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{photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} Sadly there are no master carvers residing in this house. We typically make the Handsome Husband gut the pumpkins for us first before we go all high tech and use a steak knife to cut triangles for the eyes, nose and mouth, while he hovers Read More >>
This morning I headed out to the pumpkin patch and pulled all the remaining pumpkins. We’ve had so much rain up here in the Seattle/Tacoma area lately, I was worried the pumpkins would start to rot before the kids could harvest them this weekend with their friends. A little later today I’ll have Monkey Boy Read More >>
This afternoon The Girl and I harvested a few pumpkins. We thought about harvesting them all {even if they still had green on them} but decided against it. But the temperatures are starting to drop, and rain is in the forecast for this weekend, so I’m thinking with all the chilly mornings we’ve been having, Read More >>
The other day I went out to the garden and snapped a few photos of our pumpkin patch. I’ve grown pumpkins before, but never this many. I’ve been really surprised lately at all the sugar pie pumpkins there are, and I’m going to have to figure out a way to use all the pumpkin puree once Read More >>
If your daughter {or you} is a fan of the Little House on the Prairie book series, you should probably make a green pumpkin pie this fall. I absolutely LOVED the Little House on the Prairie when I was younger and so did my daughter. The first recipe is from the Little House cookbook. The second is my own recipe. I chose Read More >>
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