Kim Brooks walks with her grandson Kenny Brooks Monday at Schaake's Pumpkin Patch in this file photo. Pumpkin growers are looking forward to an average crop after last year yielded fewer pumpkins.

From the pumpkin patch in his Rhode Island backyard ... swapping ideas with growers worldwide. About 30,000 people grow giant fruits and vegetables competitively, and pumpkins are most popular ...

I instantly did a double-take. Did this kid just say pumpkin… farm? Everyone knows it’s called a pumpkin patch. In fact, before this day, I had never even heard the phrase pumpkin farm. Naturally, I ...

Wisconsin Giant Pumpkin Growers President Del Faust says producers ... "I suppose I spend 40 hours a week in the patch, during their peak growth. We talk to them, some people sing to them, but ...

It's had an impact on a fall staple... but one local pumpkin patch says it's actually been a positive one. Autumn is finally in the air. Over the last few months, central Indiana saw weeks with no ...

In order for the pumpkin to grow, the pollen from the male flower has to get into the female flower. Rather than depend on bees, competitive growers pollinate by hand to make sure to use both ...

As for the seeds, the Keefers return them to the nursery in Canfield, where they are given to the original grower in the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers association in an attempt to produce ...