PinIt

Showing posts with label heirloom pumpkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heirloom pumpkins. Show all posts

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Pumpkin Patch 2013

We planted 7 varieties of pumpkins this year, in a patch 37'x50'. Just like my tomatoes and apples, most pumpkins are heirlooms. 
1) Rouge Vif d'Etampes
2) Lumina
3) Musquee de Provence
4) Connecticut Field
5) Luxury Pie
6) Jarrahdale
7) Jack o'Lantern

We've had a very wet season, most unusual for this time of year. Several of our pumpkins were hit with powdery mildew, and then finished off by squash bugs! The patch grew strong all season until this past month. In the course of 2 weeks several of our vines died. Luckily I think we'll get at least one pumpkin of each! The coloring is just starting to turn, they're beautiful! Now I am addicted to growing pumpkins!
I can't wait to carve, eat, and decorate with them!







Do you grow pumpkins? What do you do with them through the season?

-Live Simple, Be Happy-
Magnolia Holler