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 haven't planted pumpkins in years and years-- But one sprouted this
spring near the compost pile. I suspect it came from a squash from
the Asian supermarket. I was hoping for a Hubbard or a big Asian
squash--I got eight 30-40 lb Jack-o-lantern pumpkins instead.

I sent the biggest ones to a friend to carve into Pugs. I'm torn on
whether it is worth the effort to get the seeds out of the others- or
if I'll just let them be pretty until they aren't any more.

Jim