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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 20:00:12 GMT -5
A couple of my Hubbard plants kept fruiting. So, I now have about 12 of the squash in my living room. Will save the biggest one for seeds, and hope the church pantry can cook or give away the rest.
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James
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Post by James on Oct 21, 2012 19:05:23 GMT -5
My pocket knife.
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Post by circumspice on Oct 27, 2012 3:38:12 GMT -5
If I ever get any truly big winter squashes, I'm going to try an experiment... I have a variety of cutting utensils. I'll try a sawzall, a hacksaw, a hand saw, my Camillus sheath knife with a mallet, an axe & maybe even a 3lb sledge hammer. ;D Should be interesting.
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Post by templeton on Oct 27, 2012 5:47:23 GMT -5
I've never had such a task, but would have thought that wood splitting wedges should work. Thinking laterally, is there some squash eating north american beasty that could be employed to the task? and if it eats too much, eat it... T
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Post by coppice on Oct 27, 2012 5:51:53 GMT -5
Place squash in plastic trash bag, drop from head high onto pavement...
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James
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Post by James on Oct 27, 2012 13:01:09 GMT -5
Ya, its called a pig.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2012 14:54:11 GMT -5
Use a cheese grater, and put it in homemade dog food.
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James
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Post by James on Oct 29, 2012 12:43:48 GMT -5
39 pounds
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 29, 2012 13:24:23 GMT -5
I'd agree a machete and hammer is probably a good way to go if those are things you have lying around. If you are actually shopping for equipment to do the job, I might actually try and track down a panga (sort of the African equivalent of a machete) From what I understand (Ive never actually handled one) the blade shape on those means that, but changing the angle of your swing you can cut cleanly through a everthing from wet vines to small trees. and the blades tend to be a bit thicker so there is less likelyhood of the blade breaking in the squash. In fact with a good arm, you might not need the hammer.
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Post by floricole on Oct 29, 2012 14:52:04 GMT -5
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Post by becbec31871 on Oct 29, 2012 19:15:01 GMT -5
WOW!!!I was going to brag about my 24 1/2 inch 18lb squash I grew!She fed us for 2 days and we have a large family.
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Post by steev on Oct 29, 2012 19:16:19 GMT -5
Tres interressant! It's about half a century since I suffered through five! years of Francais, for which I've had no use, whatsoever. I even had to repress it so I could learn Espanol on the streets. Now it looks like the internet has given me reason to recover my langue perdu, bon!
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