Pumpkin plants grow fast and grow large fruits, so it may be unsurprising that they need a lot of water and nutrients throughout their growing season. Feeding plants has to happen regularly and a good ...

Turning leftover pumpkins into fertilizer gives your garden a natural nutrient boost while keeping food waste out of landfills. Pumpkin scraps release vitamins and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, ...

Homeowners often lose interest in lawn care when summer wanes. Here's why you shouldn't skip that last fertilizer application ...

Pumpkins thrown into landfills never break down and release greenhouse gases, accounting for over one billion pumpkins thrown ...

If you want to help wildlife after Halloween, he suggests putting out fresh water, birdseed, or specialist hedgehog food ...

If you don’t have a compost bin, dig small holes in your garden beds and bury the pumpkin scraps a few inches deep. They’ll decompose over time, enriching your soil and inviting helpful earthworms to ...

Pumpkin plants need lots of food to grow large, bright orange fruit. Find out if banana peels near your pumpkins will help or ...

Pumpkins come in all sizes, shapes and colors. What child among us, or in us, doesn’t like picking out a pumpkin? And what baby boomer didn’t grow up hoping Linus would finally see the Great Pumpkin?

Despite heat and drought, the “fall” vegetable season begins in July, with the planting of tomato transplants (if you can find them) and pumpkin seeds. Growing pumpkins here is not for the faint of ...