From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Pavel314 wrote:   
   ...   
   >  I planted buttercups this year and didn't think they yielded anything.   
   Recently, I went out to the pumpkin patch and noticed 7 or 8 of them hiding   
   under the leaves of the pumpkin vines. The cantaloupes did well, but we didn't   
   get anything from the    
   petit gris melons. The vines were very petit and got buried under the vines   
   and leaves of the usual pumpkins.   
      
     Petit Gris Melons were new for us this year and i put them at   
   the sides and ends of two gardens so the vines could sprawl on   
   the rocks and pathways.  they did great.  for six vines we had   
   about 40 melons total and we ate about 25 of them (at least).   
   next year we're not planning on planting so many since we can't   
   keep up with that many at a time.  we ended up giving away   
   about a dozen.  towards the end of the season the flavor does   
   decrease which is a sad thing, but they are still edible.  i'm   
   planning on growing them again next year.   
      
     i have a billion seeds saved from these.   
      
      
   > We planted blue hubbards for a few years now; they tend to keep well for   
   several months if kept cool. We put the pumpkin harvest in out unheated garage   
   and if any are noticed spoiling, they go over the fence to the sheep, who   
   really enjoy a pumpkin    
   treat after a couple of months of hay.   
      
     do you have to cut them up first?   
      
     how do you describe the flavor/texture of a hubbard?   
      
      
   > Looks like a good harvest of the Dikenson pumpkins this year; those are the   
   commercial variety that get processed into the pumpkin pie filling you find at   
   the grocery store.   
      
     squash and pumpkin are pretty much the same thing.  when you   
   read up on what the big processors use for their pie filling it   
   is a squash variety.  i'm always happy with pumpkin pies and   
   wouldn't mind having the filling home made but in recent years   
   we've taken to eating things without crusts instead so we do   
   more like apple crisps and puddings with fruits and such.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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