Our compost pile developed a pumpkin vine,and, lo and behold, we have a pumpkin! Anyone for pumpkin pie in June?
Well Mart, we aren't going to harvest it just yet. When I'm planning the pie, I'll let you know, and you can come and sample some of our wine closet contents while the pie bakes!
No, no, no! This is a pie pumpkin, not the overgrown, hollow heart pumpkins for jack 'o lanterns, and definitely not dog food! We won't have a million in a month--perhaps one or two more. The compost pile can support just so much, and we can handle just a few. What we don't use immediately I prepare and freeze pumpkin puree for future use as pumpkin bread or fritters, or even pie at Thanksgiving.
I have some tins of pumpkin puree here for him so he won't go short. He loves a couple of tablespoonsful in with his meat and biscuits. It's great for dogs digestion systems as long as it's not raw pumpkin. I might pop along though to taste some of your pumpkin pie.
And yet more pumpkin! We were examining the pumpkin shown in the photo and found another on the vine--small, green, but definitely a pumpkin. The big pumpkin leaves are shading the volunteer tomato vines and keeping their tomatoes from getting sun scald. I may not plant a garden next year, but just wait to see what the compost pile gives us!
Mmmmm! More pumpkin pie? If you also find some cucumber, red onions, and a goat in there you have a Greek salad. If you know how to milk the goat and make feta cheese that is.
Droopy, cucumbers and red onions we have. Goats, no. However, there are a lot of goats in Texas, to the point of some land being "goated out" which means all vegetation is eaten off and erosion sets in. I can buy feta cheese, so I may make that Greek salad you mentioned. Sounds like a good lunch option!
I never knew "goated out" was a thing! I'm so sorry about the effects of the goats on your environment. We need more goats to keep the landscape open, but people don't want goat meat and farmers won't spend their hard-earned money for charity, so here we are... Greek salad is a nice lunch, and also good with a wide range of dinners and suppers. I can eat a lot of it if given half a chance.
