PUMPKIN TIME!!
I never planted pumpkins but somehow these little plants came up amongst the beans and courgettes. The leaves looked like courgette at first but it soon became obvious they were not!
Little green globes started to form and then grow and I decided to just leave them and see what happened.
They grew and grew and then started to ripen to orange a dead giveaway they are pumpkins!
In the end we have 10 lovely round, orange pumpkins waiting to be picked.
I have promised BoyG he could pick one next weekend and if Miss Lizzie comes she can have one too.
The biggest will hopefully last till Halloween and I can carve it out but the others will become roast pumpkin, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin jam, jelly and chutney to remind us of them throughout the darkest days if winter!
Next year I will plant some and nurture them where I actually want them to grow!
Pumpkin soup anyone??
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