Pumpkin Picks
My too-small garden does not allow space for growing pumpkins. To do so would mean giving up potatoes, strawberries or peppers. But I wish my little square of soil didn’t make me choose. I love the look of those orange orbs swelling beneath their leafy vines throughout the summer. If your own garden offers the room for potatoes and pumpkins, this issue includes a bushel of options for what to do with all that fruit (and, yes, pumpkins are a fruit): Decorate with them (page 15), decorate them (page 20), bake a pie (page 27), make chili (page 36), bake a cake (page 41), bake some cookies (page 42) or teach a kid a gardening lesson (page 56). Whew! That’s a lot of squash. If you prefer other kinds of winter squash,…