October 26, 2016
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Don’t Forget to Eat the Pumpkin

  This video makes a great point:  it takes 5 months to grow a pumpkin from a seed to a large gourd, and a lot of resources.  In the ever-diminishing window of time between ‘fall decor’ and ‘winter decor’, (it … Continue reading

August 21, 2013
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First Pumpkin

Harvested the year’s first pumpkin–a pretty adorable sugar pie. Hopefully a few more ‘winter luxury pie’ to follow. It’s been a foggy July and most of August, and the powdery mildew has run wild.  I think we’re lucky we got anything at … Continue reading