Four Little Pumpkins Sitting on the Fence

[ninnymary]

Four Little Pumpkins Sitting on the Fence

Sounds like the start of a nursery rhyme.

THANX RICH

It's the first line of a children's book called Five Little Pumpkins.

Mary

 

[baymule]

Nice pumpkins Mary, you should be proud of yourself! I grew pumpkins too, by accident. I took DD's Halloween/Thanksgiving/winter decoration pumpkins last year and fed them to the pigs. Several came up, in March. I got 2 minis and 2 large orange, but I don't think they'll make it until fall. The vines died and I had to cut the pumpkins. The sheep will get them.

 

[ninnymary]

My pumpkins last till April. I finally get tired of them and toss them away. My chickens don't like them.

Mary

 

[digitS']

You could serve soup in them to 4 people, Mary!

I had trouble with varieties that were too late maturing. Nobody wants a green pumpkin for Halloween!

The pumpkin growers probably demand accuracy in days-to-maturity, at least, by comparison. I think I found that if the pumpkin is rated at less than 100 days, it would be okay.

Then, I had to learn that "frost on the pumpkin" was not a desirable occurrence ..! Kept out of frost, they can store as well in my basement as most winter squash. I wish I knew better what to do with them in the kitchen ...

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Steve can your pumpkins put a fancy label on it and sell to dog owner as a colon regulator for big $$$

 

[digitS']

@Nyboy ,

I'll never be a Buffett, Trump, or Icahn type CEO.

I can't bring myself to take advantage of some opportunities. It's a failing, yes I know

.

Steve

 

[Beekissed]

My pumpkins last till April. I finally get tired of them and toss them away. My chickens don't like them.

Mary

Ferment them first, Miss Mary...they will gobble them up like crazy! If you can't do that, try freezing them, then thawing them...this may convert the starches to sugars and make them more appealing.

The type of pumpkin you are growing isn't real conducive to making a great fermentation but if you can manage to let them rot before feeding them to the chickens they are much easier and sweeter for them to eat.

Pumpkins seeds are a great anthelmintic.

 

[ninnymary]

Bee, I remembered you telling me this last year. Unfortunately, when my husband sees them starting to rot, he throws them out.

Mary

 

[Beekissed]

Bee, I remembered you telling me this last year. Unfortunately, when my husband sees them starting to rot, he throws them out.

Mary

That's easy....tell him to "throw them out" into the chicken run. Even my dogs love rotten pumpkins and will eat them right along with the chickens and even lick the ground where all the goo has spilled out.

 

[ninnymary]

I have this mental picture of him making a face and saying it's gross to give the hens rotten food and that they're gonna get sick. haha

Mary