I was given a butternut squash, which I turned into a "pumpkin" pie. Did you know canned pumpkin isn't really pumpkin? The USDA allows canned pumpkin to include any strain of squash from the Cucurbita genus that resembles pumpkin in flavor, color, and texture. "Pumpkin" is actually just a cultural and culinary label, not botanical. Mickey is the only dog I've had that didn't like pumpkin, others would eat raw pieces. He also dislikes carrots. It's not pretty, but pies don't need to be! Yes, it's a homemade crust. If it's one thing I've learned over the many years of crust making it's this, always use Crisco, never a store brand. The last Salad Bush cucumber became snail or slug food. They come and eat a little more each night. Honeybees enjoy the prostrate rosemary... while a Common Checkered skipper prefers the black-eyed Susans. Borage is having another generation before the frost, which comes in October. No...
