Here are some other links with some ideas for keeping deer from making a buffet out of your greenery:

• 20 Ways to Keep Deer Out of Your Yard

• Keep Deer Away From Your Plants and Garden Without Building a Fence

• How to Keep Deer Out of Your Garden. DIY…easy, fun and cheap!

• Keeping the Deer out of the Garden

Whether you are curious about the different varieties of pumpkins available for decorating or you get an itch to plant your own pumpkin patch, check out this page at Johnny’s seeds to see 67 different varieties of pumpkins!

See allaboutpumpkins.com for growing tips, history, recipes and pretty much anything you would like to know about pumpkins.

Growing different varieties of squash:

• Growing Spaghetti Squash

• Growing Butternut Squash

• Growing Acorn Squash

• Growing Blue Hubbard Squash

Whole Foods has a good write up here on “Your Guide to Apple Varieties”

I also found this great page from the Washington Apple Commission on apple varieties

Click to see some great information from the folks over at the Old Farmers Almanac for getting things around your property ready for winter and a plentiful next season.