Pumpkin Shortage

Reading Yahoo News this morning and they said there would be a shortage of canned pumpkin this fall.  They were urging everyone to pick their pumpkin up now if they wanted pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.  I'm not sure what  is causing this shortage. (I didn't read that far.)  I'm thinking most people who are reading this don't buy canned pumpkin anyways.  Pumpkins from the garden always make the best tasting pie.
Below is this year's crop.

 A great spaghetti squash year.

These are the biggest pumpkins I've ever grown.  The big one in front is over 100#.  Not a prize winner, but what do you do with it?  Too big to eat???

 The sunflowers are all drooping and ready to be cut.

 The kale is getting kinda shabby.  The animals love it.

 The rutabagas are quite healthy this year, also.

 Some of the tobacco growing on the south side of the house.  Why do I grow tobacco???

And my newest present from my honey..a W-6.  I used to make hay with a W-4 that I had to crankstart.  Reliving my youth. (This one has electric start.)

This was just a show and tell post, I guess.  But if anyone has a pumpkin shortage, just let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Happy Harvest

Okay...so this is the third time I've started this post.  My computer is being an idiot, perhaps I'm contributing, I don't know. 
I just wanted to write about harvesting and the Lord's goodness.  So here's hoping I can get it through it without losing it a fourth time.
Fall is the season of preparation.  Firewood, canning, cleaning, winterizing, finishing up those outdoor building projects that were supposed to be done by July.  It can be a bit overwhelming.  Not to mention getting the garden to bed.  But today is a beautiful fall-like day.  Today Pastor said to not be anxious about anything.  So I'm going to take that advice.
I've been taking pictures of things around here--

 This is a scary picture.  Really.  When I get up in the morning and look out my kitchen door , this is what I see.  Turkeys aren't really pretty birds.  It's slightly disconcerting.

My friend and neighbor asked me over to pick wild plums and crabapples.  How blessed am I?  I ended up with 1/2 bushel of plums and a full bushel of crabapples.  I canned plum jam, plum syrup, apple juice and applesauce.  Life is good.

 A few days later, I thought I'd better harvest some of my cabbages because the deer have found them.  I decided to make sauerkraut and needed about 20 pounds of cabbage.  This one weighed in at 11 1/2 lbs.   Only takes two to make a batch.  Wonderful cabbages this year.

 This is Sunday dinner, a pot of harvest stew.  Recipe-just go out to the garden, grab whatever is handy and throw it in a pot with some kind of meat.  I grabbed onions, garlic, rutabaga, potatoes, carrots, beans, kale and zucchini.  Haven't tried it yet.

Kale is a crop that grows very well for me.  Unfortunately, I don't like the taste of it.  I've made some kale chips and those are okay.  I also use it in stir fries, and I'll see if I like it in this soup mentioned above.  I decided to preserve it by drying it and making a kale powder in the blender.  This can be used in soups and in smoothies and...any more ideas??

So, I guess this post is mostly about harvest time.  This is my favorite time of year, despite the amount that needs to be done.

"Do not be anxious in anything, but in everything, with prayer and supplication let your requests be made known unto God."  My version, but I think it's close.

Happy Harvest.