I had fun today in my "workshops". I got another round of salsa made. I used mostly tomatoes but added the tomatillos that we had harvested thus far. Made for a nice batch- 8 jars in all. Spent some time making 2 loaves of bread and while that was rising I got the better part of a new dress made. I cut it out the other day and started assembly this afternoon. Not bad for a Sunday.
After dinner we went outside to plant another row of October beans and while we were there we decided we had had it with the squash vines all over the garden. They were starting to die back so we went ahead and harvested all of them even if it is a bit early. This is what we got.
5 giant pumpkins, 16 green pie pumpkins (?) and 2 butternut squash. Not a bad haul for not planting any of it.
I washed all of them off in the garden sink and then rinsed them all with a bleach water solution and placed them in this rack to dry. This kills any bacteria that might migrate thru the newly cut stem and is supposed to help them keep longer. We are not sure if the smaller green ones will eventually turn totally orange as they do have some spots of orange right now. If they do go all orange, I will assume they are pie pumpkins and if they are.....we will be blessing you with some of them as I don't need but 1 or 2 pie pumpkins for the year. These jack-O-lanterns and a hay bale will make a nice fall arrangement on the front porch.
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