Tag: pumpkins
How to pick the perfect pumpkin, gourd or squash
Most non-botanists distinguish pumpkins, squash and gourds by our purpose for the plant: we carve pumpkins, eat squash and use gourds for fall decorating.
How to carve and decorate pumpkins for Halloween
Carving a Jack-o’-lantern is no longer the most popular way to decorate a pumpkin for Halloween.
Pumpkin season: Picking, cooking and preserving fall’s favorite fruit
October is peak pumpkin season. Aside from fall decorations, pumpkins can be used for cooking and offer nutritional value.
Prolong the life of decorative pumpkins, gourds and squash in five...
Whether you grow your own or purchase pumpkins, gourds and squash at market, these five preservation steps make autumn ornamentals last longer.
Learn to grow giant pumpkins at Feb. 16 seminar
CANFIELD, Ohio -- The Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers will hold a giant pumpkin growing seminar Feb. 16 at the Millcreek MetroParks-McMahon Hall, one...
Ohio State to host Pumpkin Field Day in South Charleston
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio -- Ohio State University's Pumpkin Field Day will be held Aug. 30 in South Charleston, Ohio from 6-8 p.m. at the Western Agricultural Research Station.
Giant pumpkins weigh-off in Canfield
CANFIELD, Ohio -- Quinn Werner of Saegerstown, Pa., claimed his fifth championship at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weigh-off with a 1,521.5-pound pumpkin....
