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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Pumpkins.

"Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin." Simone Schwarz~Bart
We are harvesting pumpkins.


Lots & lots of pumpkins. Yum.

15 comments:

kimba said...

Methinks that last word should actually be 'Yuk'.

Happy Elf Mom (Christine) said...

Your pumpkins just look unripe to me! What do you do with green pumpkins??

Ganeida said...

Kimba: Ditz would agree with you.

mrs C: nope. they're lovely & sweet. Jap hybrids.

Sandra said...

So unlike the pumpkins I am familiar with. Enjoy them!

Mom said...

Being an American transplant in NZ, I am still getting used to April being Fall. But--yay--it's pumpkin pie season!!

Anonymous said...

Hi Ganeida,
They look absolutely delicious! YUM!

Have a wonderful and blessed week,
Love, Jillian ♥

Diane Shiffer said...

OK... I clicked on this thinking: What on earth is she posting about pumpkins in spring?? Duh.. spring is fall, up is down, Friday is Saturday. When will I ever learn? *shakes head in embarrassment*

seekingmyLord said...

I did the exact same thing as the other northern hemisphere visitors did. DUH! (Where is that smiley that hits himself in the head when you need him!)

Those pumpkins look so interesting. Do you know the name for them?

Ganeida said...

Sandra: so what sort of pumpkins do you get? We get everything from the BIG QLD blues to butternuts & Japs. These are jap hybrids grown randomly from whatever sprouted in the compost.

Bonnie: I hate to disillusion you even more but...we grow pumpkins all year round here! lol

Thanks Jillian. ☺

Diane: obviously not a numbers gal! lol We get pumpkins all year round anyhow.

Seeking: these look like Japs but they will be a hybrid of whatever germinated in the compost. Japs are green with orange yellow streaks on the rind & are a deep rich orange inside. They don't require much cooking & are usually sweet & sort of nutty in flavour. Ditz doesn't care. She just doesn't like pumpkin.

Molytail said...

I've never seen a pumpkin that looked like that! The only pumpkins that I'm familiar with are the big orange ones...

I do love pumpkin pie though! :-)

Sandra said...

What I know as a pumpkin is shaped like the one pictured but orange. I think what you call pumpkin we call squash.

Ganeida said...
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Ganeida said...

Moly:No big orange ones here.

Sandra: squash are little; no bigger than a small handspan. Watery. Pretty tasteless. Usually either light green or pale yellow in colour.Like

Ganeida said...

Nope
haven't got the HTML thingy worked out. Sorrow. Will Post separately because our pumkin & your squash have nothing at all in common.

Jeanne said...

Yum. Pumpkin is on our kitchen garden list. Are they easy to grow...if you have the space? Have you ever tried growing them directly in the compost bins and letting them ramble? I like that idea!