Down under pumpkin pie
Walter gave us a Jarrahdale
pumpkin as a bonus with the straw.
It has a slate green color
with a hard skin and originates in Australia.
We should make a point to
save some seeds and see how they grow here.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I grow them to make stuffed pumpkin: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pumpkin-stuffed-with-everything-good-361169 My best harvest was when seeds sprouted out of the compost pile and the plant grew up a nearby white pine tree. Harvesting heavy orbs from 15 feet above my head was an experience! I cut, and the husband caught....