A punnet of pumpkin plants
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (371000)
Rockingham, Australia
December 10, 2025 10:05pm CST
We pulled out some parsley plants yesterday. They were well past their best and it was time to get new ones. I also bought a punnet of butternut pumpkin seedlings, two of which you can see in the photo.
Vince also bought a punnet of basil which Vince uses in his recipes from time to time. It’s nice having fresh herbs to use and I’m hoping I’ll get lots of butternuts from my pumpkin plants. They’re known as butternut squash in America, I think.
Hopefully I’ll have enough to give some away to friends. Although they keep well, the produce from six plants will hopefully be a LOT of pumpkins. Two years back, I bought a miniature butternut plant but it didn’t do well at all.
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@LeaPea2417 (39432)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Dec
@LadyDuck I didn't know that about parsley and making soup.
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@LindaOHio (213083)
• United States
11 Dec
The seedlings look very healthy!! I hope they thrive.
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec
@LindaOHio Funny, isn't it? And we're going into our longest day shortly. 
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@LindaOHio (213083)
• United States
12 Dec
@JudyEv And we have temps below freezing!!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17142)
• China
11 Dec
I don't know what the butternut squash is like.Here some people grow basil for repelling flies.
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec
@changjiangzhibin89 You're welcome.
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@DaddyEvil (167210)
• United States
11 Dec
I like fresh herbs when I can get them for my cooking, too. We used to have basil and thyme in pots on the front porch along with green onions/bunch onions. (I'd cut the green tops off to use in eggs, soups and stews and leave the onion itself in the ground to produce more.)
Good luck with the butternut squash. (I never liked them but mom grew them all the time.)
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@DaddyEvil (167210)
• United States
12 Dec
@JudyEv I didn't know you could do that with garlic, too. 
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec
@DaddyEvil We also have small containers of cut-up spring onions in the freezer.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Dec
I was surprised that they're called pumpkin plants yet the result are called butternuts. I like using fresh basil too but never did well growing it.
I would like to say that the picture you're using now makes you look younger than one you used before when maybe your hair was shorter.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Dec
@JudyEv are any of the varieties of pumpkin there the ones we sell as pumpkins here? I'm guessing they are all in the squash family or perhaps pumpkin family there.
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Dec
@MarshaMusselman They're pumpkins. Apart from butternuts, you rarely see squash. I think there might be a spaghetti squash that you see occasionally.
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec
We have various pumpkin varieties here - Queensland Blue, JAP, Jarrahdale and the butternut is just another one. I know they're called squash there.
I like my hair long and it's been like that for a long time now. I could update my photo but I don't think I look much different.
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@Deepizzaguy (118050)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Dec
The parsley plants look good on this post.
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Those are butternut pumpkin plants.
@luisadannointed (10127)
• Philippines
12 Dec
Wow! How long do you need to wait before you can have the pumpkins?
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@RasmaSandra (93945)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Dec
Best of luck to you and I hope you grow lots of pumpkins,
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@Marilynda1225 (88529)
• United States
11 Dec
Wish I lived closer to enjoy some of those butternut squash when you have an overload. Nothing beats fresh from the garden.
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@JudyEv (371000)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Dec
Vince is having a fresh tomato each day on his toast and really enjoying it.
@Dreamerby (9912)
• Calcutta, India
11 Dec
I learn a new word from your post- "punnet" . Thanks!
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@Dreamerby (9912)
• Calcutta, India
12 Dec
@JudyEv yeah true. The more I read, the more I can ameliorate my vocabulary.
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