Ah, the perennial pumpkin patch. You might think the round orange gourds in today"s photo are vegetables, but botanists say pumpkins are actually the fruit of pumpkin vines. They"re considered fruit because pumpkins contain seeds and grow from the same part of the plant that produces flowers. And now, as Halloween nears, pumpkins are ripe for picking and carving into spooky jack-o"-lanterns.
A most sincere pumpkin patch
Today in History
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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A storied trail marks a century
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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A giant relic in Java
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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World Book Day
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It s time for spring
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Longer days mean warmer sand
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Porcupine
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Happy Independence Day!
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World Rivers Day
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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A festival of lights in India
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Cumberland Island National Seashore
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Daylight saving time begins
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Honoring our veterans
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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A picture-perfect day on Trillium
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Earth Science Week
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Lick Observatory
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Take the stairs
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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What are these creatures?
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