We spent some time at the allotment last weekend clearing all the finished crops and tidying up. Whilst there we found we had been visited by the Pumpkin Fairy who left a whopping 23kg (51lb) pumpkin for us. I knew I should have gone to the allotment before Hallowe'en!My husband Ed's all for making another Hallowe'en lantern but I think we missed the boat there. I'll be spending most of today preparing it into puree and freezing it in portions for soups and pies all through winter.
Thank you, Pumpkin Fairy!
Edited on 07 Nov to add a photo of the pumpkin with Sam, for scale.
5 comments:
Hello! Thanks for your lovely comment on Anything but Sprouts, and you're absolutely right that I should update my blog more regularly. I've had to prioritise my other writing this year, and the garden's taken a hit because of it - although it should be better for next year's growth eh?. Next year should be quite different for me work wise, so hopefully the plot will get the love and care it deserves!
I'll do an update of the whole blog soon and i'll definitely put your link on! Your site is lovely!
I've got no frame of reference for that - is it about the size of a beach ball? If so perhaps you have the same pumpkin fairy as we do!
Hi Al, thanks for your nice comments. I hope you get plenty of time next year so your plot can flourish (and your excellent blog as well).
Hedgie - good point, I've added a photo of the pumpkin and my 5-year-old son, Sam, for scale.
That is one big pumpkin. Are you going to count how many things you make out of it?
Wow, that's huge, my Dad had all his pumpkins stolen from his lottie, so my daughter had to make do with a swede this year, however when we visited the Animal Farm in Brean on the weekend they were giving them away so she had a pumpkin lantern for Bonfire night instead I have saved the seeds for planting next year !
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