"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Plastic and painted pumpkins make for cute and low-maintenance Halloween décor, but there’s nothing like ...

For Halloween, the Chronicle asked professional pumpkin carvers Paulina Goff Stovall and Mike Valladao, better known as Farmer Mike, for their best beginner-level tips.

The air is crisp, the leaves are crinkling and as Halloween approaches, fall nudges you toward a pumpkin patch. Pumpkins are a symbol of fall. Transforming the orange fruit into a light-up ...

After Halloween comes to an end, millions of pumpkins end up in landfills. Here's what you can do with your festive gourds ...

Alana Mattingly has a passion for carving, so much so that every Halloween, her front yard is filled with hundreds of ...