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Although the pumpkins for pumpkin painting are not yet grown by MacKenzie-Childs, Devault said that she is excited that next year the company will be growing its own pumpkin patch. The pumpkins will be grown black and white checks, she joked, referring to the signature design on many of the company's furnishings. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Flakes Fall On Farmers Market Finale Oct 11, 2009
The fall pumpkins also took on a wintry look. "We actually had to take a scoop shovel and take the snow off," said Marilyn Hackett of Timber Ridge Lambs. (7 KETV Omaha)
Pumpkin is no record-setter, but it's still big Oct 10, 2009
Tom McIlvaine of St. Charles only grew two pumpkins this summer, but he still regards the year as successful. The 51-year-old landscaper at the Wasco Nursery has been growing giant pumpkins for 14 years, and this year grew his biggest yet _ a 1,148 pounder. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Illinois pumpkins are still No. 1 Oct 10, 2009
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, Illinois now harvests 13,679 acres of pumpkins each year on 502 farms, up from 12,296 acres on 475 farms in 2002 ... Of the state;s 13,679 acres of pumpkins, 9,749 of those acres are harvested for processing, which is mostly done at one of two plants near Peoria ; Libby;s in Morton and Seneca Foods in Princeville ... Last year, Illinois pumpkins had a ;field value; of more than $22 million dollars. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
DANIELLE R. SHAPAZIAN: Hoping for an orange thumb in garden Oct 10, 2009
But I can't help myself, considering how hard I've tried to grow my own pumpkins this year ... To my dismay, even after several weeks, no pumpkins were to be found ... So here we are at harvest and only two measly pumpkins are left in my garden. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
MARSHFIELD COMMENTARY: Summers finale Oct 9, 2009
The cornhusks, mums, hay bales, late daisies and pumpkins are seen everywhere in great abundance. The reddish-orange is as brilliant as a Mandarin s silk coat as he bows before his emperor. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Pumpkin shortage? Not in Illinois Oct 9, 2009
URBANA ; Although shortages of both jack-o-lantern pumpkins and canned pumpkin in stores have been reported, researchers say there are plenty of both available, particularly in the Midwest ... Processing pumpkins for canned pumpkin are great big football-shaped squash, a sort of tan color ; not the kind of decorative jack-o-lantern pumpkin that consumers are used to seeing ... Shoemaker said last year there was a serious crop failure for processing pumpkins used in canned pumpkin pie filling ;... (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Sept. 18: Autumn treasures: Apples, pumpkins, mazes, mums Oct 9, 2009
Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland. By The Associated Press. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Junketing around the Junction, Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
Hay and pony rides, raffle, pick-your-own pumpkins, face painting, food and more. Dot Higgins, a longtime resident of West Concord, writes a weekly column for The Journal on people and events from her favorite part of town. (Concord Journal, MA)
Way off the scale Oct 8, 2009
On that day, 60 to 80 anxious growers from California, Oregon and Washington will converge at the I.D.E.S. Hall at 735 Main St. in Half Moon Bay along with locals, reporters, and guitar-wielding Jim Stevens singing about pumpkins and Half Moon Bay ... Against this backdrop, forklifts will hoist giant pumpkins onto a 5-ton-capacity, industrial-strength digital scale ... Pumpkins were entrenched in Half Moon Bay beginning in the 1930s with teenage brothers John and Clarence Arata planting pumpkins... (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Giants of the Fall on Display Oct 8, 2009
Terry Keim has spent much of his free time over the past few months in his backyard, tending his pumpkins: giant ones ... He's had to protect his plants from rain and prop pumpkins up on mats so they don't sink into the mud ... Because the pumpkins are so heavy, they can't grow as perfectly round as their small jack-o-lantern cousins. (WCAX.com, VT)
Pumpkin growers prep for busy season Oct 7, 2009
Pumpkins are on display at the Al Retherford Produce Company on Market Street in Camp Hill ... It took Al Retherford and his family four weeks to set up the pumpkins and flowers that decorate his business on Market Street in Camp Hill, and hes still not quite finished with the display ... The big patch of pumpkins in the front of the Al Retherford Produce Co., however, doesnt mean theres a large quantity waiting in the wing. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Tilly & Salvy’s has cornered the market in Natick since 1938 Oct 7, 2009
Once a small produce stand, today a well-stocked market and garden center, Tilly & Salvy s is a place where neighbors meet while shopping for dinner, plants, or pumpkins. Owner Richard Rick Ciccarelli, 48, grandson of founders Matilda (Tilly) and Salvatore (Salvy) Ciccarelli, grew up working at the store, built on the property in 1951. (Boston Globe)
2009 CNY Great Pumpkin Fest sees largest entries of pumpkins ever Oct 5, 2009
During the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce s 18th annual Pumpkin Fest, 38 pumpkins from young and old growers were weighed, with Alan Nesbit, of Conesus, finishing in first place with a 1,229-pound pumpkin ... This was Nesbit s 25th year growing giant pumpkins after taking an interest at the age of 14 ... So, that s not good for pumpkins. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
Slim pickin’s in the patch Oct 4, 2009
If not drowned by rain or riddled with disease, the pumpkins at Connors Farm will yield just 10 percent of a normal year s supply for Halloween ... It seems the pumpkins didn t see the sun for the entire month of June ... If not for tens of thousands of tons of pumpkins hauled from out of state, the Halloween supply in New England might be even more grim. (Boston Globe)
Yard and Garden: I love those four seasons Oct 3, 2009
VEGETABLES: Harvest Halloween pumpkins before a killing frost. Till manure or other organic matter into garden soil. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Mums the word for color Oct 1, 2009
Bred by the floriculture trade to be foolproof, inexpensive and, let s admit it, disposable, these cushion mums are often combined with a few pumpkins and maybe some Indian corn to make an easy splash of color for a fall doorway display. Decorative mums with forms like spiders and pompoms also are grown in Atlanta by gardeners who stake each stem and carefully protect the blooms from insects and weather. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Mailman retires after 20 years on route Oct 1, 2009
Frank Surano walked his last route yesterday, over stepping stones, between bungalows, past hastas and ferns, from Belgian-block driveways to back decks, past pumpkins, over garden hoses, under archways, past scooters and stretching cats. Before the 68-year-old mailman retired at the Wilkinsburg station after noon, he announced his last four deliveries in Park Place with an emotional little huff: "Three more houses and the church.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Family travel five: Ready for fall fun? Leave it to me Sep 30, 2009
Scout out the best pumpkins in the patch. Later, relax in the fresh fall air with a glass of crisp apple cider. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Greenspace: Don't ignore yard aesthetics because weather has cooled Sep 30, 2009 Green thumbs up: Welcome the fall planting season Sep 30, 2009 Fall doesn't mean end of gardening season in SC Sep 25, 2009 GRADY PUMPKIN PATCH THRIVES DESPITE WET WEATHER Sep 24, 2009 Eight benefits of going 'veg' Sep 24, 2009 Fruitful Plains Sep 24, 2009 Filling up on healthy soups Sep 23, 2009 Signs of fall Sep 23, 2009 Pumpkin output poor Sep 22, 2009 Scary times for pumpkin growers in New England Sep 21, 2009 Anti-Hunger Group Food Not Bombs To Argue Against Need For Connecticut License Sep 20, 2009 Gardening Checklists for November a... Sep 20, 2009 All You Fear Is Here! Cedar Fair Kicks Off 'Haunting Season' Across the Nation Sep 19, 2009 Alicia Gossman-Steeves: Something on which to depend Sep 18, 2009 PayPal Garden Grows Job Fun, Friendships Sep 18, 2009 Get your fall garden producing Sep 17, 2009 Fall pickin' party planned at Pyrah's Pioneer Peak Sep 16, 2009 Starting Fall Vegetables from Seed Sep 16, 2009 Fall’s bounty beckons in Walpole, N.H. Sep 16, 2009 Pick-your-own fall season fun Sep 16, 2009 Fall foliage in New York State, from $115 a night Sep 16, 2009 Facts for Families: It's never too late to lower diabetes risk Sep 15, 2009 Bountiful pumpkin harvest on Essex Heights in Weymouth Sep 15, 2009 Boo-hoo year for great pumpkins Sep 15, 2009 Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow Sep 13, 2009 Bounty of the season: Breathe in the scents of the changing seaons Sep 11, 2009 Vote on trends: Chic or Bleak? Sep 11, 2009 Hanover Farmers Market faces fees Sep 10, 2009 Clubs and organizations, 9-9 Sep 10, 2009 Where have all the flowers come from? Sep 10, 2009 Pumpkin crop feels under the weather Sep 9, 2009 Fall Decorating Ideas: Table Decora... Sep 8, 2009 Great gardens: Overgrown, but not a mess Sep 8, 2009 Halloween Through the Centuries Sep 8, 2009 How to save your own set of seeds Sep 7, 2009 Saving gardens, one seed at a time Sep 7, 2009 Editors notes: Hello Labor Day, goodbye summer Sep 4, 2009 Photo: Monster vegetables Sep 4, 2009 Rooftops take urban farming to the skies Sep 3, 2009 Cloudy, rainy days, two blights ruin many vegetable patches this year Sep 3, 2009 5 nuggets of knowledge about markets Sep 2, 2009 Alaska State Fair schedule and results Sep 2, 2009 State land use panel rejects plan for 12,000 homes on Ewa farms Aug 30, 2009 • Aeroponics: Gardening without soil Aug 30, 2009 Police: Pa. man smashed Yankees affiliate's trophy Aug 29, 2009 Rural marijuana grows consume scarce police resources Aug 25, 2009 Now, markets cultivate farmers Aug 25, 2009 Gardeners enjoy harvest celebration (2) Aug 25, 2009 Marini Farms in Ipswich now providing fresh produce for Saugus Shaws Aug 22, 2009 Gardeners help lower water bills Aug 21, 2009 Rain puts damper on local produce Aug 20, 2009 Pumpkins' Corgan coming to Visalia coffeehouse Aug 19, 2009 Billy Corgan to play Visalia coffee shop Aug 18, 2009 Plentiful produce at ISU Garden Day Aug 16, 2009 Halloween Gift Basket Ideas Aug 15, 2009 Yard and Garden: Plant a Row provides for local food pantries Aug 15, 2009 Garden provides some special pride Aug 11, 2009 Recipes: Minnesota gardener shares harvest recipes (2) Aug 9, 2009 LHS ag takes first in state Aug 6, 2009 Grace Lutheran Church members plant to provide for Food Bank Aug 4, 2009 Test gardens display new and favorite vegetable, flowers cultivars Aug 3, 2009 Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Declares August 'Produce Month' Aug 1, 2009 Cuba Shuts Factories to Save Economy Aug 1, 2009 Blue Moon aims to inspire the greater Exeter community to grow Aug 1, 2009 July was second-coolest since 1891 Jul 31, 2009
If you like to decorate in the fall with pumpkins and gourds choose plants in shades of orange, yellow and cream ... Sunflowers, cornstalks, grasses, pumpkins, gourds and branches of colored leaves can also be added to containers and displayed in beds for the fall season. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Autumn in the air, despite the heat Sep 30, 2009
We begin to think of falling leaves and pumpkins that are just about to become jack-o'-lanterns or holiday pies. I begin to notice the sun going down a little earlier, with the early evening light becoming just a little softer as it dimly shines through the massive limbs and leaves of the giant oaks behind our house. (Santa Maria Times)
Colorful mums and pumpkins have appeared to decorate our walks and entryways ... Gourds, pumpkins, cornstalks and scarecrows have all appeared to decorate our walks and entryways. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
There are also pumpkins, ornamental corn and other items for fall displays. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says the event is a great place to buy produce and get gardening ideas and supplies for the fall. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Randy Hardin of Hardin Farms sits among some of the 26 acres of pumpkins growing on the farm in Grady Wednesday afternoon ... Besides the mold, pumpkins are also susceptible to armyworms, aphids, stink bugs and cucumber beetles ... Don Plunkett, Jefferson County extension agent, said the county s Master Gardeners tried to grow pumpkins this year, but with little success. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Detoxifies: A veggie diet contains dietary fibre (bottle gourd, pumpkins, spinach, cabbages), which flushes toxins out of the body. A diet containing only eggs, fish and mutton is a poor source of fibre. (India Times, India)
Cherries, grapes, tomatoes, asparagus, pumpkins, blackberries and a plethora of other fresh produce and goods can be found in the Rees Fruit Farm market. The establishment is also home to award winning apple cider and the original Sweet Apple Cider Slush, a Rees Fruit Farm trademark that continues to be a top seller. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Pumpkins and sweet potatoes can be roasted to intensify the flavors, then run through a food mill, blender or food processor. Beans, pureed with a bit of broth or water, also make a velvety, flavorful soup base. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The family decided to harvest the biggest fruit or vegetable in the garden to make room for the other pumpkins to grow ... Its the first year theyve planted pumpkins and it certainly wont be the last ... The other pumpkins will be used as jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Jake MacDougall, of Waterboro, Maine, harvests pumpkins Sept. 14 in Hollis, Maine ... PORTLAND, Maine New England pumpkin growers, who spent the early summer mostly losing a battle with rain that destroyed many pumpkins, face the frightening prospect that the rest won't be ready before Halloween ... The relentless rain in June and July caused some seedlings to turn to mush in the soil and delayed the harvest up to two weeks, meaning pumpkins may not turn orange or grow large enough in time to be... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
PORTLAND, Maine - New England pumpkin growers, who spent the early summer mostly losing a battle with rain that destroyed many pumpkins, face the frightening prospect that the rest won't be ready before Halloween ... The relentless rain in June and July caused some seedlings to turn to mush in the soil and delayed the harvest up to two weeks, meaning pumpkins may not turn orange or grow large enough in time to be shipped to stores ... In Dayton, Maine, what looks like a plentiful crop of orange... (Anchorage Daily News)
Visit a local farm for apples, pears, pumpkins and mums. Many farms also offer wagon rides, cider, baked goods, honey, syrup and more. (FOX61, CT)
Vegetable gardens should be cleared of left over tomatoes, pumpkins, and potatoes to avoid diseases and attracting unwanted pests. Set out the cold weather vegetables now. (Suite101.com)
In total, the parks showcase 74 haunted houses, 38 outdoor scare zones, 42 live shows, over 4,200 roaming monsters, 40,250 pumpkins, 24,225 bales of hay, 1,775 skeletons and 185,800 cornstalks around every corner. The sensory mix of scary and not-so-scary events can be enjoyed from coast to coast. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Other signs of fall were also present: burlap bags of onions standing in the field; empty cornfields where tall stalks of corn had swayed in the breeze as recently as the day before; stacks of pumpkins gaining their orange glow as the sun finally peeked over the horizon and touched the rotund gourds with its rays; the slight chill in the air. All of these signs of fall are refreshing after tolerating the summer heat. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Workers have been growing eggplant, tomatoes, pumpkins and zucchini, among other things. "We thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool if we used that empty plot of land across from the parking lot and actually did something with it,'" said PayPal's Kasey Hesse. (7 KETV Omaha)
by Mary Beth Faller - Sept. 12, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic. When Deborah Downs moved into her Tempe house 19 years ago, about the only living things in the yard were insects. (AZCentral -- Home)
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 7:29 AM - 8:19 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Planting Vegetables on Hills Crops like squash, melons, pumpkins and other vine crops do well planted on hills. The hills allow the vine roots to grow out from the plant, accessing more water and nutrients. (Suite101.com)
Roadside farm stands are shifting now from corn and tomatoes to pumpkins and potatoes, but some sweet reminders of summer (late raspberries ... Admission is free, although there are nominal charges for pumpkins and hayrides to the pumpkin patch offered every Saturday in October between 11 a.m.-2 p.m.. (Boston Globe)
Autumn treasures for everyone: Apples, pumpkins, mazes, mums. Submitted by Nikki Seals / FirstPerson. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The Blaze features more than 4,000 creatively hand-carved jack-o'-lanternsexpect pumpkins styled like UFOs and beehives. Rates start at $199 per room per night. (MSNBC -- Travel)
You will find pumpkins, indigo bush, rubber trees, herbs, coreopsis and more available for your purchase. In addition, they will have gardening gloves available in a variety of colors and sizes. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Some of the pumpkins weighed upwards to 150 pounds when Psaros plucked them off their vines last week. These are the small ones, Psaros said while pointing to three large pumpkins that adorned a small wooden flower wagon on his lawn ... Psaros tried growing pumpkins with little success last year when he planted some seeds in his tomato garden. (Weymouth News, MA)
Growers in some states say harvests are down significantly from last year's yield, which could mean shortages or higher prices for pumpkins shipped in from California, Texas and other areas with better crops ... "Vegetables like it hot." He has fewer pumpkins per acre, and those that did grow are smaller ... Lipinski, who sells his pumpkins to small wholesalers and at his own market, expects prices to hit 55 cents a pound this fall, up from 39-49 cents last year. (USA Today -- News)
Most creative use of gourds At the Yankee Farmer farm stand (603-547-6421, ) in Greenfield, New Hampshire, crowds gather every fall to watch as a medieval trebuchet catapults pumpkins up to 2,400 feet through the air. Why. (Boston Globe)
Raspberries and apples and squashes and pumpkins fill the market stalls as the weather turns cool again. My family will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in a few weeks. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Mercury, rattan and carved hardwood pumpkins, $19-$29 at Pottery Barn. find it fast. (AZCentral -- Home)
Hopefully we can have a chowder or harvest fest sometime in October with pumpkins and things but I m kind of losing steam and momentum. I could be planning when I m busy debating with the town on these issues. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
Linda Eslinger suggested that members would enjoy the different workshops on orchids, pumpkins, fall gardens, native and invasive plants and others. Call Eslinger for more information. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
That lineage includes 99% of all species of flowering plants on Earth today, ranging from magnolias to dandelions to pumpkins. That explosion in diversity also produced the burst of flower fossils that so puzzled Darwin. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Cool, wet summer temperatures have delayed ripening of these favorite fall fruits, and growers have expressed some concern about getting their pumpkins out of the field soon enough to go under the knife and become jack-o -lanterns at the hands of the public ... The weather has really slowed down our pumpkins, said Wuanita Brunscheon of East View Orchard, located near Fredericksburg ... Usually by now, we re bringing in pumpkins, but we re three weeks behind. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Use Pumpkins and Other Fruits When Decorating for Fall ... A large pumpkin is fine, but try using a collection of smaller pumpkins of varying sizes for a bit more visual interest ... Use mini pumpkins as candleholders. (Suite101.com)
"Between the raised beds and the llama poop and all that rain we've had this summer, I hit the jackpot," she said surveying the tangle of kale, chard, spinach, arugula, broccoli, cucumbers, carrots, beets and squash - even a mess of pumpkins that voluntarily came up after she tossed last year's jack-o'-lanterns in the compost pile. Today the yard beyond the handsome wooden fence with its ornamental slats is very orderly. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
The origins of Halloween are often equated with pre-Christian Celtic and Druidic practices, yet centuries of contributions by various pagan groups, the Catholic Church, and later Protestant traditions gave the holiday a distinctive form so that contemporary societies have come to associate it with witches, bats, black cats, glowing pumpkins, and the return of the dead, if but for one night. These are the symbols that define Halloween, one of the most popular American celebrations. (Suite101.com)
Melon and pumpkins: Remove the seeds, clean and dry. Note: Some seeds, like lettuces and radicchio, are small and fiddly and therefore harder to collect and store. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The tall arched windows were soon filled with hand-painted pumpkins, eggplants and signs reading "seed bank" and "1,275 varieties.". The store, which opened June 8, is bricks-and-mortar evidence of the burgeoning seed-saver movement - the effort to preserve and bring back fruit, vegetable and flower varieties pushed to extinction in the era of commercial seed production. (San Francisco Chronicle)
But our minds and senses will be on other things, like football games and homework assignments, carving pumpkins and picking apples. Monday is Labor Day, the day summer ends. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Stephen Davila, the store manager at Alaska Feed Co. in Fairbanks, arranges pumpkins on a table Saturday during the store's Giant Vegetable Contest ... Stephen Davila, the store manager at Alaska Feed Co. in Fairbanks, arranges pumpkins on a table Saturday during the store's Giant Vegetable Contest. (Juneau Empire)
The winter lineup includes kale as well as mini pumpkins and small squash the diminutive versions are chosen because Flanner makes all of the farms deliveries by bicycle. Video. (MSNBC -- Environment)
There s a lot of powdery mildew (the bane of pumpkins and squash), Dowson commented. This was the worst year for disease I ve seen. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
As the season progresses apples, tangy cider, pumpkins and warty Hubbard squash will take center stage. The one thing they all have in common is the word, fresh. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Marshall built a special greenhouse just to house the pumpkins and the vine and had to bump it out twice to meet their growing needs. Marshall plans to enter both in the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer Sept. 2, 2009. (Anchorage Daily News)
It is leased to several farmers, the largest of which is Aloun Farms, and grows a substantial amount of the local supply of diversified crops such as sweet corn, beans, melons, pumpkins and lettuce ... It is leased to several farmers, the largest of which is Aloun Farms, and grows a substantial amount of the local supply of diversified crops such as sweet corn, beans, melons, pumpkins and lettuce. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The pumpkins didn't grow this year, but he did grow cilantro, oregano, basil, habanera peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, sugar peas and cucumbers. Next year, he plans to grow strawberries and try the pumpkins again. (Juneau Empire)
Pumpkins' Corgan coming to Visalia coffeehouse. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will play a solo show Aug. 26 at Visalia s Tazzaria Coffee and Tea as part of a six-city tour of intimate venues. (Fresno Bee)
oh boy here we go again wrote on Aug 23, 2009 6:31 PM:" awesome. Just legalize the stuff and tax the hel out of it so i can grow it in my garden next to my pumpkins. I bet we get at least 50 postings b4 the 2 week expiration date on this posting! I will be waiting for you psycho anti-herb do-good bible thumpers to respond back about how lazy i am and such a scourge of society bcuz i want to grow something and then get loaded and watch old Seinfeld episodes. Yes, i am a danger to society. Better... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
and customer relations (sure, the pumpkins drowned this year in all the rain but would you like to try our coosa. . (Boston Globe)
The Beaufort County Developmental Centers community inclusion-program participants harvested squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, peppers and pumpkins from two plots. Doris and Bob Emers plot produced more than 300 tomatoes and 186 cucumbers. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Shaw s New England Grown program stretches into the fall with native grown apples, pumpkins. Customers can look for the New England Grown produce signs in-store to help them find their favorite native fruits or vegetables. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
The featured topic, Drought Tolerant Plants, will be presented at 10:30 a.m. The long, hot, dry summers of the foothills can be a challenge for any gardener. In addition, the increasing cost and scarcity of water can make gardening expensive and even complicated. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Other crops, such as pumpkins, that are sold later in the season will also be affected ... Greene says that pumpkins and corn have been affected. (Bolton Common, MA)
Smashing Pumpkins pick new drummer after open call ... The Smashing Pumpkins have a new member of the band ... Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will play a solo show Aug. 26 at Visalias Tazzaria Coffee and Tea as part of a six-city tour of intimate venues. (Fresno Bee)
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will play a solo show Aug. 26 at Visalias Tazzaria Coffee and Tea as part of a six-city tour of intimate venues ... Corgan will play with Spirits in the Sky, a band he gathered earlier this year and which features new Smashing Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Haynes said that the squash, cucumbers and pumpkins are especially plentiful at the Kanawha farm. He (Superintendent Dave Rueber) is going to have a ton of winter squash, cucumbers and maybe pumpkins, she said. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Cookies and other baked goods shaped like pumpkins, witches, monsters, and other familiar Halloween critters also are a welcome addition. Sprinkle the gift basket with loose Halloween candy treats like candy corn, pumpkin cremes, orange and black M'nM's, and orange and black jelly beans. (Suite101.com)
Later we will add muskmelons, pumpkins and potatoes to that list. Coles County Extension and its master gardeners encourage you to come out and see our PAR garden. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
He s growing pumpkins there. As he listed the different types of lush fruits and vegetables that are overtaking the small plot in Dawn s Garden, he stopped to point out a separate bed, where the garden, a special project sponsored by Benco, is growing cantaloupe this year instead of broccoli. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
This fall Heldberg has been busy harvesting sweet corn, tomatoes, radish, lettuce, wax and green beans, squash and pumpkins. Her garden's abundant harvest keeps her busy preserving. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
For the first time, Wilson said, students planted pumpkins. Should the crop be successful, students at the lab will sell them in fall. (Lebanon Express, OR)
This fall, the garden will become a sea of orange as pumpkins designated for preschoolers mature. As she finished picking corn and turned to cajoling Miller into giving her a hayride, Tatyana said she gets a deep sense of satisfaction from working in the garden on a regular basis. (Santa Maria Times)
There's a pumpkin patch, too, filled with ghostly white pumpkins such as "Cotton Candy," a round bright-white pumpkin, and "Gooligan Flat," a small, ornamental cultivar. Look for new and unusual flowers and annual grasses, including new cultivars in marigolds, zinnias, angelonia, rudbeckias and gomphrena. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Nationally, Pennsylvania ranks first in the production of agaricus mushrooms; third in the production of peaches; fourth in apples; fifth in the production of pumpkins, snap beans for processing, grapes and pears; sixth in tart cherry production; seventh in cantaloupe and sweet corn for the fresh market; and eighth in fresh market tomatoes ... Whereas, Pennsylvania's fruit and vegetable growers are national leaders in the production of mushrooms (1st), peaches (3rd), apples (4th), pumpkins... (PR Newswire)
A worker weighs pumpkins before their sold in a government store in Havana, Thursday, July 30, 2009. A worker weighs pumpkins before their sold in a government store in Havana, Thursday, July 30, 2009. (ABC News -- Business)
Now, lettuce, tomatoes, spices and pumpkins are beginning to thrive on the land. "The concept of planting, growing a seed, and taking it into the kitchen was reaffirmed," Gallant said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hyma s vine plants, such as cucumbers, zucchini and pumpkins, all seem to like the cooler summer. Ruth Meinertz of La Crosse already has plucked 20 zucchini off one plant, she said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
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