#butterkins

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BUTTERKIN SIGHTED!

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Gonna plant the last of the butterkin seeds I got from @sireenica in 2020 and see what happens

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SPEAKING of one week germination I was going to be like Dude Where's My Butterkins but I looked a little more closely and

I count 7 :D

(How many can you find??)

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Having done for beans, it is time for squash!

Behold my only (!!) decent butterkin from this year (left) and @sireenica 's last butterkin from last year (right)

Remember, kids, the tag to block is

Squash Unboxing Liveblog

(I will also be accompanied by the pilot episode of @theholmwoodfoundation so I may periodically be distracted by the Horrors)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Rosewood Chronicles - Connie Glynn Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Percy Butter/Micky Tompkins Characters: Percy Butter, Micky Tompkins Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Angst, First Kiss, Getting Together, Canon Compliant, Mutual Pining, POV Alternating, Sharing a Bed, takes place after princess in practice, but before the lost princess, mentions of alfred tompkins being sick Summary:

Percy Butter could hardly sleep anymore.

He woke up again in the middle of the night, blinking rapidly in the darkness, feeling the keen sweat on his forehead and the horrid ache of his arms.

Or, Percy can’t sleep, and he tells Micky.

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Not gonna lie team, it has been a LOUSY year for butterkins

Exhibit A: There Were Squash There Yesterday

Exhibit B: Being Devoured By Squash Bugs

*siiiiiiiiiiigh* yeah something got under my cage again and absconded with both butterkins. H O W.

Anyway I picked the last one. It's still a bit under but it can't be helped

Terrible

She cleaned up.... okay. And that is the last of my butterkins for the season. What a bummer.

But at least the pumpkins are going gangbusters!

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So, remember when I said that I would need to cut the chewed parts of the butterkins to preserve them?

Well I didn't do that :/

So what I think I am going to do is to unbox these, salvage what I can, roast them, and then freeze them.

In related news, tentative date of the Pumpkin Party is October 19th. If you're in the neighborhood, come on by!

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How many ripe butterkins would you ideally need for a soup?

Usually about three or four of a decent size (eg the one I harvested before I left). The ones left on the vines are puny and unlikely to grow any more, since they're, ya know, dead.

We also make a particularly large soup for the Pumpkin Party because we invite everyone we know. It's a they all ate and were satisfied kinda situation but we don't end up with much in the way of leftovers. I think our highest attendance was like... 28 people??? I still don't know how we did it. The following year we decided to invite people in shifts and they were all gone by the time I got off work it was very sad. Ah well, the vicissitudes of life.