Re: Pumpkins

We sold our large pumpkins: some people will buy anything.

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> From: ROSS E STANFORD <pattie@juno.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Pumpkins
> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 8:42 AM
> 
> 
> Ok,  I was sneaky.  I twisted a conversation around to growing
> pumpkins, with my son in law.  I finally got him to challenge me
> to a pumpkin growing contest.  He thinks this was his idea.  Ha.
> I will not tell him about Duncan's pumpkin page.  Hey, he made the
> challenge.
> Any way, I need to know what do I do with the humongous pumpkins
> that I will have next year?  I seldom think this far ahead.
>  These thing are going to be too large to move. (If nothing else, I am
> always optimistic)
>      Do I just let them rot and then till them into the garden soil
> next spring?  Or do I try to cut them up and distribute them around
> the garden and then till them in?  Or do I just start a new compost
> pile with them as the first and main ingredient?  
>      I am not into composting,( I am ashamed to have to admit this)
>  however this may make me start.  Are they going to be any good
> for the soil?
>      Stan             the cheap and lazy gardener.
> P.S.  I have learned a lot about gourds lately.  I am going to 
> grow a bunch of them next year.  Maybe I can devise a gourd
> based seed starting pot.  Kind of like a peat pot, but a lot
> cheaper.  Hmmmm,  cheap and lazy may have a confrontation here.
> 
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