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Paso Robles vintners celebrate the autumn grape harvest with seasonal wine tasting, festival events and wine paired dinners. Over 130 wineries participate.

No matter who you are or where your people came from, everyone's ancestors had magical ways of honoring the autumnal equinox, when the day and night are of equal length.

Summer means a variety of fruit. Here is a rough guide as to when these fruits are available in North America.

Western Europe has many harvest celebrations each autumn, including Oktoberfest, Martinsmas, and Saint Leopold's Day.

Halloween, or Hallowe'en, has its roots in the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain, and it has an entire mythical and superstitious cast of traditions and trappings.

In fall, when the Harvest Moon rises in the sky, use these activities and lesson plans to teach earth science, language arts, art, and social studies content.

Pick up your paddle and take a trip through Bad River Rice country. Learn how wild rice is grown and harvested.

At this family owned and operated Muscadine grape vineyard, everything is done by hand, from harvesting to bottling and corking, and everybody pitches in to help.

As late summer turns to fall, consumers are thirsty for wines that fit lower temperatures, richer foods and upcoming holidays.

The Pine Tree State in "Leaf Peeping" season combines blazing forests, rolling hills, ocean vistas, harvest season and white villages outlined in red, orange and yellow.

Five railway options let visitors see harvest colors without having to drive. Kids and the whole family enjoy an outing or vacation on the rails.

Fall friends frolic across this print and make rummy game.

The first harvest signifies the death of the crops as grain is gathered, and the thanksgiving of the people to the deities who provided them with life sustaining grains.

Marriages in the fall months can take advantage of the splendid natural wedding décor with themes of harvest, autumn flowers, romantic settings, spices and jewel tones.

Frazzled by cooking measurement conversions? Tired of eating cardboard-like produce during winter months? Fear no more intrepid cook, for I've sourced sites that will sim

Bhangra is a popular style of dance perfomed to music that combines traditional drumming with modern Western instruments and rhythms.

Fall pleasures are just a short trip away from NYC. Enjoy the crisp autumn air by picking apples, sipping cider or enjoying an exquisite display of Jack-o-Lanterns.

While out leaf peeping this autumn, why not combine the drive with a visit to a local Apple Festival or Farmers Market. Leaves peak from mid September to end of October.

While broccoli plants are often grown in the spring, before harsh summer heat, broccoli performs best in the fall vegetable garden.

How to buy, cut, and eat a mango.

It's a Maple Sugar Harvest. Visit a family farm in New England and discover the art of making maple syrup. You'll learn how to tap trees, gather the sap and make syrup.

Farms and orchards offer many enjoyable autumn activities. Some Midwest and New England farms even allow and teach patrons to make their own cider using a cider press.

With a small amount of effort, breakfast can be anything but ordinary. Give your morning a little oomph from fresh apples, and canned pumpkin.

Rosh Hashanah is more than a Jewish celebration of the changing of the year; It symbolizes a Jew's ongoing spiritual commitment to God, to oneself and to his community.

This colorful jewelry is the perfect Thanksgiving kid's craft. All it takes is some bright Indian corn, a needle and thread and you have a shiny Native American necklace.

Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the Pilgrim settlers and it is likely that they consciously drew on a model well known to them from the Bible.

Find out when to see the Harvest Moon, which is sometimes confused with the Hunter's Moon.

The Gravenstein apple is one of the most versatile apples around. It is harvested in Late July and August, and is considered ideal for use in pies, sauces and cider.

The origin of Halloween dates back 2,000 years. The holiday can trace its roots to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, pronounced "sow-in" and means "summer's end."

Fall brings a host of edible mushrooms to farmers markets, specialty grocers and supermarkets that go far beyond the traditional button mushrooms of a past generation.

In Paramahansa Yogananda's poem, "The Harvest," the speaker metaphorically compares the beauty of the autumn sky with the inner beauty of the spiritual sky.

When traveling on a budget, it's sometimes worth it to make an occasional splurge to add a little pizzazz to your trip.

As harvest season kicks off, apple varieties are out in abundance. Try some in these delicious and easy to make recipes.

Appetizers, Salads, Side Dishes and the Main Dish can all benefit from the delicious taste of cranberries.

Gala apples star in this easy dish, teaming up with apple juice, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and chicken to make a meal that is strong in the "wow!" department.

Healthy, productive grapevines are possible with careful attention to their requirements.

From the time when Missionaries first introduced coffee trees to Hawaii in 1827, coffee has flourished and became a major mainstay product in the Islands.

Found along the coastlines of the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans, dulse (which rhymes with pulse) is an edible seaweed rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein.

Samphire is not seaweed, it's a seashore plant. Two chefs' recipes from Cornwall show the ease and versatility of making samphire side dishes to fish and seafood.

Dulse, a seaweed, brings the taste of the North Atlantic as a pesto sauce for Italian favorite pasta Spaghetti. Dulse, from Nova Scotia and Ireland, is eaten widely.

Halloween celebrations can be loads of fun without ghosts and goblins. All it takes is creativity and excitement.

We may no longer realize it, but many of our celebrations are time-keepers on an old agrarian calendar.

Autumn - season of mists and mellow fruitfulness - and the smoky sweet flavour of Chataigne. This Sweet chestnut soup from the Ardeche region of France is delicious.

Gathering wild rice in canoes by traditional method is wonderfully rewarding work for Native people during late August and early September.

Oktoberfest has been celebrated in Munich, Germany since 1810, when a Royal Wedding became an annual event. Cities across American emulate the popular beer festival.

For gardeners who have a hard time growing lettuce in areas where the heat comes early and lasts a while.

Oktoberfest -that ubiquitous autumn festival- has a history and a charm that has been overshadowed by the beer that bears its name. Here's a glance into its past...

Chefs and gardeners rue hot summer days that make cilantro bolt. Vietnamese coriander (Pologonum odoratum) & Mexican coriander (Eryngium foetidum) extend the harvest.

Farming goldfish involved more than planting seeds and watering them, but it wasn't much more difficult than that.

Growing the main ingredients of a basic salsa recipe in a container garden or vegetable patch is very rewarding for vegetable gardeners and chefs alike.