So, I had these seeds when I went Pumpkin picking in October 2015 . I saved the seeds from the pumpkin thinking I should do some pumpkin" Krishi". But that never happened till 2019 :-).
Some pics of my pumpkin picking in 2015 in Carrigan Farms ...Oh memories !!!
This is the truck that takes us all to the pumpkin patch and brings us back happily with those pumpkins
For those who have never seen what a pumpkin patch looks like, look at the pic below :-)
Some more pics...
I was not even sure that seeds would germinate. I planted them in a pot indoor sometime during March 2019. Didn't even water it well, but, these are fighters, the seedlings showed up beautifully. By April sometime, I took them outside and planted them in the raised vegetable garden bed. Here are some pics of the pumpkin plants, April 2019 from the seeds I collected in 2015.
They do very faithfully give me flowers everyday, although no pumpkins yet, I wait patiently day after day hoping for at least one pumpkin for all the peat moss, garden soil, compost, water and most importantly my love and attention I have been giving it for the last two months and also for keeping those seeds safe through the 3 moves that we had !
Here are the pics of my humble pumpkin patch :-) May 2019
So, yesterday Lilyaunty my neighbor, she came by and encouraged me to cut the leaves and the flowers and make a thoren. I wasn't quite sure people ate pumpkin leaves and flowers. I've been so paranoid to try anything new after being stung ( or whatever it is you want to call) by the Poison Ivy plant. (My poison ivy rash eposide is a whole different story which I will be putting it out there separately for my fellow poison ivy rash sufferers )
Pics of my Thoren :-) . Ok so I added some Red Chori Beans and Scrambled eggs to the thoren to give it a mass entry into our home ;) and let me say, it truly was so tasty and felt so healthy eating it.
I send a pic of this thoren to my cousin and he asked me to make " pacha morr" to go with it and I made that too, had some fish fry, Fish curry, pacha morr, and this awesome " pumpkin leaves and flower" thoren yesterday.
Here are some pics :
Hopefully, you enjoyed my pumpkin visheshangal. Thank you for patiently reading this or scrolling down till here. Have a wonderful rest of your day !
Love,
N~
Some pics of my pumpkin picking in 2015 in Carrigan Farms ...Oh memories !!!
I was not even sure that seeds would germinate. I planted them in a pot indoor sometime during March 2019. Didn't even water it well, but, these are fighters, the seedlings showed up beautifully. By April sometime, I took them outside and planted them in the raised vegetable garden bed. Here are some pics of the pumpkin plants, April 2019 from the seeds I collected in 2015.
They do very faithfully give me flowers everyday, although no pumpkins yet, I wait patiently day after day hoping for at least one pumpkin for all the peat moss, garden soil, compost, water and most importantly my love and attention I have been giving it for the last two months and also for keeping those seeds safe through the 3 moves that we had !
Here are the pics of my humble pumpkin patch :-) May 2019
So, yesterday Lilyaunty my neighbor, she came by and encouraged me to cut the leaves and the flowers and make a thoren. I wasn't quite sure people ate pumpkin leaves and flowers. I've been so paranoid to try anything new after being stung ( or whatever it is you want to call) by the Poison Ivy plant. (My poison ivy rash eposide is a whole different story which I will be putting it out there separately for my fellow poison ivy rash sufferers )
Pics of my Thoren :-) . Ok so I added some Red Chori Beans and Scrambled eggs to the thoren to give it a mass entry into our home ;) and let me say, it truly was so tasty and felt so healthy eating it.
I send a pic of this thoren to my cousin and he asked me to make " pacha morr" to go with it and I made that too, had some fish fry, Fish curry, pacha morr, and this awesome " pumpkin leaves and flower" thoren yesterday.
Here are some pics :
Hopefully, you enjoyed my pumpkin visheshangal. Thank you for patiently reading this or scrolling down till here. Have a wonderful rest of your day !
Love,
N~
