Carve the name of the child the pumpkin is for, in the pumpkin early on, it will grow into a handsome scare. I have never had a named pumpkin stolen. The kids like it too.
Ray Schutte "The truth of the matter is that the flower has cleverly manipulated the bee into hauling its pollen from blossom to blossom." The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] Saving ripening pumpkins On another list I am on people have reported theft of ripening pumpkins from their community garden plots. Others chimed in that they have reduced the loss of their pumkins by lightly covering them with straw and/or rhubarb leaves with the object being to make the orange color nonvisable from afar. Another person mentioned that there is a group called the Pumpkin Liberation Army which may have been involved. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_435348.html There doesn't seem to be any sort of awareness that the pumpkins grown for halloween usually taste terrible. In fact I have not yet been able to convince(due to language issues we don't have enough words in common for me to convey the info about the differences in the two kinds of pumpkins) some of the new to the US gardeners at our local community garden that the US has pumpkins that taste really good. They have tried growing and eating the halloween sort. Sharon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
