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by Susan Kramer

 

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How to Make a Wreath  Added January 9, 2024

 

Garden 2023, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 Updated Summer 2023

 

New Front Dormer December 1, 2022

 

New Greenhouse 2022 Added October 9, 2022

 

Garden Woodworking Cabin August 18, 2022

 

Feeding Our Growing World Population

 

How to Make Sweet-Sour Pickles from Cucumbers

 

Garden 2017

 

How to Build a Flower Wall

 

Growing Potatoes in a Pot Along with Flowers

 

Garden 2016

 

Build a Hand Rail, Compost Leaves and Build a Trellis Fence

 

Spaghetti Squash in the Home Garden - 52nd Latitude

Pumpkin (Hokkaido orange) experiment in Amsterdam, The Netherlands - scroll down this page

Gardens in Ojai and Santa Barbara Botanical Garden

Tomato Factory - small hothouse experiment

Garden Green Roof installation of sedums

Porch, wildlife pond and streambed construction

Greenhouse construction from a kit

Border gardens, guerrilla gardening

Benefits of Gardening Projects for Kids

Birds - Bluetits - Pimpelmezen growing up

 

Meditation Garden – Design, Layout, Planting

 

Red Kuri (Hokkaido Orange) or Potimarron Pumpkin

Photo Story by Susan Kramer

 

Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Garden squash and pumpkins; photo copyright Stan Schaap

 

When picked this Hokkaido orange or Potimarron pumpkin was 18 inches (46cm) around
and weighed just under 1 kilo or about 2 pounds. It was 94 days to maturity. We live at the 52nd latitude and have a town size garden 20 feet wide by 60 feet deep.

Following is the pumpkin story by Susan Helene Kramer told in photos and description -


1.  The Hokkaido orange pumpkin seed was planted May 17 and the 1st one harvested August 12th - 94 days. The vine is at lower left in the photo below. I planted the seed in store-bought plant potting soil with a base of garden composted soil, at least 5 years old. I gave one feeding of MiracleGro after pumpkins started forming.

 
Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: pumpkin patch at lower left; photo credit Susan Kramer

 

2. The vine started climbing the palm tree and the fence so I built this trellis on the east facing fence out of bamboo canes, mostly, to support the vines. The trellis is slanted toward the fence. See our male resident blackbird atop the gate watching ...

 
Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: trellis before arranging vines 

 

3. Here is the trellis all ready for the vines to be carefully woven upon it.

 
Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: trellis for squash or pumpkin
 

 4. You can see some very beginning pumpkins in the photo below.

 Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: young squash or pumpkin
 

 5. Just after placing the vines on the trellis. I used 2 inch wide strips of bubble wrap to secure the vines.

 Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: trellis for squash or pumpkin
 

6. Do you see the big white circle - it surrounds the 1st pumpkin harvested and in the photo at the top of the page.

 
Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: growing squash or pumpkin
 

 7. Here is the 1st pumpkin harvested. I hung it in an empty onion sack and ran the wire through the top of the sack. It is drying out by hanging from a rafter in the garden shed where it does not freeze. It is sitting here only for the photo session. We're going to eat it on Thanksgiving Day.

 Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: full size after being picked
 

 8. Here I am, eyes almost closed as usual, displaying our 1st pumpkin.

 Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Susan and the first pumpkin -  squash
 

9. Our most prolific zucchini plant, growing on the other side of the pathway from the pumpkin - it produced 10 fruits a foot long each when I harvested them.

 Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: zucchini or courgettes growing next to pumpkin plant - plant has produced 7 courgettes.
 

 

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