Accidental pumpkin farmers

So it did turn out to be an interesting, and most definitely fruitful, mystery! The pumpkin empire yielded some plentiful spoils indeed: after the frost killed the plant, we harvested, and found eighteen pumpkins. Eighteen! Plus the three or four green ones we harvested early on brings the full harvest to about twenty-two. Amazing!

After some reading, it sounds like the light and warmth from the sun is what turns them orange. And judging from the green one that has been sitting on the sunny kitchen counter for the last few weeks, that seems to be true. The half that has been facing the sun is now orange!

So hopefully after sitting in the warm, sunny kitchen, we'll have some wee jack-o-lanterns! If not, they will make delicious pie. Actually, I know they make delicious pie: I just made my first from-scratch pumpkin pie ever, and it was pure deliciousness. Oh how I love harvest time.