This year was the year of the pumpkin for us. We had planned on keeping things small this year in the garden and only using the western garden which is much smaller than the one to the east of the house. The plan was to just work on turning the compost, putting in raised beds for the garden, and fixing the fencing. Charlie tossed a couple of very, um, overripe pumpkins in the area intending for them to just compost. Before we even realized what was happening, we had pumpkin vines growing over almost the entire garden. So much for raised beds. Yesterday, I went out to the garden to harvest the pumpkins that we had literally done no work to raise.
We didn't even water it. The result of this serendipitous turn of events was almost four dozen pumpkins. They filled a 20 gallon tote to overflowing. We'll obviously save some seeds for next year (which probably won't grow nearly as nicely), and I will be spending the winter making lots of pumpkin goodies. I am thinking that pies and bread will likely be in abundance for us. Although, I have a huge pile of summer squash to be grated for breads too.
Last but not least, the garden that Dad had out at the Farm this summer produced a LOT of beans and cukes. I made dill pickle slices, dill pickle spears, sweet pickles, and dilly beans from them. Guess what we are bringing for Thanksgiving....
Make it a fantastic day!
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