By now you’ve probably carved up a few Jack-O-Lanterns for your front porch. But why do we carve pumpkins anyway? Where did that come from? The modern holiday we know as Halloween really started way back with the Irish festival, “Samhain,’ which was meant to recognize the transition from summer into winter. During the festival…
Every Thursday in The Feed Kevin talks to Kallie from ButFirstCoffee Blog.com about all things parenting, kids and mom life. Now that we’re are right in the middle of pumpkin season you probably have a lot of those cute mini pumpkins laying around the house, but no idea what to do with them now. Kallie has some fun mini…
It’s pumpkin season and farmers all over have been trying to grow the heaviest pumpkin for months now. On Monday a 2,560-pound pumpkin was entered into a contest at a fair in California. It won and was officially declared the heaviest pumpkin in U.S. The guy who grew it is from Minnesota and drove all…
All this week I have tickets to night 2 of our Star 99.9 Nuvance Health Pinktober. #IMOMSOHARD Getaway Tour Friday, October 7 at Ridgefield Playhouse. Play trivia every day at 4pm. First one with the correct answer wins. Would you have got today’s? Q: The average price for THIS FALL ITEM is up to $5.68,…
Every Tuesday Kevin talks all things food with Alex from CT FoodGirly. Now that it feels like fall outside it’s time to cozy up with some tasty fall treats. Lucky for us there are a lot of them here in Connecticut. Everything from cider and seasonal coffee to maple burgers and pumpkin ice cream. Alex gives…
This is probably the most popular weekend for carving pumpkins. You might be cutting up a few Jack-o-Lanterns the next few days. But where did it all start? Why do we carve pumpkins? Much like Halloween costumes, pumpkin carving started out as a way for people to scare off evil spirits around Halloween. Back in…
Almost time to start getting those pumpkins and carving your best Jack-O-Lantern with the kids. Or if you’re Christine Scarpati, an elementary school art teacher at Fawn Hollow in Monroe, time to carve and compete on TV! Christine is one of the most talented pumpkin carvers I’ve ever seen. She’s been on The Anna and…
Tis the season for pumpkin everything. And also the burning question in everyone’s fall household… are they fruits or veggies? Technically they are considered a FRUIT, which blew my mind. It’s apparently because they are the “edible reproductive body of a seed plant.” Vegetables are the other parts of a plant that don’t have seeds,…
Since today is National Pumpkin Day I figured we’d dive into one of this season’s great questions… why are pumpkins orange? If you’ve been to a pumpkin patch this year for pumpkin picking you’ve probably noticed that pumpkins change color from green to orange. For pretty much the same reason you see tree leaves change…