New peanut pumpkin!

So I've been staring at the pumpkin on my way to work for three weeks now. (Mind you it's he only one like this at the farm). and I finally got my first peanut pumpkin!!

awesome new pumpkin cup

I saw this at Home Depot and had to share it with everyone. Seems this is a all in one cup just add water. Making pumpkin growing easy for all!

Brace yourself, fall is coming

There is only four months til October! That means three months and we will start seeing orange pumpkins in the field! I know it's summer but fall is just around the corner and with pumpkins already planted we can start looking forward to a new season!

Hobby Lobby has their fall section open!!

I will one day have this sign

some pumpkin items I saw

my seeds!

New pumpkin book

I'm not sure if anyone else has quite a fascination with pumpkins as I do. But I finally got a new book to read about the culture of pumpkins. The book is titled Pumpkins: The curious History of an American Icon by Cindy Ott. Now I have just started to read the book, but it is awesome so far. I believe it'll help further my own research for my book as well. 

Planting time

Its that time of year to start planting pumpkins! If you are in the northern states this is about the time of year you should start planning and planting. If you are in the south I'd wait til late June or early July because of how warm it'll be.
Pumpkins needs at least about 75 to 100 frost free days as well.
Plant them in full sun.
Bu sure when you are planting they have enough space to vine out too. About 50 to 100 square feet. Space the seeds about 5 to 8 feet apart.
If you want put manure in your bed to ensure a healthy crop. If not make sure you till the ground!
Plant the seeds about 1 inch deep with the crown down (pointy end) or on their side.
Water and keep an eye on them.

Pumpkin bear!

The pumpkin bear from build a bear last year! 

Build a bear pumpkins!

I currently work at build a bear and these are some amazing pumpkins! 

Post Pumpkin haul!

These are the few items I was able to buy during Halloween sales!! I can now build my own Halloween/Pumpkin collection! This is exciting as a new adult fresh out of college. I believe I spent under $20 dollars for all of this! (The pumpkin dress excluded though, that was $19.99 from FredFlare.)

Fruit pumpkins

I love love love this idea as an arrangement for thanksgiving! It is so healthy! I also believe you can turn the pumpkin into a Santa for Christmas!!!!

Floral pumpkins

If you can still find mini pumpkins, just cut a hole for your candle and use dollar store flowers as the accents.

Flower pumpkin

This is a beautiful way to show off your fall spirit during Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin research

So I'm going to try and make a book of every type of pumpkin. This will take a lot of cross-referencing. I also want to write about their identifier. I also want to compile all the research ever done on pumpkins into a journal so they aren't scattered about. I know that there will be new research in the future but its nice to have a base.
On to researching about pumpkins!

Turkey Pumpkin

Gobble Gobble!
This is a fun craft that I found! You can make your pumpkins into turkeys!!!!

Here's a kit you can buy! Turkey Kit!

So I found this cute pumpkin on Pinterests. It seems that you take large sparkles and sequins and glue them on top of a mini pumpkin. This is a Baby Boo in the photo and I love the white against the orange and other assorted fall colors. 

If you have a jack-be-Little and there are no Baby Boos t the store you can simply paint it. If not I believe that a Jack-be-Little will be cute as well. 

Post Halloween

So the Halloween decorations are away and my deflated moldy pumpkins that were on the porch are now gone. I really had never experienced a moldy pumpkin in the Florida sun, and it was not pleasant. You all know I love pumpkins and the smell made me puke.

Now it is time to change gears from scary to thankfulness. I will now post cute ideas for table decorations and crafts to enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Halloween!!!!!