These are just a few of the questions you might be asking yourself after reading the title of this weeks Growing Places. You have to be patient to grow pumpkins, but the rewards are worth the trouble. Most pumpkins take from 90 to 120 days to mature. Get out a calendar and start counting backwards. If you want to harvest pumpkins from your garden towards the middle of October, I think you will discover that it is time to get planting.
Pumpkins are a very unique vegetable.
They come in sizes from a few ounces to over 200 pounds. Pumpkins are great for making soups, pies, breads, cookies, casseroles and even seed snacks. Unfortunately, pumpkins aren't for everyone. In addition to patience, pumpkins require a lot of space. In fact, each plant will require about 50 - 60 square feet of it.