The pumpkins are really growing fast now. :hal3: I have some that are the size of basketballs. They are also ripening at a rapid pace. There are many little ones. This is weird, but some of the vines are re blooming, and more baby pumpkins are popping out. :yes: My ornamental Indian corn is just now getting tiny weeny ears on it. The sunflowers are 5 feet tall, and are starting to get heads on them. The pepper plants have stalled for some reason. The tomatoes are rotting before they ripen. All in all I'd say it might be a good harvest this year. I'm really thrilled that the pumpkins are doing soo well. I'm soo excited I might go out Halloween night, and sit in the punkin' patch, and wait for the Great Pumpkin LOL!!! :hal3: :witch:
Sounds like you must have had some rain..... :)
Quote from: me on August 17, 2007, 10:49:11 PM
Sounds like you must have had some rain..... :)
Yes, we did have a lot of rain last night. We needed it real bad. Today after it drys off, I've got to mow. :mow: We've gotten rain several times this week, so the yard looks like a jungle LOL!!! :yes: I did some weeding last night too. Everything was getting overtaken by weeds. One of the pumpkin vines wrapped itself around one of the sunflowers, and they're making beautiful music together LMAO!!! As long as the pumpkin vine, doesn't strangle the sunflower, it'll be OK. :yes:
How kewl--will they be ready for Halloween?
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 20, 2007, 04:25:58 PM
How kewl--will they be ready for Halloween?
Probably before Halloween. Yesterday when I checked them, I went further into the patch and found a bunch more the size of basket balls. Some of them are probably a week away from being ripe. I'm curious about how many I've got all together. I'm pretty excited about them. I planted them by myself. They are a little too close together,but they look good. When I planted the Indian corn,it was raining and I had to hurry,and the rows turned out soo crooked, it looked like a drunk planted them. :rotfl: :beers:
BASKETBALLS???????? :o
Oh you are soooooooooooo lucky!! I would never leave the house--I'm a Halloween/Jack-O'-Lantern freak (you neva woulda guessed, right?)
I would be home carving all the time--and cooking--luv me some pumpkin soup and roasted seeds mmmmmmmmmm
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 20, 2007, 05:32:12 PM
BASKETBALLS???????? :o
Oh you are soooooooooooo lucky!! I would never leave the house--I'm a Halloween/Jack-O'-Lantern freak (you neva woulda guessed, right?)
I would be home carving all the time--and cooking--luv me some pumpkin soup and roasted seeds mmmmmmmmmm
You know they say pumpkin is really good for you. Mostly I just like pumpkin pie,but I'm going to try my hand at making pumpkin bread this year. I've never tried pumpkin soup, I might check that out too. Halloween is 2nd only to Christmas in my book. We live in the country now, but when we lived in town we passed out candy, to the trick or treaters.We used to give out full sized candy bars, or made up goody bags with trinkets in them. We don't have any come out here.Usually, I sit and watch horror movies and pig out. And be freaked out about being alone in the country on Halloween. LOL!!! :hal3:
Pumpkin bread.....yummy. I haven't had any for a long time. I used to make it every year when the kids were still home but since there's just two of us now and we don't really eat that much sweets I rarely bake at all.
Quote from: me on August 20, 2007, 07:11:14 PM
Pumpkin bread.....yummy. I haven't had any for a long time. I used to make it every year when the kids were still home but since there's just two of us now and we don't really eat that much sweets I rarely bake at all.
I've never made pumpkin bread before. I bake a lot. Mostly cupcakes and cookies. At Christmas time I make praline pecans. Those are the bomb. :yes: :smitten: I'm totally excited about the up coming harvest. Fall is my favorite season.
I need to look through my recipes but my mom has a pumpkin and cranberry bread that is to die for!!! I'll see what I can find!
Quote from: kimmi on August 20, 2007, 10:48:14 PM
I need to look through my recipes but my mom has a pumpkin and cranberry bread that is to die for!!! I'll see what I can find!
Mmmm... that sounds delicious. :yes:
Try this site--great ideas!
www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm (http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm)
Pumpkin roll is on my "all time favorites" list! :smitten:
Who here loves Sunny enough to ship her a punkin' roll? Come on now...
Those are soooo good. I think, no, I know, I would take one of those over pumpkin bread any day and I like pumpkin bread.
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 21, 2007, 12:38:45 PM
Try this site--great ideas!
www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm (http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm)
What a great site for everything pumpkin!!!! Which recipe should I try first?? There are soo many. Thanks for linking us up T. :clap:
Quote from: Sunny on August 21, 2007, 03:11:49 PM
Pumpkin roll is on my "all time favorites" list! :smitten:
Who here loves Sunny enough to ship her a punkin' roll? Come on now...
I'll try to send you one, through your computer screen. Just wait by it, it should be there soon. LOL!!! :yes:
Thanks, Dex! I'm ready!!! :yes:
Me too me too...... :clap: :clap: :hug: :hug: :drool2:
Okay...... here it comes..... drum roll please..... :hal3: I'm supplying the pumpkin but you have to do the baking. :biggrin: My oven is broken. :(
Sounds like a fair trade to me.... :yes:
Quote from: me on August 22, 2007, 04:45:19 PM
Sounds like a fair trade to me.... :yes:
My oven has been broken for several weeks. I need a new stove. I've got to get one soon. Halloween is on it's way,and there is baking to be done. Cupcakes and cut out cookies, are my favorite things to make. I usually make popcorn balls and rice crispy treats too. I can hardly wait to make some. :yes:
I know what being without an oven is like and it isn't easy. I really messed up though. I had an older gas stove and thought rather than replace the gas valve in the oven I'd just get a new stove but I've wished over and over I had fixed the old one and kept it. These new stoves are junk.
Quote from: me on August 22, 2007, 09:44:39 PM
I know what being without an oven is like and it isn't easy. I really messed up though. I had an older gas stove and thought rather than replace the gas valve in the oven I'd just get a new stove but I've wished over and over I had fixed the old one and kept it. These new stoves are junk.
Ya know, it's awful hard to get good quality appliances. I bought a new microwave a few months ago, and have had trouble with it already. My biggest problem is with vacum cleaners. I'm constantly burning belts LOL!!! We just bought a new dishwasher a few weeks ago. Hopefully we'll get the new stove soon. You never realize how you depend on things until they're gone. It kills me being without the oven. :yes:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on August 22, 2007, 09:52:47 PM
Ya know, it's awful hard to get good quality appliances. I bought a new microwave a few months ago, and have had trouble with it already. My biggest problem is with vacum cleaners. I'm constantly burning belts LOL!!! We just bought a new dishwasher a few weeks ago. Hopefully we'll get the new stove soon. You never realize how you depend on things until they're gone. It kills me being without the oven. :yes:
I have to take the hair off the roller about every 3rd time I use my sweeper because hubby and I both have long hair and my daughters, both of them who visit quite a frequently, have long hair and it gets around the roller and burns my belts up if don't. Nothing stinks worse than a hot belt on a beater bar.... :groan:
Quote from: me on August 22, 2007, 10:19:56 PM
I have to take the hair off the roller about every 3rd time I use my sweeper because hubby and I both have long hair and my daughters, both of them who visit quite a frequently, have long hair and it gets around the roller and burns my belts up if don't. Nothing stinks worse than a hot belt on a beater bar.... :groan:
There's nothing like the smell of hot rubber. I figure if it doesn't burst into flames I'm doing OK. LOLl!!! I can handle a little smoke, but if I see flames. I'm chucking it out the window. :yes: :biggrin:
:rotfl: :rotfl: Just make sure the windows open first.... ;)
Quote from: me on August 23, 2007, 07:40:35 PM
:rotfl: :rotfl: Just make sure the windows open first.... ;)
There'd be no time for that. Everything goes, curtains and all. :rotfl:
I'm getting ready to pick some of the pumpkins. There are 3 ready. There are a bunch of them out there. Hopefully, the will keep until Halloween. :hal3:
Do we get pics of the ones you carve???
Quote from: me on August 27, 2007, 10:36:18 PM
Do we get pics of the ones you carve???
Hopefully. :yes: I have to have hubby do all of the picture and downloading stuff. I'm computarded LOL!!!! I just hope they last until carving time. There are still babies coming on the vines. I was really surprised, by how fast pumpkins grow. It didn't take very long at all, after they set on the vine. We did use Miracle grow on them one time. I get a lot of enjoyment out of gardening. The Sunflower heads have opened, they're real small. That could be from the pumpkin vines, that are getting cozy with them LOL!!! :smitten:
Are ya gonna roast the sunflower seeds?
Ooooh, I would roast those babies in a minute! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :hamster:
Quote from: me on August 27, 2007, 10:54:45 PM
Are ya gonna roast the sunflower seeds?
I never thought of that. I just figured I'd give them to the birds. :bird: I'll have to find out, if anybody I know eats them. Great idea me. :yes:
I've never eaten them myself but my kids love them. One of these days I guess I should try them huh?
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 28, 2007, 08:06:24 AM
Ooooh, I would roast those babies in a minute! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :hamster:
I'll send you some through your screen LOL!!!! :catnutty:
Quote from: me on August 28, 2007, 05:23:25 PM
I've never eaten them myself but my kids love them. One of these days I guess I should try them huh?
I think I may have tried them before? I just came in from the patch, and picked 4 of them. :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: I think there'll be 4 more tommorrow. :biggrin: I'm soo excited, I could pee!! Woohoo!!! :sofa:
Ain't it fun? I always have enjoyed gardening and watching stuff grow. Weeding ain't so much fun but the rest is.... :yes:
Quote from: me on August 28, 2007, 09:35:22 PM
Ain't it fun? I always have enjoyed gardening and watching stuff grow. Weeding ain't so much fun but the rest is.... :yes:
Yeah, weeding sucks. LOL!!! I'm just surprised soo many of them made it. The Indian corn is getting ears on it finally. I figured it was shot, because it didn't do anything for soo long. I looked at the Sunflowers, and they're really little and dinky. The birds would starve to death, if they depended on them. LOL!!! :bird: :spooked:
Okay my friend just read about this study that links working in the yard with fighting depression. In a nutshell, there is a certain bacteria that can enter your body if you spend a lot of time outside. They tested this with rats. The rats inhaled the bacteria, then went to rat heaven, and when they inspected their brains, the bacteria went to the same receptors that Prozac will effect. This is a natural Prozac. So spending outside weeding will make you healthy!
I guess that is why I always feel great when I can open the windows in my house. Something about getting that breeze through the house makes me feel good.
Quote from: kimmi on August 28, 2007, 10:26:36 PM
I guess that is why I always feel great when I can open the windows in my house. Something about getting that breeze through the house makes me feel good.
Me too. I don't know how people can stand to stay in the house all the time without opening it up but there are some people who do. A/c on in the summer and heat on in the winter. :no:
Quote from: me on August 29, 2007, 12:52:46 AM
Me too. I don't know how people can stand to stay in the house all the time without opening it up but there are some people who do. A/c on in the summer and heat on in the winter. :no:
That is the only drawback about living in the south during the summer. Since we haven't had a day under 90 in the last month, I've had to have the air on and not spend a lot of time outside! Bummer!
I've found gardening to be a great stress reliever. It's starting to get dark earlier now, so there's not a lot of time, in the evenings to do as much as I like. :yes:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on August 30, 2007, 03:25:17 PM
It's starting to get dark earlier now, so there's not a lot of time, in the evenings to do as much as I like. :yes:
Thats why I dislike fall, well one of the reasons the other one being it means cold weather is on its way...
Quote from: me on August 30, 2007, 03:53:56 PM
Thats why I dislike fall, well one of the reasons the other one being it means cold weather is on its way...
I agree. A positive thing about fall, is gaining an extra hour of sleep. :zzz:
Quote from: me on August 30, 2007, 03:53:56 PM
Thats why I dislike fall, well one of the reasons the other one being it means cold weather is on its way...
Pumpkins,pumpkins everywhere. I've already picked 5, and I've got 10 more, that I will pick tommorrow. I gave 2 to a friend. There are probably 15 that will be ready sometime next week. Tonight when I turned them, I realized that I have somewhere around 50 new blooms, with babies set on the vines. I never knew they just keep on reproducing like that.The pumpkins I grew as a kid, were lucky to have 5 on them. I just can't believe my luck, because I have a black thumb normally. LOL!! I'm serious. :spooked: This kind of thing NEVER happens to me. I'm just thrilled. :biggrin: I don't know what I'll do with all of them. I'll probably give a lot of them away. No sense in wasting perfectly good pumpkins. :hal3: :hal3:
Can you freeze the "meat" or whatever the inside of a pumpkin is called? I bet you could make few pies and freeze those too.
Yes you can freeze it and have it all winter. I used to do that. Just measured for a recipe and put it in a 1qt freezer bag. Its easier to get it out if you just break it up in the bag while its still frozen and put the chunks in a bowl to thaw. If you freeze it laying flat it don't take up much space in the freezer either. That way you don't have a messy bag to dispose of and you don't waste any... :)
Quote from: PIYA on September 02, 2007, 01:00:27 AM
Can you freeze the "meat" or whatever the inside of a pumpkin is called? I bet you could make few pies and freeze those too.
That's a great idea PIYA!!!!I was thinking of donating some of them to a food pantry too. :yes:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on September 02, 2007, 10:42:49 AM
That's a great idea PIYA!!!!I was thinking of donating some of them to a food pantry too. :yes:
That's an even better idea. With so many pumpkins you should have enough for everyone. :yes:
Quote from: PIYA on September 02, 2007, 12:08:38 PM
That's an even better idea. With so many pumpkins you should have enough for everyone. :yes:
I'm going to pick some tonight, and promised some of them, to a friend of mine's girls. They will use them for carving. :hal3:
Quote from: me on September 02, 2007, 01:23:12 AM
Yes you can freeze it and have it all winter. I used to do that. Just measured for a recipe and put it in a 1qt freezer bag. Its easier to get it out if you just break it up in the bag while its still frozen and put the chunks in a bowl to thaw. If you freeze it laying flat it don't take up much space in the freezer either. That way you don't have a messy bag to dispose of and you don't waste any... :)
That's a good idea. My Mom used to freeze them too. When she made pies she put them through a ricer. It sounds like a lot of work to me. I'm a lazy arse. :yes:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on September 02, 2007, 05:24:52 PM
That's a good idea. My Mom used to freeze them too. When she made pies she put them through a ricer. It sounds like a lot of work to me. I'm a lazy arse. :yes:
I don't remember if I strained the pulp through a ricer when I did mine or not its been so long ago. The only thing I recall using my ricer for was to put baked potato's through to make twice baked potato's. I think I did cook the pulp down though.
Every year I order my pumpkin pies from Perkins. They're good but expensive. Last Thanksgiving was almost a disaster. I ordered a fresh turkey from the grocery store.I stopped after work to pick it up, I grabbed it and went on my merry way. Hubby had to work, and wouldn't be home in time, to help put it on to cook. So, we decided we'd get it ready, and all I had to do was put it in the oven. Simple right. He took the wrapper off ,and yelled to me "This turkey is frozen solid." I said "Ha ha, good one." And he says "I'm not kidding." I screamed Jesum Crow!!!! I ran in to the kitchen. It was solid, and I had company coming in the morning, to have dinner. I almost had a stroke. I grabbed the phone, and called the store. Dex was not a happy camper. I got the manger, and told her it was frozen,and I had company coming. She freaked out too, because they didn't have any fresh ones. I said "Oh, so basically I'm screwed right?" She said "I'll call you back" I was soo flustered, I screwed up my phone number, and had to call her back LOL!!! So,I called her back. She said " I know this isn't what you planned , but I can give you 2 -10lb fully cooked Butter Ball turkeys." I said "I need gravy." She said "I'll throw some in, and have it delivered to your house." Needless to say, I got 2 turkeys, and a gallon of gravy,and even got to keep the turkey I bought, So,it worked out in the end. I thought we'd never eat it all, but we did LOL!!!!
Quote from: me on September 02, 2007, 05:41:14 PM
I don't remember if I strained the pulp through a ricer when I did mine or not its been so long ago. The only thing I recall using my ricer for was to put baked potato's through to make twice baked potato's. I think I did cook the pulp down though.
I now have 14 pumpkins from my patch. The vines show no sing of stopping. There are probably 5 to pick this evening. And everyday baby pumpkins continue to appear. I figure as long as it doesn't frost, there are going to be a gazillion. :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3: :hal3:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on September 02, 2007, 09:58:28 PM
Every year I order my pumpkin pies from Perkins. They're good but expensive. Last Thanksgiving was almost a disaster. I ordered a fresh turkey from the grocery store.I stopped after work to pick it up, I grabbed it and went on my merry way. Hubby had to work, and wouldn't be home in time, to help put it on to cook. So, we decided we'd get it ready, and all I had to do was put it in the oven. Simple right. He took the wrapper off ,and yelled to me "This turkey is frozen solid." I said "Ha ha, good one." And he says "I'm not kidding." I screamed Jesum Crow!!!! I ran in to the kitchen. It was solid, and I had company coming in the morning, to have dinner. I almost had a stroke. I grabbed the phone, and called the store. Dex was not a happy camper. I got the manger, and told her it was frozen,and I had company coming. She freaked out too, because they didn't have any fresh ones. I said "Oh, so basically I'm screwed right?" She said "I'll call you back" I was soo flustered, I screwed up my phone number, and had to call her back LOL!!! So,I called her back. She said " I know this isn't what you planned , but I can give you 2 -10lb fully cooked Butter Ball turkeys." I said "I need gravy." She said "I'll throw some in, and have it delivered to your house." Needless to say, I got 2 turkeys, and a gallon of gravy,and even got to keep the turkey I bought, So,it worked out in the end. I thought we'd never eat it all, but we did LOL!!!!
I can only imagine that fiasco! My friend cooks the turkey. Every year we call it The Bitch! Go baste the bitch! The bitch is done! hee hee
Quote from: kimmi on September 09, 2007, 04:55:18 PM
I can only imagine that fiasco! My friend cooks the turkey. Every year we call it The Bitch! Go baste the bitch! The bitch is done! hee hee
I thought I was going to have a stroke. :spooked: It turned out to be pretty good, but not like my own turkey would have been. I have an extreme love affair with turkey gravy. :smitten: Boughten gravy cannot compare to homemade. One year my Mom bought frozen pie crust for the pumpkin pie, she had always made her own. My Grandfather( Dad's Dad) thought my Mom was the worlds greatest cook. Mom accidentally left the wax paper, they put between the pies in the shell,and filled it and baked it. :spooked: Nobody was any the wiser, until we ate the pie. OMG, my grandfather says "What the hell is this?" I thought my Mom was going to pass out. :rotfl: She was soo embarrassed, she could have crawled under her chair and died. We all had a good laugh over it, and every year it gets brought up in conversation, usually by Mom. :rotfl:
My mom left the shrink wrap on a ham once and cooked it. That was funny!
I am terrified of fish. like other people are afraid of spiders and snakes and such. I was very young, decided to cook dinner for my new husband. (i never cooked at all). So...
I bought trout at the supermarket.
Took it out of the package. unwrapped it.
It was a whole, dead fish. eyeballs staring at me. I screamed so loud you could hear me a block away, ran into the living room, grabbed him by the shirt collar, started shaking him, yelling, "Its a fish, and it is looking at me." I refused to go into the kitchen.
Started crying when he went in there, I thought it would "get" him.
Of course, theres the time I caught the kitchen on fire making french fries....
needless to say, i dont go in there much.
Quote from: kimmi on September 09, 2007, 10:59:23 PM
My mom left the shrink wrap on a ham once and cooked it. That was funny!
LOL!!!! I think my Mom did that one time too. One time I left the giblet bag in the turkey and baked it. Imagine my surprise when I went to debone it. I thought what the hell is that? :biggrin:
Quote from: damfast on September 09, 2007, 11:08:18 PM
I am terrified of fish. like other people are afraid of spiders and snakes and such. I was very young, decided to cook dinner for my new husband. (i never cooked at all). So...
I bought trout at the supermarket.
Took it out of the package. unwrapped it.
It was a whole, dead fish. eyeballs staring at me. I screamed so loud you could hear me a block away, ran into the living room, grabbed him by the shirt collar, started shaking him, yelling, "Its a fish, and it is looking at me." I refused to go into the kitchen.
Started crying when he went in there, I thought it would "get" him.
Of course, theres the time I caught the kitchen on fire making french fries....
needless to say, i dont go in there much.
LMAO!!! It sounds like you better stay out of the kitchen, not only for your safety, but for the safety of the public at large. :yes: One time I was watching " Essence of Emeril" and he was making a suckling pig, that shit scared me soo bad I had nightmares. I'd never seen a pig cooked with its head still on. Jesum Crow!!! That's some scary shit. :spooked:
damfast don't worry. I know a lady who has an irrational fear of birds. Her neice (my good friend) got married on the beach and she wouldn't stop freaking out about the sea gulls.
Sea gulls are evil though...they rank right up there with geese...no fear and a sharp beak. I hate them, but I can't say that I'm afraid of them...well...not to the point that I'm uncomfortable. LOL
You guys keep the stories coming, they're hilarious. I honestly don't have any crazy Thanksgiving stories. My birthday is fairly close to Thanksgiving, so growing up we always celebrated my birthday on Thanksgiving when the whole family was there, so I associate Thanksgiving as my birthday, regardless of the date. Only once it snowed so bad that no one could make it...that's about it. :biggrin:
I did try a store bought dinner one year. It was tasty, but I like my own much better.
One of my favorite movie scenes was the seagull scene from "Finding Nemo"
When the seagulls, start screaming...."Mine! Mine!"
Quote from: PIYA on September 10, 2007, 01:38:27 PM
Sea gulls are evil though...they rank right up there with geese...no fear and a sharp beak. I hate them, but I can't say that I'm afraid of them...well...not to the point that I'm uncomfortable. LOL
You guys keep the stories coming, they're hilarious. I honestly don't have any crazy Thanksgiving stories. My birthday is fairly close to Thanksgiving, so growing up we always celebrated my birthday on Thanksgiving when the whole family was there, so I associate Thanksgiving as my birthday, regardless of the date. Only once it snowed so bad that no one could make it...that's about it. :biggrin:
I did try a store bought dinner one year. It was tasty, but I like my own much better.
Homemade is always best PIYA. :yes: My Grandfather's birthday was on or close to Thanksgiving. We celebrated both at the same time too. :smile:
Quote from: Bo D on September 10, 2007, 02:06:47 PM
One of my favorite movie scenes was the seagull scene from "Finding Nemo"
When the seagulls, start screaming...."Mine! Mine!"
:rotfl: I've never seen it. :spooked:
Back to the pumpkins............
Don't know if you guys have already seen these--but the carving season is soon approaching and I thought these were cool to pass on............ get your knives ready folks!
and some mo'
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 11, 2007, 01:33:42 PM
and some mo'
Those are awesome T !!!! I choked on my gum when I saw the last one!!! :rotfl: It doesn't get more creative than that LMAO!!!! :biggrin:
Love the pix, Tallu!
Dex, you've gotta see "Finding Nemo" and "Happy Feet", both awesome movies. :yes:
Quote from: PIYA on September 12, 2007, 01:16:30 AM
Love the pix, Tallu!
Dex, you've gotta see "Finding Nemo" and "Happy Feet", both awesome movies. :yes:
I miss allot of those types of movies, because I don't have children. :no:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on September 12, 2007, 04:05:35 PM
I miss allot of those types of movies, because I don't have children. :no:
Go anyway! there's lots of adults there or better yet, rent them when they're cheaper. :biggrin: Disney channel is one of
my favorite channels. :yes:
Quote from: PIYA on September 12, 2007, 04:24:44 PM
Go anyway! there's lots of adults there or better yet, rent them when they're cheaper. :biggrin: Disney channel is one of my favorite channels. :yes:
The screaming kids get on hubby's nerves, and mine a little. We've got the Disney channel, I'll have to check it out. :yes:
Yeah, the little screamers do get on one's nerves but I go with a pal of mine to some movies with her little monster--Nemo was great! :yes:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 13, 2007, 09:41:23 AM
Yeah, the little screamers do get on one's nerves but I go with a pal of mine to some movies with her little monster--Nemo was great! :yes:
Usually, if it's animated we wait for it to come to pay per veiw. :yes:
Gasp........... I've just been informed, that there is a frost advisory in effect until 9 am Saturday. :o , I hauled butt out to the punkin' patch, and picked all of the pumpkins that were mostly ripe. Got 9 of them, bringing my over all total to 25. I hate to hear about the frost, because there are still soo many out there. :'( There are 3 BIG ones, and a bunch of small ones. More babies are setting on everyday. Man, I hate that!!!! They'll be toast by morning. I feel proud and very fortunate that I had soo many. :grin2: I'm making a BIGGER patch next year. :yes: Tonight, I have to find a place to put them, so they don't freeze. I don't know where I'm going to put all of them. I'm giving some of them away. :hal3: :hal3:
Can't you cover the vines, etc. to keep them from frosting?
Quote from: PIYA on September 14, 2007, 06:07:23 PM
Can't you cover the vines, etc. to keep them from frosting?
It would be great, but now it is also a freeze advisory. :eek: Really no hope of saving them. :no: I got all of them in on the porch, so they should be alright. :yes: Still 25 is pretty good, especially when you have a black thumb like me. I'm going to miss going out and messing with the pumpkins. I really coddled them. For the first 8 weeks I watered, weeded, and talked to them every night LMAO!!! As they came on the vines, I went out every night, and turned them so they would be nice and round. It was a great experience. :yes: :hal3:
Freeze advisory? Where do you live? I hope you got to save some of them. My uncle used to use heavy burlap on his patch when it got chilly.
Is it time for pumpkin soup recipes? :biggrin:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 16, 2007, 09:16:32 AM
Freeze advisory? Where do you live? I hope you got to save some of them. My uncle used to use heavy burlap on his patch when it got chilly.
Is it time for pumpkin soup recipes? :biggrin:
Central Illinois. We did get the frost. And the vines are looking pretty sick. We'll just have to wait and see. Champs rose bush still looks stunning. I never thought about burlap for covering. Hubby said the patch was too big to cover. It is pretty big. Bring on the recipes. :biggrin: