New Crop

[poliphilo]

Rats were nesting in the bed of heathers under the dining room window so (as you may remember) I cleared the heathers out with a scythe. Matthew told me they wouldn't grow again and suggested we plant pumpkins. "Really?" I said. "Yes," he said, "They have lovely big leaves,"

So apologies to artkouros; he suggested pumpkins too and I'm afraid I didn't take him seriously.

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

And you can get some of those plastic molds and grow them to look like famous people.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Pumpkins are beautiful plants, and if they get enough water they quickly spread to cover a large area. Just make sure to have some bricks or stones ready when the pumpkins develop; it's best to keep them off the ground so they don't rot or get too infested with pests.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. No shortage of stones and tiles round here.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

-And of course there's pumpkin carving to look forward to! I found that immensely fun... (And really not hard at all to make something interesting that goes beyond the regular jack-o-lantern!)

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

(Not sure why the picture is displayed upside down...)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I haven't carved a pumpkin for a few years now but I'm looking forward to having another go.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Last year was the first time I ever carved a pumpkin... I googled for wood cuts, then used one of the images as my inspiration for the cutting. I could have been more ambitious, though; it really wasn't hard to do the curvy lines, so next year I will do something more challenging.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

They are also great at killing weeds by shading out everything. One farmer I worked for used them for clearing fields - after a few years of pumpkins, the field was free of weeds and shrubs.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That'll make Matthew's life easier.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Then come harvest time, there's all that yummy pumpkin soup and all the other goodies!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm very fond of pumpkin pie.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Do you know- that's something I've never tried!