Hi DesertDance,
I would wait until the first week of April for seeding the pumpkins .
That's what I do here . I seed them in the first week of April, in ground 3 at on place and, later on, you keep just one at the place.
The last two years, I did start them in pots under a plastic sheet. I always make extras as slugs like to cut the bud and that means death for the seedling .
Here we use to grow "potiron rouge vif d'estampes", "potimarron", "courge longue musquée de Nice". I will probably try the "butternut" this year .
If you go for getting the neighbor crazy, try the "Atlantic giant" just for the fun.
Do not forget to water and fertilize :) ... One told me that the secret of the size is to give them milk at watering time ... Milk makes for them to grow bigger ...

You are funny jdsfrance!  I want to make my neighbor crazy, but not THAT crazy!  LOL!  Need to be able to lift the pumpkins!  I just want to prove to him that we can grow them in our awful dirt!  Our driveway is across the street from his, and we have two tall brick posts flanking the gate.  A couple pumpkins at Halloween would look cool up there on those posts!  I'll remember the milk trick.  Will sour milk work?  Just sometimes we have some of that cuz nobody drinks much milk here.

SLUGS!  Evil!  I'll put some lids close by with beer in there so they'll drown on the way to my seedlings, and surround everything with slug bait.  I lost a couple baby figs that way.  HATE Slugs!

I have a packet of Sugar Pie pumpkin seeds and one on it's way from Ebay is called Organic Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Seeds.  One day we'll do OT How are your pumpkins doing!  OH, good luck with your delicious butternut squash!

Suzi

I ordered some seeds of those, will see what comes out!

http://www.rareseeds.com/kajari-melon/?F_Keyword=Melon

I hate the look!
I have tried both to sign-in and confirm-your-account, both resulted in a "sorry .. error" message.
Let me tell you, it is either 100% me or nothing (zero/nada)...

It will take some (never) getting used to.  Don't like it. 
Can't understand why they would have acquired the popular GardenWeb and literally dissolved it. 
Some marketing angle no doubt?

Suzi, it's best to plant 2 or 3 seeds close together in a large area so they'll be more likely to get pollinated.  They have separate male and female flowers and one vine often will have only male flowers open.  The more vines, the more likely you'll have some female flowers open at the same time as the males.

OK!  I'll plant 2-3 together.  This Thread is about the new Garden Web.  I've received much more helpful information here at the fig forum than over there at the squash/pumpkin forum.  People here actually want to help.  There, they seem to want to make it really hard for you.  Like discourage.  All the cons and no hope.

Thanks to all of you for the pumpkin info!  I'll post photos if I can get those seeds to grow!

Suzi

Count me in as another that dislikes the new format. I won't be using it much anymore.

Do you think it was about money?  Garden web has always been about $$$$ adds.  Houzz is all about Houzz, and it's really hard to even find Garden web in their web!  You have to click on Advice at the top, then look at the menu on the left side to actually get to Garden Web.  Like most of you, I HATE IT!

Suzi