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A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

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The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

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The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.

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Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

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A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

Sarah really does want me to carve all those pumpkins, doesn't she?

I'll finish carving the pumpkins you've drawn.

Our pumpkins are here.

Among vegetables the common kinds grown include radishes, pumpkins, cucumbers, melons, potatoes, onions and leeks.

We can finish the pumpkins after you leave.

The chief vegetables grown are potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, onions and tomatoes.

Besides grains the chief crops are those of pumpkins, potatoes and other table vegetables, and tobacco.

Miniature real pumpkins decorated with crystals or glitter to blend a Cinderella theme with a fall wedding.

Seasonally-themed items such as sand castles, pumpkins, snowflakes, and Christmas trees are also quite common.

From costumes and candy to the row of creatively carved pumpkins on your front porch, October 31 is filled with many memories worthy of scrapbook Halloween projects.

A jack-o-lantern lit from within using real or LED votives makes a great starting point, and can be combined with other elements such as small candles or miniature pumpkins.

Ask a local pumpkin carving artist to carve wedding scenes, hearts, or even Celtic designs into your pumpkins and set them up to light the way into your reception or use them as unique centerpieces.

Whereas autumn themes are characterized by pumpkins and browning leaves, Christmas icons aren't difficult to distinguish.

Add pinecones, apples, or pumpkins, if desired.

On December 2 the Smashing Pumpkins performed their final concert at The Metro, the same club in Chicago that started their careers over a decade earlier.

First, obtain pumpkins and gourds from a local store or nursery.

Add cut-outs of pumpkins, ghosts and bats to accent the room.

Unlike other autumn parties, a harvest party to honor a crop that was brought in from the fields does not have to have leaves, pumpkins and gourds all around.

Yams, several kinds of sweet potatoes, melons, pumpkins, cucumbers, pineapples, bananas and mangosteens are cultivated, as also are a large number of other fruits.

They include pumpkins, bats, hearts, snowflakes and American flags and are meant to be used temporarily.

You can go simple by buying pans through Wilton in the shape of haunted houses, various monsters, pumpkins, and the like.

If your wedding is during the fall, opt to go with an autumn centerpiece using pumpkins or gourds.

A coordinating ribbon can be tied around each stalk, or the pumpkins can be carved with monograms, hearts, doves, or other wedding symbols for themed jack-o-lanterns.

This is a great idea for a harvest themed wedding, as pumpkins are often far cheaper and more festive than flower decorations.

Use pumpkins as a unique fall wedding decoration at the ceremony and the reception.

There are some very practical uses for pumpkins within the ceremony itself.

Instead of large flower arrangements at the base of the altar, consider using pumpkins in white and orange.

In the entrance of your ceremony site, set up a guest book and decorate the table with miniature pumpkins.

If your ceremony is outdoors, use these little pumpkins to hold down the pages of the guest book or to keep the programs from blowing away.

The wedding reception is the best place to decorate with pumpkins, because guests spend far more time at the reception than they do at the ceremony.

Use larger pumpkins as fall wedding centerpieces just as they are.

Scatter candy corn or pumpkin seeds around the pumpkins to complete the centerpieces.

Serve soup in hollowed out pumpkins for a truly unique and memorable touch to your food spread.

Give adorable miniature pumpkins away as a keepsake for guests.

Pumpkins are just one way to decorate a fall theme wedding.

Whether you accent with pumpkins or make them the main focus, they are sure to spruce up any autumn wedding.

Tack and Richardson demonstrate step-by-step instructions for decorating cupcakes with pumpkins, aliens, werewolves, and other Halloween themes.

Halloween sweaters can be part of a costume such as a Freddy Kruger sweater or something more traditional with pumpkins, goblins, witches or just bright Halloween colors.

I tend to use the little heart-shaped muffin pans, but I've seen pans shaped like dog bones, dog houses, cats, pumpkins and more.

Cleaning up vines after pumpkins, squash, and fall beans have been harvested helps eliminate squash bugs and cucumber beetles, two very common pests.

If you have enough space, planting pumpkins is easy and fun.

Pumpkins are actually of the squash family, and like all squashes, need full sunlight and warm temperatures to thrive.

Planting pumpkins directly from seeds into the garden soil is the usual way to grow them.

Purchase pumpkins seeds in the springtime, but hold off planting them until mid to late May, depending on where you live.

The soil must be warm and all danger of frost past for planting pumpkins.

Pumpkin vines spread out, sometimes as much as 25 feet or more, so you need plenty of room to grow pumpkins.

In the suburban garden where space is at a premium, you can grow pumpkins along a fence such as a chain link fence so that the vines grow up and onto the fence for support rather than along the ground.

Planting pumpkins along driveways uses space that would otherwise go to waste.

Pumpkins aren't terribly fussy about their soil conditions.

That's about all you'll need for planting pumpkins.