On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:35:59 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 29/10/2012 6:15 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> I either use canned pumpkin or [sometimes] fresh butternut squash.
>> When I grew pie pumpkins they were sweet and dark enough for my
>> tastes, but I haven't grown them in years.
>>
>
>The only pumpkins I grow are accidental. My wife always gets a few
>pumpkins for fall decorations. I take them out to the compost bin and
>almost always end up with with a few plants growing wild.

I've heard pumpkins being considered a garbage vegetable.

John Kuthe...