

Q: Our pumpkin vines are growing very well. We have some that are already orange, but there are still small green ones starting to develop. We want some for Halloween, but we were also thinking of ...

Q: When can I pick my pumpkins and how do I do it right? I have a bunch of nice ones in my garden but I don’t want them to rot before Halloween. A: The longer they can remain attached to their vines ...

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.