Pumpkins are very easy and rewarding to grow and will look after themselves in a sunny corner of the garden. The plants form long runners that will rapidly fill several square meters.
Pumpkin patch
Pumpkins and squash
Dig some compost or well-rotted manure into the soil and form it up into a small mound (or several mounds if you have space) and plant several seeds a centimeter or two deep in each mound.
Pumpkin growing is a particularly good project to do with your kids, as they can harvest seed from the kitchen and watch it grow right through its life cycle in the back garden.
Once the plants are away there is very little to do apart from harvesting them as they reach full size in the autumn.
Further reading
- Growing your own food (quick guide)
- Chilli peppers
- Lettuce
- Onions, garlics, leeks
- Potato planting
- Rejuvenating tired old citrus trees
- Tiny tomatoes
- Tomatoes
- Vegetables from seed
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