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Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Mar

My little tomato plant is putting a lot of effort into producing these tiny tomatoes. My standard lunch at the moment is lettuce, 5-6 tiny tomatoes, cheese, a handful of sultanas, cucumber and a touch of Italian dressing. Very...

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Some things didn’t turn out so bad

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 5 Nov

It hasn’t been a great year for the garden. It started off OK but the summer was very dry. It wasn’t as hot as some of the recent summers have been, thankfully, but the lack of rain was a real issue. Although I have ten water...

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Interesting Facts About Halloween

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 28 Oct

Halloween and pumpkins go hand in hand. I've shared some facts I thought interesting: * Morton, Illinois is the pumpkin capitol of the world. The town produces about 85% of the world’s canned pumpkin, and 95% of that produced in...

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An update on the pumpkin

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Apr 25

Back on the 19th of March, I posted a photo of a pumpkin plant. There was a stone about a foot from the end of a runner. It’s now 17 days later and I’ve taken another photo of the plant. I’ve put a brick about where the stone had...

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Growing where it shouldn't

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar 25

We are house-sitting and there are lawns on both sides of the house. This vagrant plant is poking its head out through the lawn. Do you recognise it? It’s a pumpkin. There are several pumpkin platns in the garden but somehow this...

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Two days' growth

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar 25

Can you see the small stone in the lower part of the photo? Two days ago, Vince put that stone at the end of the growing tip of the pumpkin. We are waiting to see how much it grows over the time we’re here. There are other...

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Bear steals candy and a pumpkin from a home in Connecticut

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122067) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Nov 24

Crystal Cooke who is a resident of Avon Connecticut is upset that a bear who was hungry decided to eat candy that Crystal placed on the front porch as well as taking on her family pumpkins on Halloween night. After the bear ate...

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Pumpkin Patches

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 27 Oct 24

I haven't been to one in a long time. I quit driving in 2014 or so and so a lot of the things we used to do we can't. No family or friends that want to go either. But, I used to enjoy them a lot. The corn haze where you'd try to...

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Yesterday i had parval pumpkin curry with chapatis

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 6 Oct 24

Yesterday i had parval pumpkin curry with chapatis. Parval in India means pointed gourd. It is cooked with potatoes and pumpkin. It is a watery curry but very delicious. It can be eaten with both chapatis and also rice.

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Today I had drumstick brinjal potato curry with rice.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 26 Jun 24

Today I had drumstick brinjal potato curry with rice. Drumstick in bengali is called danta. Also pumpkin is added in the curry. Some bengali use the seeds of jackfruit boil them and add in the curry. It tastes nice.

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Today I had cabbage curry and pumpkin curry.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 7 Jun 24

Today I had cabbage curry and pumpkin curry with rice. The cabbage is called badhakopi in bengali. It is cooked with potatoes. In the pumpkin curry also called kumro in bengali there was brinjal and seeds of jackfruit

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Today I had pumpkin parval curry.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 20 May 24

In bengal pumpkin parval curry is popular with chapatis. Pumpkin is called kumro in bengali. Parval is called potol. Both are mixed with potatoes to make curry. They are eaten with chapatis and they taste delicious.

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Most people think they are just for decoration. . .

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 16 Dec 23

I am talking about the miniature pumpkins the stores have in the fall. For one of our classroom projects we bought some. I did not get around to decorating the one they gave me. So today I cooked it. I had heard of doing this,...

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Largest Pumpkins and Pies

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 19 Oct 23

I love pumpkin pie. I found online today that the largest pie ever baked was one that was 3,699 pounds on September 25, 2010, by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers located in Ohio. On October 9, 2023, the World Record Pumpkin...

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I Was in the Mood for Pumpkin

Karen Hellier @Kouponkaren (5497) • United States 25 Sep 23

I love fall and one of the things I love most about it is everything pumpkin. I have had a can of pumpkin sitting on the shelf for 3 days now and I finally decided tonight was the night I was going to open it and make some...

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A treat, and a steal

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 13 Sep 23

Bob wanted a burger. So we drove 23 miles to the Wendy's. We got our hamburgers and along with them we had pumpkin frostees. A frostee is Wendy's version of a very thick milk shake. This was so good. It was our treat. I needed...

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Are You a Pumpkin Junkie?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 7 Sep 23

It's getting to be the season when various merchants are starting to carry pumpkin products. Krispy Kreme has an ad to "Try Our Pumpkin Spice Collection". They had a picture of hot and cold pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin spice...

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I'm going to be a Mummy!!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb 23

Look what I discovered today! My pumpkin plant has a tiny pumpkin on it. I couldn’t find another one but plants are good at hiding their babies under leaves, etc so hopefully there may be more to come. This one has five weeks to...

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One more thing about Chili

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 13 Feb 23

I posted about making chili, actually my wife and I both made it, maybe that's why it got too hot. But adding the small potatoes, a little lime juice & red wine took fare of the heat. We added an odd thing to the chili, and I...

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My pumpkin is up and running

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Feb 23

In the centre of the photo between the two pots is a runner from my pumpkin plant. It is attached to the ground back behind the bird bath so it is off and running. Hopefully, you’ll be able to pick out the runner with its biggish,...

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