A rotting jack-o-lantern pumpkin in autumn - Misuzu Henderson/Shutterstock Halloween may generate a lot of waste, but jack-o-lanterns don't have to take up room in landfills when there are other ways ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Although the quintessential pumpkin that first comes to mind for most of us is of the perfectly round, ...

There’s nothing better than visiting your local pumpkin patch or grocery store every year to find the perfect pumpkin to display or carve for the fall season. From fun and warty to big and smooth, the ...

As the most haunting and spooky day approaches, the last thing you want is to turn away trick-or-treaters with rotting and smelly pumpkins on your doorstep. If you have noticed your jack-o'-lantern is ...

Wipe pumpkins with a bleach or vinegar solution to prevent rotting and help them last longer. Keep pumpkins out of direct sunlight and rain to preserve them through the season. Use natural items from ...

Though a well-carved pumpkin may be a point of pride to have on your front porch leading up to Halloween, what do you do when it starts to grow mushy and rot? Smashing your success — literally — and ...

The Dallas Arboretum’s Megan Proska has always loved Halloween. So, it was fortuitous that she spent her first week working at the botanical garden nine years ago building the annual Autumn at the ...

RACINE - While pumpkin crops in Indiana and Massachusetts have been decimated by a fungal rot, the crops at some of Racine County's biggest patches are going strong. Borzynski's Farm Market and Swan's ...

At first, I did not like the sound of the title of the Oct. 27 article, “Old, rotting pumpkin? Baltimore County wants you to smash it, not trash it,” but then I remembered a few years ago, when a ...

Halloween may generate a lot of waste, but jack-o-lanterns don't have to take up room in landfills when there are other ways to repurpose them. If you have decorative pumpkins that haven't been carved ...