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 ...

Despite the thermometer reaching 12 degrees below zero, about two dozen people congregated at Parks Garden Center on Saturday ...

Giant pumpkins, which can pack on 50 pounds a day, are a different species than the ones carved for Halloween. And competitive growers -- who speculate on seed lineages like stock brokers, and ...

ANOKA, Minn. — On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...

TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) — Hoisting his kayak paddle in the air triumphantly, Gary Kristensen celebrated as he crossed the finish line, victorious in his giant, floating pumpkin. Dressed up as the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It was gourds aplenty as boaters dressed as Captain America, Guy Fieri, a hot dog and more made a big splash in Oregon’s Tualatin’s Lake of the Commons on Sunday afternoon.

A giant pumpkin weighing nearly 2,000 pounds was carved into Denmark’s largest jack-o’-lantern. It’s on display alongside eight other carved pumpkins in Tivoli Gardens. A local artist spent several ...

ANOKA, Minn. — On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...