Butternut: I grow 3 different varieties of butternuts: a butternut that gets huge and weight over 9 lbs. These are perfect for pureeing and freezing so you have squash for use through the year or cube and freeze. Butternuts also are nice in fall displays. I’m trying for my third year to grow a butternut…
Tag: Winter Squashes
The Pumpkin Patch
It’s almost fall. I love fall, though I do want summer to hang on for another 5 weeks. I need the heat to get the pumpkins ripe and the vegetables were super late this year. This year I’m participating in Open Farm Day Manitoba. I’m opening up my pumpkin patch to the public on Sept….
Pumpkin vs Winter Squash
I sometimes get asked what’s the difference between a pumpkin and a winter squash? I really don’t have a answer to that question. They both belong to the Cucurbita family and than they branch off into other families. All pumpkins are winter squash: mature fruit of certain species in the genus Cucurbita. Subspecies include pepo, moschata, argyrosperma, and…
Pumpkinist Lora 