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Post by ariella on Nov 1, 2021 22:52:33 GMT
You’ve got a few years experience at carving then hence the excellent RC pumpkin. I bet carving a swede was tough going! Just peeling and chopping one makes my wrists ache. My (adult) daughter carved out a red pepper for her guinea pigs.  The whole pumpkin went in and would last around 2-3 days depending on the number in the flock. This photo is from 2013 and there is a hen missing from the photo. Possibly in the coop laying.  We have Beatrice, Jemima, Emilia and Matilda in the photo and Clarissa is off taking advantage of the nestbox. |
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Post by criswell on Nov 1, 2021 23:45:08 GMT
That's brilliant! Your chickens look really fluffy and lovely too.
Yes, a swede was tough going. When I was quite young my mum used to do the hollowing out and then my older brother or sister took over the role and they'd let me carve the face. I liked it better when I was old enough to do the whole thing though. Pumpkins are definitely easier but the swede used to smell nice with the candle in it.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 2, 2021 1:05:27 GMT
The last couple of years I had bought a tiny pumpkin, just like the real thing and fed it to Loki over a week. He loved it, but I didn’t see them at all this year.  . Second time I bought one the lady on the checkout asked me what I was going to do with it. A strange question I thought since the store was the one selling them.  . I didn’t think about adding some artistic (or not!) expression to it before hand. We have not generally been a Halloween country, but that is gradually changing. |
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Post by ariella on Nov 2, 2021 7:38:02 GMT
The last couple of years I had bought a tiny pumpkin, just like the real thing and fed it to Loki over a week. He loved it, but I didn’t see them at all this year. . Second time I bought one the lady on the checkout asked me what I was going to do with it. A strange question I thought since the store was the one selling them. . I didn’t think about adding some artistic (or not!) expression to it before hand. We have not generally been a Halloween country, but that is gradually changing. When my eldest two children were young there was barely any Halloween things about and so I made most of the decorations myself including their little fancy dress outfits but they loved it and although the Halloween decorations grew over the years as it became more commercialised the older homemade bits still came out, plus the games I made - Halloween dominoes, bingo, pin the nose and hat on the witch, etc. Amazing what a printer and laminator can achieve. I don’t decorate now - and I don’t really miss it to be honest as I have my autumn decor up from September - but probably will when the grandchildren come along in the next few years. Halloween has definitely become more of a thing here now. When my kids were little we didn’t have pumpkin patches or hayrides but I’ve noticed they’ve popped up over the past 5 years. We see to be closely following the states now with proms, baby showers, gender reveal parties, etc. |
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Post by ariella on Nov 2, 2021 7:44:58 GMT
That's brilliant! Your chickens look really fluffy and lovely too. Yes, a swede was tough going. When I was quite young my mum used to do the hollowing out and then my older brother or sister took over the role and they'd let me carve the face. I liked it better when I was old enough to do the whole thing though. Pumpkins are definitely easier but the swede used to smell nice with the candle in it. They were amusing ladies, all with their own personality. The eggs were divine - big, orange yolks. We could never eat eggs from a supermarket again, not even from farm shops. We only lost the last one at the end of summer. She was an old lady hen and had led a long, healthy and good life. My back and knees can’t handle the cleaning out and as I’ve got older I notice the cold weather more and decided not to have another flock. My animal family are all indoors now, except the tortoises and they go out in the summer. My days of scrubbing the coop in all weathers is over. Luckily we have a lovely couple just up the road who have lots of free range hens in their garden and their eggs are perfect, so we haven’t had a problem re eggs. I have to say, the smell of pumpkin isn’t great. Love the taste of it and we always bought eating pumpkins to make pumpkin soup too, but I can believe the smell of a lit swede was much nicer. |
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. Second time I bought one the lady on the checkout asked me what I was going to do with it. A strange question I thought since the store was the one selling them. 
. I didn’t think about adding some artistic (or not!) expression to it before hand. We have not generally been a Halloween country, but that is gradually changing.