But in 1980 his pumpkins were even bigger. And in 1981 it happened again, clearly no fluke. There was something special about the seed. He called the strain Dill’s Atlantic Giant. That was the ...

There’s big money and a degree of "fame" for growers of giant pumpkins. That’s why Worland's Jay Richard and "pumpkings" of ...

Just in time for Halloween, Wisconsin's heaviest-ever giant pumpkin was recently crowned at a fall festival. The 2,551-pound Atlantic Giant took first prize at the 2024 River Prairie Ginormous ...

Halloween may be seven months away but Scott Lehto, a competitive grower and local soil-health expert, is excited to share the fascinating world of giant pumpkin growing and help you ...

CLARK’S HARBOUR, N.S. — The mood was jovial at the annual giant pumpkin and squash weigh-in on Oct. 6 in Clark’s Harbour, Shelburne County, as the crowd watched the giant gourds being ...

In addition to gentle sunshine, the Northeast specializes in Yankee ingenuity. Nearly all the giant pumpkins in America are grown by amateur gardeners who toil in backyards after work, hardened by ...

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the ...

Tumut’s Adam Farquharson made international news last year when he paddled down the Tumut River in a giant pumpkin dubbed ...

The pumpkin has been draped in wigs to replicate the singer’s hairline while large painted sweet potatoes act as her ears. The giant gourd also has big dangly earrings to match the picture of ...

It's a show they, and the world, have seen before: a man rowing a giant pumpkin down Tumut River. So, how do you actually grow a pumpkin large enough for an adult man to row like he's the ...

When they're ready for harvest, they'll be carefully removed from the pumpkin patch with a sling, because they're already ...