Diane Ward of Oxford organizes pumpkins Thursday evening in the barn at McLaughlin Garden on Main Street in Paris. Hundreds of pumpkins displayed at the annual Jack O’Lantern Spectacular last month are being fed to cattle at Sunnycroft Farm on Christian Ridge Road in South Paris. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Train of pumpkins
Russ Florenz of Paris, left, and Tom Hoy of Norway set up a wooden train in the field behind McLaughlin Garden on Main Street in Paris on Tuesday. Hoy said the train will have 135 pumpkins on the front and will be lit. They’re calling the train Journey to Hogwarts in recognition of the Harry […]
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Replenishing the pumpkins
Martha Holbrook restocks her pumpkin stand on Holbrook Road in Minot on Wednesday. Holbrook’s father-in-law, Erland “Sam” Holbrook, moved the Hersey Hill one-room schoolhouse to Holbrook Road in 1968 and sold vegetables inside the school. The family sells pumpkins there on the honor system. “The pumpkins are more of a hobby than anything else,” Holbrook […]
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Magical earth: An abundant season comes to an end
The gardening season has been quite productive this year, with lots of summer and winter squash, a fair amount of tomatoes and plenty of beets, beans, broccoli and cabbage to freeze, can or store for the autumn and winter months ahead. This was surely the year of the winter squash and pumpkin. The winter squash […]
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Magical earth: Pickled beets and more as an abundant season winds down
The end of the gardening season is nearly here. I’m always a bit sad when such time comes. It’s been a great growing year for many crops, particularly pumpkins and winter squash, as well as a summer squash plant that seeded itself and then proceeded to produce dozens and dozens of patty pan summer squashes. […]
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Eats: Pum yum! It’s fall and the pumpkin is calling
The fall season is here, bringing us the familiarity of cool air, leaves crunching underfoot and crackling fires. For some, it even inflicts a borderline obsession with anything pumpkin. Pumpkin spiced lattes have become one of the most popular seasonal drinks, and even brew masters have gotten into the act. But lattes and ale are […]