Sitting on the terrace wall are a row of pretty little pumpkins! Volunteers, all, they sprung from seeds that were pitched in the compost last fall ... delicata squash seeds, butternut squash seeds, pumpkin seeds, acorn squash seeds that made their way through the winter in the soil and came up in the lower garden when SB spread the composted soil in the spring. Some look to be lovely sugar pumpkins and some look to be delicata/pumpkin hybrids! Interesting, to say the least!
They are destined to be 'vases' for a church supper ... carved out, filled with small plastic cups of water and filled with chrysanthemum blossoms, they will be lovely little harvest home bouquets ... and then, I plan to cook the orange ones up to pulp for pies and stuffed raviolis, and roast the delicata pumpkins with a pork roast! Double duty for these pumpkins! It's the Yankee way!
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That's one sharp and colourful photo. The fun part of fall. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGood for you. Double duty!
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It is definitely switching seasons right now. The first hint: ripe pumpkins. Lovely photo. Snapshot Saturday
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo...and I loved the story of how they sprang to life...and what will happen to them. The cycle of life. Thanks for sharing, and here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST
ReplyDeleteI am a real summer person but am slowly appreciating fall/autumn much more.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful harvest! I hope you'll take photos that show all the ways these pumpkins are used. I'm especially intrigued by the pumpkin "vases." How clever. Would love to see those.
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They do look very cheery, and I bet will be delicious.
ReplyDeleteI love those pumpkins :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea. I had never thought of using them as a vase before. Pumpkin is yummy especially baked pumpkin like I used to get in Australia.
ReplyDeleteSean at His and Her Hobbies
Love your photo, hope to see the photo of their use as vases!
ReplyDeleteThey will be lovely as autumn vases, but they'll never be any more charming than they are on the garden wall. Will there be more volunteers next year from this group? The gift that keeps on giving... Yes, you have the Yankee way down pat...another gift that keeps on giving.
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