October just wouldn’t be the same without pumpkins; just try to imagine Fall without Jack-O’Lanterns, pumpkin pies, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin growing contests, and even giant pumpkin regattas.

To celebrate, Farmersalmanac.com is full of fun and informative articles, recipes and video on these largest of all fruits (yes pumpkins are a fruit).

You’ll even find some pumpkin trivia, like the following:

• The word ‘pumpkin’ comes from the Greek word, ‘pepon’, which means “large melon.”
• The earliest pumpkin pie made in America was not today’s version. Pilgrims and early settlers made pumpkin pie by baling a hollowed out a pumpkin, filled with milk, honey and spices.
• Morton, Ill., home of Libby’s Pumpkin products, is popularly considered to be the “Pumpkin Capital of the World.”
• Illinois grows the most pumpkins, with residents harvesting about 12,300 acres of pumpkins annually.
• Pumpkins were believed to be a remedy for freckles and snakebites.

Of course, if I were ever bitten by a snake, I doubt I’d scream for a pumpkin (at least not initially).

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