Pumpkins are any squash large, round and orange. If they are not round and are other colors or shapes, then they are called squash or gourd. Johnson County Extension Pumpkins, squash and gourds have ...

You know what I’m talking about — the strange, bumpy things you see every fall. They’re piled high at all the stores, squatting on front porches, or sitting in a bowl your friend insists is “autumnal.

Fall is decorative squash season. It is also decorative gourd season. Those two sentences are not redundant. While most of us lump gourds, squash, and pumpkins into one lumpy, bumpy, hard-to-peel ...