garden | gorgeous gourds

Shown above: squash from Pineland Farms (including Lumina Pumpkins,

Blue Hubbard, Buttercup, Butternut, and good ol' carving pumpkins).

gorgeous gourds... Though it's a touch earlier to be chatting about winter squash, it's the big news in my garden for this summer. Last year I planted my first squash, Baby Pam Pie Pumkins. Over the course of the summer and into early fall, these divine plants gracefully trailed out across my stone walls and wandered everywhere. Come September, my garden glowed with beautiful orange orbs.

Shown above from my garden last year: Tennessee Dancing Gourd and Baby Pam Pumpkin.

I also fell in love with the wide varities of winter squash that are out there, both for their looks as well as their taste. So when it came time to order my seeds for this year's garden, I went a little overboard. I ordered from FedCo Seeds eight different kinds of winter squash and gourds: Burgess Buttercup, Baby Blue Hubbard, Sweet Meat, Baby Pam Pumpkins, Lumina Pumpkins, Tennessee Dancing Gourds, and two gourd mixes. I'm especially excited about the winter squash because now I have a good excuse to get that root cellar established.