I'm all for growing these guys John, but there is a spot where one has to decide what to do with the produce!
We regularly froze squash, and grew pumpkins for the kids, but nowadays, - ooooh, does it really mean that much...
If we lived in a commune, I'd do all this plus much more - it's in the blood, but now, at a very young age (check if you want to), I feel a little bit weary of digging for victory and giving everything away to much-loved chums, and sitting there with Mrs Growster, tincture in hand, and admitting that it MAY not have been all worth it...
Negative? Me?
Naaaah, just see what we're doing back at home with the garden full of fruit bushes, wires and a greenhouse bursting with toms!