We used a pumpkin from a produce swap, spices and olive oil. That's it!
Recipe: Spicy Roasted Pumpkin Wedges
Fall isn't fall without pumpkins, and this recipe for Spicy Roasted Pumpkin Wedges really brings fall into focus.
Ask Gardenerd: Pumpkin Fruits Dropping
David D. writes into Ask Gardenerd this week about his pumpkin fruits dropping before the flowers open to pollinate. What's wrong here? Let's explore the so
Tasty and easy to make in about 30 minutes.
Recipe: Mini Pumpkin Sage Balls
'Tis the season for pumpkin everything, so these mini pumpkin sage balls are perfect for quick snacks or appetizers during the holidays. We've had this recipe sitting around since 2010 and finally got around to making them. You can make your own pumpkin puree to use in this recipe, or just grab a can (we did, since we're eating all our home-grown squash in solid form this year). The result is quick and easy, not to mention tasty. Mini Pumpkin…
The pumpkin (ours anyway) was only about 8 inches in diameter.
Harvesting Silver Edge Pumpkin Seeds
I fell in love with Silver Edge pumpkin seeds the moment I laid eyes on them. This Mexico native squash wins every beauty contest when it comes to seeds. They're enormous, they're exotic and they have a shiny SILVER EDGE! What could be better? Well...this: they taste delicious. Silver Edge pumpkins are not grown for the flesh, which is allegedly unpalatable, they are grown for the seeds. Traditionally used in pipian sauce, a green mole-type sauce without the chocolate, Silver…
Rouge Vif e’Etampes much like the one we grew this year
When Life Gives You Destruction: The Pumpkin Massacre
Each year, we grow our own pumpkins for Halloween and winter pumpkin puree-based desserts. Most years it goes well, but this year's results left much to be desired. It all started out so good... We planted Rouge Vif e’Etampes (AKA Cinderella's Carriage) and despite our gloomy overcast summer dishing out gobs of powdery mildew, they thrived. We had three pumpkins in one cluster growing gangbusters. Then, well past the point of pollination infancy, one 5" small pumpkin withered and fell…
One of two Cinderella Pumpkins grown in 2012
Making Pumpkin Puree
Did you know that most pumpkin puree sold in a can is not actually pumpkin? It's some other kind of squash masquerading as pumpkin. There's only one way to know for sure that you have the genuine article, and that's to make it yourself. It's easy, and not very time consuming. We harvested 2 pumpkins this year (sad, but still something to show for the season). One of those beauties was massacred in the street on Halloween night. The other…
Carve a Pumpkin
It's almost Halloween, which means it's time for roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin carving, pumpkin bread and bags and bags of Twix. Okay, maybe not that last part...
Pumpkin Mania 2009
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Even Pumpkins
We got a fine question at Ask Gardenerd this week:
"I just harvested my pumpkins. They all are a very beautiful orange
color. However, after rolling them over, all are flat on the bottom side
that was next to the ground, and a white color is on that side. What can I do
next year to prevent this?"
Pumpkins on the Early Side
Believe it or not, our pumpkins have finished up already this year. The vine has dried up and those bright orange globes are littered about the garden, just waiting for fall holiday celebrations. But we had a good reason to put them to use right away in the middle of summer - curiosity.
You may recall an earlier post where I talked about the crazy pumpkins taking over the yard: Houston, we have some Squash!
What I didn't mention is that, even though I hand pollinated all of those pumpkins, only 1 of them actually came out ...