Knowing how to cure pumpkins gives homegrown fruits the longest life. Whatever you grow pumpkins for, from carving to decorating to cooking, a properly cured pumpkin can be good for months and won ...

Every pumpkin growing season is another generation, a chance to select the seeds from the biggest pumpkins and pollinate them with other big-pumpkin plants and thus grow an even bigger pumpkin.

He added: “Kitchen cupboard seeds will often grow if they are not too old ... However, sown outdoors they will feed birds this autumn.” Pumpkins and squash, such as butternut squash, have ...