Category: Halloween

Coronavirus Ready Halloween Costumes

Coronavirus Halloween Costumes

Halloween will probably look a bit different for most of us this year. Some places aren’t allowing trick or treating, many Halloween gatherings aren’t taking place, and those that are will be much smaller...

Pumpkin seed saving

Pumpkin Seed Saving

Don’t throw away those seeds when you carve your pumpkins this year. Instead do a little pumpkin seed saving and use them as the beginning’s of next year’s pumpkin patch.  I think my cows’...

Pumpkin Carving Tips

Pumpkin Carving Tips

It’s getting close to pumpkin carving day, so thought I’d share a few pumpkin carving tips I’ve picked up throughout my carving years.

Choosing the Perfect Pumpkin

Choosing the Perfect Pumpkin

As someone who has carved more than 1,000 pumpkins over the years, I’ve gotten pretty good at picking out which ones will make the best carvers. So here are a few tips for choosing...

homemade apple cider

Homemade Apple Cider

Who doesn’t love apple cider? That cold, sweet fresh-pressed taste of homemade apple cider is a plus at any family gathering. But it’s even better when the cider itself is the gathering.

Halloween Cards

Halloween Cards

The pumpkins are ripe, the leaves are turning, and the autumn equinox is just passed. Seems like a good time to break out the Halloween cards.

The Origins of Halloween

Anybody who ever watched Hocus Pocus probably recalls Alison telling how Halloween is based on “All Hallow’s Eve” to refute Max’s conspiracy theory of Halloween having been invented by the candy companies. But where...