The Pumpkin Book

Description

Contents include: Pumpkin growing; which pumpkin; choosing a pumpkin variety; some pumpkins to try; medium sized vines; large pumpkins with trailing vines; huge prize or cattle pumpkins; growing pumpkins; keeping pumpkin seeds; when, where and how to grow pumpkins; 10 ways to grow a pumpkin; how to grow giant pumpkins; companion planting with pumpkins; pumpkins in difficult climates; pumpkin growers' trials and tribulations; harvesting pumpkins; when can you pick your pumpkins; curing pumpkins; a pumpkin calendar; pumpkin eating; feasting on pumpkin; eating your pumpkin with joy and gusto; pumpkin snacks, soups and sauces; main courses; desserts; bread, cakes, scones and waffles; store cupboard pumpkin; seed companies.

Author description

Jackie French is well-known for her many gardening and children's books, TV appearances on Burke's Backyard, her radio segments, and columns including those in The Australian Women's Weekly and Eorthgarden Magazine.

Table of contents

Contents include: Pumpkin growing; which pumpkin; choosing a pumpkin variety; some pumpkins to try; medium sized vines; large pumpkins with trailing vines; huge prize or cattle pumpkins; growing pumpkins; keeping pumpkin seeds; when, where and how to grow pumpkins; 10 ways to grow a pumpkin; how to grow giant pumpkins; companion planting with pumpkins; pumpkins in difficult climates; pumpkin growers' trials and tribulations; harvesting pumpkins; when can you pick your pumpkins; curing pumpkins; a pumpkin calendar; pumpkin eating; feasting on pumpkin; eating your pumpkin with joy and gusto; pumpkin snacks, soups and sauces; main courses; desserts; bread, cakes, scones and waffles; store cupboard pumpkin; seed companies.