Giant pumpkins can top the scales at more than 2,000 pounds – and caring for these behemoths is often a full-time job. But for some growers in the central U.S., the dream of raising a world ...

Whether you plan to enter your local fair's contest or want a fun and rewarding garden project, you can grow a giant pumpkin in your own backyard. Giant pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) are distinct from ...

Tim Parks stands in front of his tractor before giving a presentation Saturday on growing giant pumpkins at Parks Garden Center in Canfield. He said the garden center has about 12 acres for growing ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

In Maine, where the colors of autumn rival some of the most beautiful in the country, one woman's backyard has become the birthplace for some of the biggest pumpkins in the state. For Sarah Whitty, ...

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...

Two teen brothers are on a mission to grow a 1,000-pound pumpkin. In Green Lake County, months of hard work begins in April and continues all summer. MILWAUKEE - Two teen brothers in Green Lake County ...

With all the hands-on, skill-developing programs that 4-H offers, you may not have heard that some of our 4-H youth grew giants this year. Three years ago, while attending a 4-H conference, my eyes ...

CANFIELD — Despite the thermometer reaching 12 degrees below zero, about two dozen people congregated at Parks Garden Center on Saturday morning for a seminar on growing giant pumpkins, led by Tim ...

After discovering a jack-o'-lantern sprouting in her compost pile back in 2012, Sarah Whitty began growing giant pumpkins Whitty's pumpkins, which can weigh over 1,500 pounds, are showcased at local ...

Sarah Whitty, a 37-year-old giant pumpkin grower from Maine, talks to PEOPLE about her harvesting journey Sarah Whitty After discovering a jack-o'-lantern sprouting in her compost pile back in 2012, ...