Pumpkin & Squash Harvest (& How To Tell When They’re Ready to Pick)!!! 🎃🙌🧡 // Garden Answer 

Laura all summer: I don’t know how anything is going to turn out.. the soil looks so bad. Laura all fall: I’m so amazed at how great the soil has done! Honestly though, it has been the most fun few months watching you enjoy and execute this vision for the new space! I totally feel like I’ve been part of the process and your joy in Benjamin’s joy is so relatable! So happy for you and grateful to share with you through these videos!

How many of you like the video before even watching because you know it’s gonna be awesome?!

Pumpkin picking is my favorite time of year! On the east coast the colors of fall combined with wandering through a glorious pumpkin patch makes me smile! 😻😍❤️

Never had a true appreciation for pumpkins until this year when you planted your crop. This was so much fun to watch! As someone else mentioned, I see you do it and I say to myself "I want to do that"! Can't wait to see how you decorate with your stash.

This channel is criminally underrated.

What an amazing harvest with some gorgeous varieties. I love how Benjamin was making his own piles 🤣

Just the perfect video, pumpkin, little boy and cat ❤️❤️❤️

Just dig the dirt out from under the ones under the fences. And just slide them out. I like the pink and green and white ones best.

Laura: “Then we have a no name pile”. Love this harvest video. Family fun, informative and entertaining.

Waiting to see the decoration part. Here in India we use them for eating only😀

How fun!!! It took me back to my childhood, my children’s time and now my grandchildren’s time with pumpkins. Watching your pumpkins and squash grow has been great!!

What an incredible pumpkin and squash harvest. That is a precious little boy you have there😘

It’s like an Easter egg hunt and Christmas morning all rolled into one!!! Nice job!

I just love how you get so excited about everything, color,texture, size, just every part of the growing experience.

Love your enthusiasm and the “Mom” moment at the end was so sweet! It’s so cute when the little ones get it 😁 Great crop, loved all the squash.

I was waiting for this video. So excited to see what you have out there🤩. Later edit: such an amazing harvest🤩🤩 I have never seen so many pumpkin types in one place. Can wait to see the decorating part 😆

“Pumpkin patch....!” I have in my mind the scene from Home Alone for some reason. But with Benjamin doing it.😆 Your family should pick a name for you garden/homestead. Like they do with a sign above the entrance to your property. Maybe a contest or input from your subscribers.

This space has been such a pleasant surprise. I hope you get your dream heated greenhouse next season. How exciting would that be!

Wow Laura ! That's a super harvest! 😀 and the variety is amazing. I've seen many of them for the first time. Would u be cutting any of those? Would be fun to see the color of the flesh. I'm wondering how the pink ones would be from inside. White, yellow, orange?

Wow at the abundance, especially since you thought the soil was poor, just a fantastic harvest! The porcelain dolls are my favorite, sooo beautiful

Dat Da Da Dah! And now... here are the pumpkins from the prolifically producing pumpkin patch prodigy! LOL Most impressive!

Linus would be very proud of this pumpkin patch! Welcome, Great Pumpkin!

Hello Laura, thank you for harvesting your pumpkins with us, I have been waiting for this video with great anticipation. The US celebrate autumn in the most amazing way, and because of this, I always have fond memories when I see pumpkins. My favourites are Connecticut Pumpkin and White Acorn squash. Would you be kind to show us your fall pumpkin displays in the days to come, please? Also it was lovely to see the whole family in the Pumpkin Patch.

Laura next year you should try a couple of the giant pumpkin varieties. It would be fun to see how big they will grow in your new garden space

Excellent piles, Benjamin! ❤️

I can’t wait to see your pumpkin projects! You have such a great green thumb. You should call your old garden the “estate garden”. Something a little more formal.

A great harvest of gourds! That garden sure did thrive well! And...How adorable is Benjamin! Such a sweet and helpful little boy. He’s going to make a great Big Brother!

The first pumpkin was worthy of a fairy godmother turning it into a coach. Wonderful harvest. Benjamin is adorable!

Benjamin is so cute, God bless you and your whole family Laura. I love harvest time!

That had to be one of my most favorite videos!!!! I loved seeing all the different varieties and think you picked some of the best varieties to grow. So showy! Benjamin was so cute! He and Russel just topped off the video! Look forward to see them decorated around the property!

What fun!! I never doubted for a second that your harvest would be so beautiful. I love all of the varieties. You have a natural green thumb. When you first started harvesting I was like WHERE is Benjamin, he would get such a kick out of helping. I’m glad we got to see his excitement. Can’t wait to see how you decorate this year. Thank you for letting us into your lives.

Your excitement is contagious (and adorable) as is Benjamin's. I'm sure I'm among many that are trying to figure out where they can plant some pumpkins and squash in their landscape/yard next year.

I’ve been anticipating this video, since you planted those seeds. My hubby mentioned we need to grow some next year for the grandkids. This is all good info, thanks 😊

I don't think I could pick a favorite! So many interesting ones. Benjamin was so cute with his pumpkins.

Oh my gosh, what a harvest! It's so fun to watch Benjamin with the pumpkins, he is the kindest, sweetest child, how blessed. Excited to watch your little girl grow up in the garden as well. Thank you

It is pure joy watching children in a pumpkin patch. Benjamin may enjoy the book "The Biggest Pumpkin Ever" . It was always a favorite of my students.

Aww, Loved this Soo Much. Just seeing the Big Smile on your face & how excited Benjamin was, Soo Worth All your Work!! Can't wait to see how you Decorate! Never miss an Episode. Hugs 👍❤❤❤❤

Awesome enough to watch twice! Cinderella are my favorite for the hull-less seeds! I’m watching twice because our yard guys weed whacked my pumpkin vines 3 weeks ago and they didn’t recover. I will just live vicariously through y’all! Blessings, Vicki🌸

Oh my WORD!! That is an amazing harvest of beauty! Now I’m making plans for a pumpkin patch next year. I have to say the Pipian From Tuxpan Squash is my favorite. Absolutely beautiful! I am wondering how many of these different varieties will y’all be eating and how would you prepare them? I’m a true southern girl here in Georgia and am only familiar with yellow summer squash and zucchini either sautéed or fried. I’ve always been curious of different squash like acorn and butternut but don’t know the beat way of preparing them. We would LOVE see a cooking video of you preparing your favorite dish using your plentiful bounty. Your excitement is so infectious and uplifting I find myself excited for you as you see what all your hard work has produced. Thank you so much for brightening my days.

Amazing video!! Love it, I just rewatched September of 2022, such a fun time!

Me: I'm all geared up to try this for myself next year! Laura: I found 4 black widow spiders in here this year. Me: Hold up!

You have everything but the superstars of the pumpkin world, Butternut squash

Happy watching from France enjoy Harvesting ur Pumpkin and SQUASH

My 12 year old and I both love the Flat Stackers though they were all beautiful. Such a beautiful harvest!

Love how you make everything so joyous!

I love those smaller “warty but not warty” green ones!!! Mixing those w the small white pumpkins would be a beautiful arrangement in a wooden dough bowl😍

You could refer to it as “Original garden” and “New garden”. I love watching your videos you do such amazing work and your authenticity is refreshing! 💖

What an amazing harvest! And I'm so jealous of Benjamin for having his own pumpkin patch.I honestly don't know if I could pick a favorite! I like the two different green and white marble looking ones and the Cinderella.

??? Decorating at your moms??? Laura, this is amazing and they’re all beautiful pumpkins! I never knew there were so many varieties...OH,maybe a pumpkin cooking video?🎃🧡🎃

I can't stop myself from watching your videos.

🎃 yey!! Watching from the Philippines.

Gimme all the pumpkins! Amazing harvest! There’s nothing better than seeing your own child’s joy. Such sweet excitement 🥰

Thank you for showing the pumpkin harvest. I've been waiting for it.

Excellent video with relevant information . Thanks Laura and congrats on the success of your produce and cut-flower garden. Yaaay!

I’ve already forgotten the name, but the dark squash with the long stems you liked is my favorite. The green color of the stem against the dark skin - lovely contrast. And the stackers are very nice. They’re all cool though.

Flat stackers and Connecticut field pumpkin 🎃 are my favorite! All of these are gorgeous! So much fun watching :) glad Benjamin is loving your pumpkin patch! Can’t wait for him to start carving his own .

Thank you for such a cheerful, uplifting, joyful video. I look forward to each and everyone, this was especially delightful. Some of my favorites and some I plan to plant next year are: - One Too Many - Flat Stackers - Porcelain Dolls (my #1) - Quaker Pie - Jarrahadale - Kogigu Loved seeing the family enjoying it all.

Love watching Benjamin get excited!!

happy Harvest!! my favorite is “One Too Many”

Who doesn’t enjoy a good pumpkin harvest 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Impressive!! So many varieties.

I am watching 11 months after this was posted. I'm in Virginia. I tried to grow several varieties of pumpkin, 2 varieties of squash, the basics. 3 varieties of cantaloupe, watermelon,. Your pumpkins look spectacular. Mine were attacked repeatedly by the moth that lays it's eggs on the stems and the pupae burrow into the vine when it hatches, rapidly killing the entire plant. Also the squash bugs have been a plague. I started spraying too late. I am so disappointed I cannot even put words to it. I so looke forward to the excitement you are experiencing now. I am happy for you, congratulations. Maybe I will succeed next year.

Wow! 🎃 My favorite without a doubt is 'Porcelain Doll' 💓

Looking forward to you growing Speckled Hound next year. Super fun markings and our favorite eating squash ever! Had it once from a farm stand and have never found it again.

This video was one of my all time favorites, thank you for sharing! Would you consider adding in a few gourds next year? I love growing them and they are just as much fun as pumpkins.

Hello Laura, I hope you don’t mind me making a personal comment, because along with your very abundant knowledge, you seem to be such a really lovely person. I have been gardening for about 60 years but your passion for growing is so infectious, you have even made me up my game! Thank you for all your happiness, enthusiasm and love for the outdoors from Wiltshire, England.

Congratulations! I could already hear your mom’s voice “oh my!” Well done y’all!

I love them all! 🧡 I didn’t get any grown in my garden this year. They are my very favorite thing to grow. I feel like Benjamin every year and want to scream “pumpkin patch!” This year I can live vicariously through you. Thank you for sharing! 💚

It’s so hard to choose a favourite! If it had to be only one, it would be “One Too Many”. It has great colouring, shape and texture!

Your enthusiasm is contagious! I felt like I was right in your pumpkin patch with you as I saw your excitement build. Your videos of something to look forward to watching. Thank you for educating, inspiring, and letting us live vicariously through you when we might not have space to plant a big vining crop. Just like Benjamin I would squeal too “ Pumpkin patch!”

Good Evening from Melbourne Australia !! ..🤗🇦🇺😷

I'll never look at a pumpkin the same again. Never really gave them that much thought. That's Laura, always teaching and educating with such enthusiasm. Thank you.

Towards the end of this one I will know what I need in my garden next year♥️

Congratulations Laura! All that hot, hard work has finally paid off. ALL of them are gorgeous! I have to admit to a little gourd envy here. I just keep thinking of all the decorating I could do with some of those. 🤔 So happy things are turning out well for you. Isn't it amazing what God allows with a few seeds, some sunshine, water, and dirt? 🥰🍁☀️💧

Amazing production. Can all of those be eaten. Love the flat ones. Nothing better than a good squash.🍁🎃

Congratulations on your amazing pumpkin hall. They are fantastic!! Love seeing the family and cats helping you pick... Blessings to you and your family. Xx

Perhaps I missed it but I was wondering if they’re all edible or if some are really only decorative

This was my first year growing pumpkins and I was just as excited as you are for harvesting. I planted 2 plants (no name on tag) and ended up with 16 pumpkins! Had problems in beginning with lack of bees. Watched a video on hand pollinating and it worked. My 6 yr old granddaughter came to visit and said to me “oh Nonnie, the bees came and pollinated your pumpkins, look at them!” I then showed her how to hand pollinate them and so she did it herself. Of course she was very happy to watch them grow! These were by far the most interesting plants I planted. 🎃

😍😍😍😍 This is AAAAMAZING! This is my first year growing pumpkins and squash as well! I'm still waiting for one pumpkin, no clue what kind- but it was the only fruit on a 20 ft vine! Its gotten to be over a foot long so far, and still growing! Out of curiosity, bc I know I don't have the space for your haul, but how much square footage do you think your patch took up? Next year I will know more, and have more variety- but it will take up my entire backyard 😅😅😅

Just love all the different colors, shapes and textures of the pumpkins and squash. But Benjamin was the cutest pumpkin in the patch! 😊

Suggestion: plant seeds in a shortest date of maturity to the longer dates to maturity at the the other at the other end. That will help at harvest worry.

Wow, what a harvest for your first year out there. Love that Benjamin was so excited also. All of them are my favorites. Can't wait to see how you decorate with them. Stay safe, stay well.

Loved seeing Benjamin make his piles, and tossing the pumpkins to Aaron! All those beautiful squash and pumpkins from a piece of ground that was riddled with weeds and gophers just a few short months ago. I really like the variety and I think that the Flat Stacker and Cinderella are my favorite. The only thing that I did not see in the variety is the knobby kind.

Woww....so many varieties of pumpkin. Fairytale variety and the smallest variety that Benjamin was picking are my favorite. Loved the video. 👌😊❤

This is beautiful!!!! Love all the color and shape variety! Question: how do you deal with squash bugs? I have tried growing pumpkins for years with no luck.

...PUMPKIN PAAAAATCH !!!!!...a great day indeed! 🙏☀️🎃 =^..^=

God is the best designer !! Look at all the shapes, colors, textures, with delicious food inside. And to think He did this all in 6 days!

So hard to pick a favorite. This might be my favorite (surprisingly) garden planting! I have a fair amount of space I think I can plant more squash !! Thanks Laura!

"I did see three black widows." And, I'm out of the squash planting game. No wonder you didn't let Benjamin among the vines too long. Can you discuss this... are black widows common in your area? Are they attracted to squash? What did you do with them after you found them? I know you were the president of the arachnid club at school so we expect a full report. BTW - I think if I saw ONE in a lifetime I would die!

Benjamin is one lucky little guy. His very own pumpkin patch. I can't wait to see how you decorate with them.

Where did you order your seeds from? I’m planning a big pumpkin patch for next year.

You are such a talented gardener. I’m sure your mom is very proud.

Hi Laura - Your happiness is contagious. I have a very small garden and you have me planting as much as possible in the existing garden beds as I'm too old to dig and maintain new beds. Your potted plants make it easy. I have doubled my pot collection since watching you. My husband just looks at me every time I buy more plants and asks me "where are you putting theses ones". Love from Australia.

We're having a Charlie Brown moment.

Wow! So impressive! Benjamin is adorable and growing up! He's going to be such a great big brother😊

Laura harvests pumpkins and squash - I want to try growing all of them; Laura unboxes succulents - I want all of them; Laura harvests peppers - I want to try growing all of them; Laura tours dahlias - I want to try all of them ... LOL

What a lucky little boy❣️Not many can grow up with their own private pumpkin patch, good job mama and dad 😍👍👏🏼 I love the gooseneck looking ones 😄

Absolutely love this video. I’ve always wanted to grow a pumpkin patch and think next year will be the year. Thank you for showing how easy as well as the takeaways. Couldn’t help smile and enjoy the hunt with you. Benjamin is so adorable!!!

Yes I'm excited for my son to fully understand and experience things, he will be two tomorrow pls God, so excited for Christmas.

Amazing! This was such a huge success for you! And we're lucky enough to get to enjoy it along with you ♥️