This year was our first attempt at growing pie pumpkins at ‘the farm’. We were strolling through our newly planted garden in early June, and just like every true gardener contemplates, we wondered what else we could plant. One of the pie pumpkins from the farm. Easy to grow if you have a lot of room. In order to stick with our goals of planting only what we use, we decided to plant pumpkin and watermelon seeds. Then came the big question – where? As most of our readers know, the vines would take up a considerable amount of space. We decided we would ‘experiment’ at the top of the hill by the front entrance of the property – in the area that is known for all walks of wildlife to wonder through. We freeze our pumpkin puree so it is ready to use throughout the fall months. Fast forward to 3 months later and we had our first watermelon and pumpkin ready to be picked! We brought the pumpkin home and made our own pumpkin puree. (see: Homemade Pumpkin Puree recipe). And this week, we pulled it out of the freezer to make our first batch of pumpkin cookies. [...]