I thought I would take a little break from talking about the exorbitant number of trees down from Helene and ease into something a little more upbeat. Halloween is around the corner and pumpkins ...

Santa Rosa dad on a quest to grow record-setting giant pumpkin. The pumpkin, named Seymour, has the potential to set the record for a pumpkin grown in California.

Lehto will also host a “Growing Giant Pumpkins Workshop,” from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11, at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive, Boylston.

Howard Dill, a Canadian pumpkin grower known as “the father of giant pumpkin growing,” patented the modern Atlantic Giant variety in 1979. He set a 1980 world record with a 459-pound pumpkin.

Giant pumpkin growing isn’t just a zany hobby. Giant pumpkin growing isn’t just a zany hobby — top finishers can earn more than $4,000 at weigh-off events in Colorado and even more out of state.

You should pick the pumpkins in September or October when they have stopped growing and have turned bright orange. Place them in a hot sunny spot for 10-14 days and allow the skin to bake and harden.

After decades of competitively growing giant pumpkins, Jim Sherwood of Mulino finally notched a first-place win at the National Pumpkin Weigh Off last month in Wheatland, California. His monstrous ...

Ross Haddow, second from right, receives some help pulling a giant pumpkin downhill from his garden to his truck on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at his home in Edmonds, Washington.

Dave Stelts of Enon Valley, Pa., waves to his cousin, Maria, in the crowd following his pumpkin's weighing at Saturday's 29th annual World Record Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off in Canfield. Stelts ...

It was another successful pumpkin season for the Brandon, Wisc., farmer who grew a 2,000-pound giant pumpkin last year and took first prize at the River Prairie Ginormous Pumpkin Festival in ...

Prevost’s pumpkin-growing hobby became a friendly competition with his buddy, Travis Burgess, of Bay City, after he suggested Burgess grow pumpkins too. They made a bet last spring to see who ...

He was the first New Englander to grow a pumpkin over 1,000 pounds back in 2000, and his gourds have only grown in heft. Connolly talked with Darryl C. Murphy on WBUR's Radio Boston about the ...