![]() ![]() Take care that they aren’t touching each other. Put them in a single layer on a cooling rack or a clean expandable window screen. Pat your seeds dry with your towel and then pick out about a dozen to save. No, I don’t know this from personal experience, why do you The seeds will stick to them like glue, and you’ll never getĪll of the paper and seeds unstuck from each other. And whatever you do, DON’T use paper towels! Use a clean kitchen towel to dry off your seeds. A tea or kitchen towel works best, nothing too fuzzy. Spread the pumpkin seeds to dry on a clean towel in a thin A little pulp left on the seeds is no biggie for roasting.įor the seeds you are saving, you need to be meticulous, or you can end up with rotten seeds and will need to start with a new batch. You’ll need to rinse your seeds thoroughly under warm water in a colander. Clean your seeds after you’ve separated them from the pulp. The seeds will float as they become separated from the flesh. Or you can put the seeds and pulp in a large bowl of water and I find squishing the pulp between my fingers causes the seeds to pop right out. They all kind of look the same.) Pumpkin guts! Separate the seeds from the stringy flesh. (Also, if you’re anything like me, label your varieties, so you know which one is which. If you’re cooking more than one variety at a time, be sure to keep the pulp from each pumpkin separate. Whether you’re making pie or jack-o-lanterns, save your pumpkin ‘guts’ when you scoop them out. Let’s toast some seeds to eat now and save some to grow next Whatever your motives, saving pumpkin seeds is incredibly So, for many folks who save their seeds from year to year, this is a way of taking back control over their food. And more and more large corporations and government institutions control the entire process. For some folks, seed-saving goes beyond convenience and intoĪs a society, we are so far removed from our food supply. I grab my shoebox with my envelopes of seeds and start poking them in pots of dirt. But with the help of a seed-saving friend, I learned just how easy it is.Īnd come February I don’t have to remember to buy seeds to start for my garden. I used to think that seed-saving was some mystical ritual that was too hard for the average gardener. While you’re at it, why not save a few seeds to grow next Or your own bumper crop, you’re probably already planning on roasting some of If you too find yourself with a pumpkin or two on your hands Which in my house means cooking lots of winter squash, including pumpkins. The weather is cooler, the leaves are changing, and there seems to be a sense of settling in for the cold months ahead. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. I can hardly drive more than a few miles without passing aįarm stand, a pumpkin patch, or even someone with a bumper crop trying to All of our fish are 2022 NY DEC certified disease-free and have been for more than 10 years.Hey folks, it’s Fall, and you know what that means. Unfortunately, we ONLY ship fish to New York addresses. We also safely ship, by UPS Next Day Air, many of our fish species including triploid grass carp and crayfish. Truck delivery of trout, game fish, and forage is available in the WNY area when orders meet our delivery minimums. ![]() ![]() We do suggest bringing coolers or totes to hold your bagged fish. Our expert fish packers will oxygen bag your live pumpkinseed sunfish for easy, safe, and stress-free transport. The hatchery and retail pond supply outlet have seasonal hours for fish pickup and walk-in customers. Smith Creek Fish Farm is centrally located in Western New York about an hour's drive from Buffalo and Rochester. They live primarily near aquatic vegetation or submerged logs or another cover to avoid predators such as larger fish or fish-eating birds. Pumpkinseed sunfish are bottom feeders and eat a variety of small organisms, including snails, worms, mollusks, insects, small fishes, and bits of vegetation. ![]() They are typically orange to brown with dark spots on their back and sides. They have five spines in the dorsal fin, one spine in the anal fin, seven soft rays in both dorsal fins, and six soft rays in the anal fin. The mouth is large and protractile, meaning it can move outwards for feeding. The head is broad and flattened at the top with two small eyes on each side of the head. The pumpkinseed sunfish has a slender, cylindrical body with a large head and mouth. ![]()
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