It is time to harvest our squash and pumpkin - yes, pumpkin, singular. We only got one. Normally we are overrun with squash and pumpkins at this time of year. However, these particular veggies did not grow very well this year much to the dismay of our sheep who were looking forward to a pumpkin feast. We read that when you have a surplus of pumpkins you can let them freeze outside and then defrost them one by one throughout the winter as a delicious snack for the livestock. Sadly, our one pumpkin will not go very far. Especially since we will likely eat it ourselves in the form of delicious pumpkin pie. We are thinking about doing a post-Halloween suburban neighbourhood drive-by to pick up some old Jack-o-lanterns to use for sheep snack purposes.
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| Our 2014 squash and pumpkin harvest |
In the meantime, we will enjoy roasting up the squash that we did harvest - except the nicest ones which we will enter into the Carp Fair this coming weekend.
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| Carp Fair selections |
I am especially looking forward to roasting the squash seeds - nothing says autumn like roasted squash and pumpkin seeds. Not to worry though, our sheep and chickens will not be completely deprived; we will feed them the pulp and the roasted skins. They will think this is quite the delectable treat.
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