Northernfox
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rainbowgardener wrote:
Northernfox wrote:8000 sq feet is 1.75 times larger than my property. :(
It's OK.... check out my post at the bottom of this thread, about what I grow from 200 sq feet of veggie gardens:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=275278&highlight=200#275278

If you are growing 32 # pumpkins, you already know you can do a lot with a little space.
I do very much enjoy my small garden. The 32 lbs pumpkin was grown in a 2' by 2' box of 2/3 winter compost almost no degradation when I planted and 1/3 grass to keep the smell down and soil to start in. It grew on a trellis 3' off the ground and was the only pumpkin I got from that plant.

One day I hope to snag a 100lbs pumpkin :) next year possibly!

That being said I won't have much time to baby them as my wife and I are expecting our first child in March! A baby boy to grow my pumpkins for :)

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ElizabethB
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How about zuchini bread with all of the excess fruit? Make it now and freeze. I make mini loaves to give to friends and family at Christmas.

Yumm!

Northernfox
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That is a great idea!!! Ill have to get a larger freezer lol

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jal_ut
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March! A baby boy to grow my pumpkins for Smile
Hey, that's great. Congrats.



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