We started harvesting butternuts this week.  This is the first haul:  20 squashes:  30 pounds.  And aren't they beautiful?  Yes, they are!!!

 

We cooked the last of the butternuts from last year just a couple weeks ago, and made pumpkin bread with them.  I love that they last a whole year in the basement.  The ones that last so long are the ones whose seeds we save.  Good genes.  If they last a whole year, they are telling me that their seeds will produce fruits that have good storage ability.  Hey, it's a thing they always mention in the seed catalogs:  good storage.  

 

Psst:  there are 20 more out there in various stages of ripeness.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!