What's up everyone? Happy Thanksgiving and we've got a treat for you because as promised

we are going to show you or at least talk about how to grow your own Thanksgiving meal

for 2018's Thanksgiving feast. It's a little too late for this year obviously because

you're probably eating it as you're listening to this. But what about next year? If in

theory you wanted to grow all of the vegetables for your meal next year, how would you do it?

And so this week, again, we have Stephen Cornette from Nature's Always Right.

We're going to talk about five, technically six plants.

Pumpkins, onions, garlic, sweet potatoes and potatoes,

and then finally, green beans. And we think that that's a pretty good core

vegetable list for a Thanksgiving feast and so I'm going to let Stephen kick it off with

pumpkins.

All right guys with pumpkins.

All right guys, so pumpkins are a type of winter squash.

And the key date to remember for winter squash

is July 4th.

If you're in the northern hemisphere, all winter squash must be in the ground by July 4th.

These are also heavy feeders, so you want to compost them well. They have a lot of leaf and fruit development, so something

high in nitrogen is always good and phosphorus as well for the flowers. So you'll know the harvest once the pumpkin has reached its full

color, its orange color, it will have a field spot which is a light yellow creamy white spot on the bottom of the pumpkin where it's been sitting

and then you can also take your fingernail and push that into the pumpkin skin.

If your nail goes into the pumpkin skin. If your nail goes into the pumpkin, then it's not ready.

The pumpkin skin should resist your nail

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