Howard Dill set a gardening record that hasn’t been beat to this day. Back in the 80’s he won the world champion pumpkin growing contest 4 times in a row. And he bred ‘Atlantic Giant’ the first of the really big pumpkins and one that is still commercially available today. Some would say that he created the entire large pumpkin growing craze. . . .
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These photos were taken a few days ago - anyone living in Canberra would know that because the sky isn't overcast in the photos! We have had days and days of overcast weather but only moderate rain. Still, any rain is good rain. So here's the pumpkin bed update.
This is week 2 of the 100-ft. diet challenge and meal #2 was Pumpkin-Kale Soup with Mushrooms. I usually hesitate to make soup because, whether I follow a recipe or totally wing it, I never seem to get it right. But for the next few weeks, I'm going to be depending heavily on my reserve of homegrown pumpkins, and pumpkin soup seemed like an obvious thing to try. I looked through a lot of pumpkin soup recipes, but in the end I decided to adlib it. It came out with a rich, thick (but not too thick) broth that was really delicious. Here's the recipe:
My birthday is November 23rd - it’s always been fairly inseparable from Thanksgiving - often falling on the same day (Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, so the dates rotate). I never really liked cake growing up, but I absolutely loved pumpkin pie. So since pumpkin pie was a necessary component of Thanksgiving for our family, when I was younger I had the bright idea that we could just make one more pie for my birthday, to replace cake. My extra special birthday breakfast was pumpkin pie, followed by pumpkin pie for lunch (with leftover cranberries, stuffing, and potatoes), and pumpkin pie for dinner’s dessert. . .
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I don't think it gets any more illogical than having statues that is statutes, arguing about whether a pumpkin gets eaten or not. Petunia, in 'Get Your Pumpkin Tax Refunds' reported on "Iowa Department of Revenue Press Release: Iowa Tax on Pumpkins Put on Hold". Is that nuts or what? How is anyone supposed to determine whether someone will put a Jack O' Lantern on their porch or make a pumpkin pie? Nuts, I say. ... and oh...oh.. what if they roast the seeds? does that qualify a pumpkin to be tax exempt?
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Pumpkins and tax in the same story, all over the internet - I have to make note of it here. You all have probably read this already, but you know how I feel about pumpkins. Of course they are for eating. What if they don't all get eaten. I'm sure they aren't the only fruit and vegetable that doesn't always get eaten. . . .
http://dsharp.typepad.com/ And here's one of the more amusing Jack-o-Lantern pics I've seen this year: (via SFGATES Day-in-pictures, photo-grapher Tom Stromme) hmmm.. same theme.
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Truth to tell, someone sent me these and many more fun pumpkin photos and has no idea who took them. Credit gladly given, though, if someone speaks up.
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on Oct 30, 2007, 10:05PM
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Tired of carving up your Halloween jack-o'-lanterns the same old way, year after year? Use these free jack-o'-lantern patterns to carve novel Halloween jack-o'-lanterns this year. Or try something totally...
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Some years ago (let's say 4) I put in a little seeding of these (Cinderella?) pumpkins. It yeilded a harvest of fourteen, big beautiful fruits. (We had more space then). I was hooked. As sculptural objects,I love the various quirky-colored and shaped gourds, more than the plain, bright orange. This first picture is from that first harvest. I've never grown a pumpkin since, though I've planted them. Too late in the season, I'm thinking. Not enough water.
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By the light of the moon on Thursday night, I carried all of my remaining pumpkins into the garage... except the two youngsters that still needed a little more time on the vine. Just in time too. The clear sky full of stars (while the moon was low enough) was also a frost warning. The pumpkin, tomato and zucchini vines are all just a memory now. Time for pumpkin pie.
See this postfor the frosty pictures last year. This year, I only captured the aftermath.
Does the great pumpkin make you think of those mammoth-sized blobs grown to see whoÂ’s can get the largest? Giant pumpkins can be fun to grow, but just try to...
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CucurbitamaximaDuchesne 'Blue Hubbard' and 'Marina diChioggia' are the green ones at the bottom. The yellow/orange one I think really looks like a how pumpkin should look like, it's a Pumpkin Racer F1. The rest are just small one's that I grow purely for decorations. . . .
Carving pumpkins is one of the great joys of the harvest season, autumn. Would you like a jack-o-lantern on your porch that will make ghoulish connoisseurs howl with approval come...
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The Davis Ranch in Sloughhouse, CA. has pumpkins from the itty bitty ones that will fit in you palm to some pretty honkin' big ones. Red orange, orange, spooky green, white, or greeinsh pumpkins.
Plus they have a corn maze.
Not to mention that they still have fresh corn-on-the-cob which is DELICIOUS! They have apples, melons, garlic, peas, beans, beets, nuts, herbs, I'm forgetting most of it! I bought fresh corn and fresh tomatoes; Angela bought corn, tomatoes, green beans and a melon...all for a pittance. . . .
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It's pumpkin-carving time! Kim Knox Beckius, About.com's Guide to New England, offers these free pumpkin patterns as you get ready to carve your pumpkin this Halloween. Her printable pages make...
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Here's my tiny little pumpkin. Its even smaller than it looks. I'm leaving it on the vine to make sure its fully ripe. The stem is starting to turn brown, but there's still some green on the fruit. No frost in the forecast, so I think its fine to leave it to ripen longer.
It seems as if fall has arrived! I am enjoying the mums and pumpkins, I wish I could say that I had grown these mums, but they were purchased. My grandsons will be around the next two weekends so we will be pumpkin craving and painting.
Welcome to "Show & Tell" Friday hosted by Kelli at "There's no place like home!"Let me start sharing a picture that I took yesterday, here it is:
I finally finished this heart made of my own hydrangeas! I already cut the blossoms the other day and they were already dry by now. No, don't worry! I won't leave it outside in the garden. . .
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Here is a great idea for how to use those oversized pumpkins and left over jack o lanterns as delightfully quirky planters and containers for seasonal fall flowers.
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My kids love pumpkins almost as much as they do sunflowers or watermelon. Something about that big roundness that makes them giggle. Maybe it's when we carve faces onto them. Or paint faces on them or dress them up with hair and other such silly things. . . .
No, I haven't been able to cut it yet. A little time to age will make it all the better. This is one of the Rouge vifd'Etampes pumpkins. Six have been harvested (some shared around already) and others are still on the vine working on their rougeness. It will be interesting to see the amount of pumpkin that comes from it. It's quite heavy as DH pointed out for every second it took for the photo. . . .
The pumpkin patch is a bright spot as the days take longer and longer to burn off the misty morning gray. As the end of the green beans is in sight, I'm looking forward to nice pumpkin and spice treats in the months ahead. And the green beans in the freezer will be a treat again about January!
My parents have a beautiful pumpkin ripening in their garden. A real nice one! The vine is crawling out across the lawn and my dad carefully mows around it. It looks like they will be able to make a nice jack-o-lantern for Halloween. Or a pumpkin pie. . .
So the pumpkin that I saved seeds from last year is growing like crazy and I thought there was only a vine and no pumpkins but much to my surprise and excitement there are pumpkins on there! Here are a few pics of them and my dog Charlie!
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ItÂ’s county fair time and gardeners are saving their choicest vegetables and flowers for competition. If youÂ’ve ever competed, you know how seriously itÂ’s taken and how fierce the...
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I know we just finished the growing season, but I am always on the lookout for new things to grow next year. 
