Monday, September 24, 2012

Pumpkins

Every year we plant several hills of pumpkins so that we can sell them in the fall.  We put the first ones out about ten days ago and so far have sold enough to make next year's seed money for the entire vegetable garden.  The white ones are catching on; in fact, we seem to be selling more white ones than orange ones this year.




We added small gourds this year also.


We sometimes put squash out also, but this year we didn't get many.

 We have the pumpkins out by the road and run this on the honor system.  In the four or five years we've been doing this, we've only had one "incident".  Last year someone took between 15 and 20 pumpkins without paying for them, and we later found them smashed along the road.  For the most part, people around here are very honest, so we will continue to operate it the same way.










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  1. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2012 at 6:36 AM

    I would love to grow pumpkins sometime, although I have never heard of white pumpkins! Glad it was profitable for you :-).

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    1. MeadowcreekSeptember 24, 2012 at 12:02 PM

      Thanks. This is the third year we've grown white ones. We didn't sell many the first year, though. I think people are starting to try using different ones for fall decorations.

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  2. Gretchen Stuppy CarlsonSeptember 25, 2012 at 6:37 AM

    Those white pumpkins are great! I am just starting a new homestead related link up, and would love you to join. If you get a moment, come by and check it out! http://www.simplejoyfulliving.com/2012/09/backyard-farming-connection-bees.html

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    1. MeadowcreekSeptember 25, 2012 at 7:26 AM

      I just joined your blog hop. Thanks for the invitation!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Whoa white pumpkins!

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  4. momto5September 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    awesome pumpkins. how many did you get total?
    i love that you are all set for seed money for next year. :)

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    1. MeadowcreekSeptember 30, 2012 at 5:58 AM

      Thanks for visiting my blog. We never count how many pumpkins we have, but based on the money we've made and approximately how many are left in the garden, I would say we probably only had about 60-70. This is not as many as other years, maybe because of the hot and dry summer we had. But that's okay; anything more than what we need for seed money is extra.

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