As usual I planted too many pumpkins, I admit that. Pumpkins are a great thing to have too many of as they store well and you never really have a glut that has to be used or preserved all at once. It is great to be able to give them away and know that somewhere they are making a great pumpkin soup or even a
pumpkin swiss roll (haven't tried yet but on my list of things to do).
My first pumpkin, a Queensland Blue (I think)
This year I have planted a variety of pumpkins from several sources.
Firstly a packet of
Pumpkin's Old Favourites Mixed (Erica Vale brand) that I picked up earlier last year somewhere and thought they looked interesting. They include Queensland Blue, Jarrahdale, Butternut, Gramma and Jap & Paw Paw. I can really only see Queensland Blues and Jarrahdale pumpkins growing, so I am not sure what happened to the rest.
Secondly I planted 6
triamble seeds from The Digger's Club. I grew them last year and they were by far the best producing pumpkin I have ever seen. They have the added advantage of storing for up to two years.
Last of all I planted a punnet of Japanese pumpkins that I saw and just couldn't resist before christmas. Really didn't need them, but did have a great little spot full of compost and easy to add on to the retic so I knew it wouldn't be much more work. They do need a little work at the moment though as the asparagus seems to have disappeared under them!
Lyssie- 2 years and 4 months
In training for feeding the chooks and collecting the eggs
Emme had her car seat turned around this week and she is pretty happy to see what is going on. Here she is on a farm tour with her lamb.
