Louie’s Pumpkin Patch
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Welcome to Louie's Pumpkin Patch!We wish a you a successful pumpkin season in 2010we'll be back in the spring
See our 2009 Halloween pictures!
This is from the local TV news on Friday Oct 30. Click on the big white triangle in the middle to start it. A commercial will play first. Click on the screen icon in the lower right-hand corner of the picture after it starts showing Louie and it will show full screen.
Fall is in the air. The harvest is in and we participated in a Harvest Festival near the pumpkin patch. Here are pictures of before, during, and after. Not much left to worry about. We had a record harvest, as well as a record number of visitors to the country hall where we participated.
We participated in the hall found at #20. Rörs - Odensåkers Bygdegård. The map shows all the country halls and farms involved in the annual harvest festival.
See the latest pictures from the pumpkin patchCome take a look at my hobby.
Swedish Open in pumpkins on Öland (only in Swedish)
We visited Inger Johanne and Arne Ulfeng in Fredrikstad, Norway. They recently published a book about pumpkins and squash with good recipes and wonderful pictures. It is only in Norwegian, but if you're interested, contact them at arne.ulfeng@bluezone.no
Seeds of many of the cultivars of squash and pumpkins shown on Louie's Pumpkin Patch homepage are available from
Read about pumpkin history here . Read about pumpkin trivia here.
In Sweden we plant after risk for frost, usually around May 15. Check what Johnny's Selected Seeds recommends for pumpkins and winter squash.
Our Mission:Our goal is to introduce pumpkins and squash into Swedish cuisine. This is done by growing, demonstrating, and selling over 100 different varieties of pumpkins and squash.
Profile – Louis Lehmann:A little about myself My hobby is growing squash and pumpkins. I'm an American who brought this hobby with me to Sweden, along with my wife Myra and daughter Kassie some 36 years ago. By profession I am a plant breeder working mainly with cereals. In 2001 I had more than 150 different varieties, which I have received from all over the world. I have been having trials here in Sweden for the past 34 years. These trials have been mainly for selecting early types that do well here. It is also very interesting to see the variation occurring in Cucurbita. A friend and I have also been trying for several years to introduce various types of summer squash, winter squash, and pumpkins into the Swedish diet (this has been going very slowly). We've also been trying to get more farmers and households to grow a larger variety of squashes and pumpkins. Halloween has become very popular here the last few years. My main interest has however been in edible types.
See the Progress Reports which were sent to participating seed suppliers.See Where is Sweden? This is a paper presented at the "Cucurbitaceae 2000" held in Israel March 19-23, 2000. This describes some of our work and results.
Available only in Swedish (endast på svenska):
Baby food: Our granddaughter thinks Grandpa's grey winter squash developed in New Zealand by Hybrid Seed Company New Zealand Ltd (www.hybridseed.co.nz) is very sweet. Notice that her dish is empty and she is showing off her two new front teeth. Her bib says, "I love Grandpa". After cooking, mix in blender until smooth. Add nothing -- it is already sweet and full of vitamin A.
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