The big pumpkins in the picture are the Big Max variety, the small ones are Baby Pam (which are supposed to be excellent for pie), a honeydew, a watermelon (Sugar Baby), some butternut squash and green peppers as well as several tomatoes, a cucumber and a zucchini.
We also did lettuce, sunflowers, cantaloupe, spinach, peas, and another pumpkin called Howden, which grew pumpkins the boys described as "demented." We'll probably stick to the traditional-looking ones in the future. I'd have to say the garden was a success this year, despite all our summer squash and pumpkin plants getting powdery mildew and dying off over the last 2-3 weeks and the onions, beans, cauliflower, broccoli and hot peppers (jalapeno and habanero) being a complete bust.
We're saving seed from our spinach, peas, Big Max pumpkins, watermelon, butternut and sunflowers. All the other melons, squash and pumpkins will cross with each other or were hybrids, so we aren't saving seed for those. We bought a cool book called Seed to Seed that covers a ton of information on saving seed, so we're going to give it a whirl. Wish us luck!
6 comments:
Those are some lovely pumpkins! and Watermelon!!! You guys are amazing!!!
Tracy, you are the best gardener ever!
To set the record straight, my entire contribution to the garden was to eat the stuff after Tracy picked it and brought it in. Sometimes, he even has to wash, cut, and cook it, too. :)
What a delicious looking harvest!!
those are amazimg veggies. for he first time in my working buying pumpkins im going to post why im buying pumpkins as soon as i buy them and take pictures
i ment to say for the first time in my working life im buying pumpkins
WOW!! You're a real gardener! That's awesome! I need to get some tips from you, for sure.
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