Frozen cabbage in the garden covered with frost (Photo: iStock - Ulrike Leone)

Fall Frost Tolerance of Common Vegetables

Carved jack-o-lantern (Photo: iStock - IvanMikhaylov)

Halloween’s Irish twist begins with ‘Stingy Jack’

The Twelves includes a large pumpkin patch with pumpkins and gourds of all sizes and shapes. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)
Pumpkins come in many different colors in addition to orange, and they are found in a variety of shapes and sizes. (Photo courtesy of National Garden Bureau Inc.)

Are pumpkins a fruit or a vegetable?

Home canning is not recommended for any mashed pumpkin or winter squash, said K-State food scientist Karen Blakeslee. (K-State Research and Extension)

How to preserve pumpkins this fall

  • By Maddy Rohr │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Pumpkins come in many shapes, sizes and colors, but they all flower, and that technically makes them a fruit. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)