[CottonBall]

Well, I thought I was going to have a bumper crop of pumpkins this year - had a couple hundred that got up to about 10 pounds, then during a long cool rainy spell, every one rotted.

Well, crap. How depressing.

Had it not been for the butternut squash, this would have been a bleak squash year. But the butternuts produced more than enough - about 80-90 in a 10X20 plot (lost count as we were eating them).

yum! Do they last a long time during the fall?

Got all my black beans picked and threshed and sorghum for the chickens harvested and bagged - Whew... Still have to dig the carrots and got one more picking of peppers (about a bushel and a half).

What do you do with sorghum and chicken? And does 'bagged' mean 'canned'? (Or 'jarred'?)

[DelaWhere]

>>>yum! Do they last a long time during the fall?
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If you wash them with bleach water and dry, then store where they have air circulation, butternut squash will keep all winter and into spring if you have any left. They are so versatile (use in place of pumpkin, sweet potatoes, or other squash - pies, soups, candied, breads, etc.) You can even peel, chunk and can it, but they keep so well I usually don’t bother. (only did it once a few years ago to try it - worked fine.)

I particularly appreciate them when I look in the grocery store and see them at $1.79/lb. (about 2# each)- At that rate, they paid for the whole garden including fuel, seed, fertilizer, everything! Waltham is the variety that I prefer.

LOL - CB is getting tired.... >>>What do you do with sorghum and chicken? And does ‘bagged’ mean ‘canned’? (Or ‘jarred’?)<<<

I cut the sorghum and let it dry, then store it in feed bags (burlap) then I feed it to the chickenS - they love it... Egg production seems to go up when we feed them our own grains and excess veggies.