[Market-farming] Livestock pumpkins
Robin Follette
lists at seasonseatingsfarm.com
Thu Feb 28 19:33:47 EST 2008
I have about June 1 to September 15 for frost free days. Cinderella does
well for me. It stores well and the livestock liked it. Lumina is another
good keeper.
USDA Zone doesn't matter. That only tells us the average coldest temp each
year, hopefully in winter and not during pumpkin growing season. Some years
I kind of wonder though. =)
Robin Follette
Seasons Eatings Farm
Talmadge, ME
www.seasonseatingsfarm.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists at rhomestead.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:09 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Livestock pumpkins
> Anyone have suggestions of pumpkins for poultry feed, warm zone 4 cool
> zone
> 5? Will be planting some sugar beets, lots of clover, excess turnip seed,
> etc for chickens, ducks, geese. Looking to reduce winter feed bill.
> Pumpkin
> growers around here grow Howden a lot, if that gives some season
> comparison.
> Would like lots of tonnage but the individual pumpkins don't need to be
> large. Thanks.
>
> Beth Spaugh
> Rehoboth Homestead
> Peru NY
> http://rhomestead.com
>
> "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is
> sed." -
> Wendell Berry
>
> "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Francis
> Moore Lappe
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