Pumpkins!

I have this crazy addiction for pumpkins! I am so happy that it is pumpkin season again and that I am already seeing them for sale along the roadside. A few years ago I had the mother load of all pumpkin seasons. I work in ag with soybeans. A couple years back our corn group did a test field for some form of rootworm but instead of growing corn they grew pumpkins. Now I am talking acres and acres of pumpkins that were not going to be harvested. In early September they told our group that they were headed over there to mow them down. The pumpkins had been planted early and were at full maturity already. I couldn’t stand the thought of all those lovely pumpkins coming to an early death before they were fully appreciated. With that in mind I coerced one of my fellow employees to go over there with me. We took the big dually and filled it up with all those beautiful orange orbs. I was so excited. That evening I filled the back end of my station wagon up and headed home. I had the largest pile of pumpkins right in my front yard and I had no clue with what I was going to do with them. The next morning he and I headed back over for another fill up. We were generous with all the other employees and then hauled the remaining ones to my house. I was in pumpkin heaven. I had them everywhere, on the lawn, in the house with my large wooden dough bowls full. The best surprise came the following year. I had to dispose of all that orange after Thanksgiving so we hauled them all back to an area we call the burn pit. The following summer I had a large plot of volunteer pumpkins. I was able to enjoy 2 full years of pumpkins from that one research project! This year I hope to find some really nice blue and white gourds to add to my mix that I have already purchased and of course some bittersweet and yellow and green gourds, and nice big mums and well you get the picture!