I got a small pie pumpkin this morning, about 3 pounds.
I picked this instead of a jack o lantern pumpkin because it's hard to know what fertilizers and pesticides they use with pumpkins they don't mean for people to eat.
Even with this small specimen, I got a lot of food for my torts.
I cut away the outside rind and flesh after washing it, and threw the pieces into the outside enclosures for Darwin and Chili to pick over; I fed the guts to Aretha.
I'm drying the seeds for anti-parasitic medicine, and will grind them, then freeze the powder.
I cut the flesh up into cubes to freeze as food for all of my torts.
As I said, a lot of utility from a gourd that cost under $3.
Jamie
I picked this instead of a jack o lantern pumpkin because it's hard to know what fertilizers and pesticides they use with pumpkins they don't mean for people to eat.
Even with this small specimen, I got a lot of food for my torts.
I cut away the outside rind and flesh after washing it, and threw the pieces into the outside enclosures for Darwin and Chili to pick over; I fed the guts to Aretha.
I'm drying the seeds for anti-parasitic medicine, and will grind them, then freeze the powder.
I cut the flesh up into cubes to freeze as food for all of my torts.
As I said, a lot of utility from a gourd that cost under $3.
Jamie
