Tag: pumpkins
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A Pumpkin a day keeps the Doctor Away
The cows are eating six or seven pumpkins a day. The pigs eat one between them. Even the chickens eat pumpkin! But I think it might take a while to get through our huge load. This image (below) was taken at the property of the boy down the road who grew and sold almost 5000…
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The Times they are A’changing
The barn swallows are gone. The mosquitoes are rare now. The flies are still here. The starlings are appearing in great droves called murmurs. And the spiders webs have arrived. Everyone racing to fatten up for winter. Not me. I am racing to fill the shelves and freezer. The pumpkins are harvested. The blush of…
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the face of halloween
“So what happpened on the farm today? ” Our John said, as he tracked his muddy boots across my newly scrubbed kitchen floor. “Oh, nothing much – I planted 300 garlic bulbs, the cooking oil car got a flat tire when I was out at the old farm so I abandoned it but I got a good shot…
The Kitchen's Garden 