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With a little planning, some care and patience, anyone can grow a very large pumpkin.

The raw material for everything from jack-o-lanterns and pies, to soups and soft spreads, the pumpkin is a versatile fruit. Even the seeds and flowers are edible.

Even without a greenhouse, gardeners can sprout their own seeds indoors instead of buying plants later in the season.

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Have primary students read trade books for the purpose of gathering information about how pumpkins grow as part of this integrated reading, science, and art lesson plan.

Elementary teachers teach kids how pumpkins grow during an integrated fall vegetable life cycle reading and science lesson plan.

To build background knowledge about visiting pumpkin farms, pair the books Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night by Anne Rockwell and Pumpkin Day! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.

A guide to Websites and pages with information about Earth-friendly Halloween decorating, trick-or-treating and celebrating.

Companion planting is a method of organically growing crops in combinations that efficiently use water, nutrients, light, and that naturally control pests and diseases.

In difficult economic times, crockpot cooking is one of the most cost-effective and simple methods of preparing nutritious meals that yield multiple servings.

Similar to Christmas, Halloween is a holiday that leaves behind a trail of trash. Here are some environmentally friendly ways to have fun without scaring Mother Nature.

Gardening for Kids gives gardening ideas and gardening tips that help kids learn the benefits of gardening first hand.

Part 3 of series, Growing Vegetables. This article covers: planting peas, peppers, squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato. Gardening tips and gardening ideas throughout...

Use the book Too Many Pumpkins in an integrated pumpkin theme unit in which students analyze character, study the pumpkin life cycle, and observe properties of light.

Use the trade book Pumpkin Town! to teach elementary students the reading comprehension skills of identifying causes and effects and making predictions.

Kindergarten teachers use It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall to teach students how a seed grows into a pumpkin. The kids use the book to make a pumpkin mobile.

Pumpkins are great complements to the Fall holiday season. Rather than visiting someone else's pumpkin patch, why not bring Halloween and Thanksgiving to life at home?

Ideas for environmentally friendly trick-or-treating and Halloween fun.

Add visual appeal and maximize potential growing space by creating unusual, functional structures for climbing fruits and vegetables in your garden!

Use The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin in a math and science lesson about recognizing and comparing three-dimensional solids and exploring forces and motion.

Pumpkin pie is one of the most celebrated seasonal recipes. Making a pumpkin pie from scratch is not only rewarding, but a pie pumpkin beats a canned pumpkin any day.

Local, organic produce is found at farmer's markets, in downtown supermarkets, at farm-direct produce stores, at farm stands and can be home-delivered in Victoria BC.