No more talk of pumpkins
I miss my pumpkin patch. Last year we had a grand time fussing over our pumpkin-growing project. Pictures, blogging, watering, harvesting, weekly inspections – we got a lot of mileage out of that.
And with our new neighborhood going to the ghosts and goblins with great abandon, we really needed to at least get a pumpkin stash on the porch. So last weekend we went hunting for an authentic pumpkin patch. The Sincere kind. And we found it – in our own little valley. There were pumpkins galore, in all sizes and varieties, along with scarecrows and Indian Corn. They had wheelbarrows and clippers to cut your own pumpkins from the vine, if you were so inclined. A great place.
And I had my camera with me and everything.
Just didn’t have a ‘live’ battery.
But we’ll try again this weekend. At only $14 for a truckload of pumpkins, we can manage to do that again!
And there's always next year. We have a BIG back yard.
(So, Carolyn, did Brandon ever get to try growing pumpkins?)
posted by Cathy @ 8:28 AM
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Brandon had a fabulous time growing pumpkins! We only planted a few seeds at a time (at first) and each vine got one good pumpkin that we nurtured (and a few tiny ones) I ended up cooking 2 so I can make a pie - haven't done it yet! We still have 2 nice ones we are packing up to bring to Tucson. He took the seeds from the ones I cooked and planted them. Unfortunately he didn't put them in one seed at a time so I've got a clump of seedlings coming in. They, of course, won't be growing pumpkins by the time we leave or Halloween. Our renters should have one or two (or more) at Thanksgiving or Christmas! What a surprise they are in for! He would love to plant them again for next year. They must grow in the Tucson area, there is a farm off Ajo. He has gotten to be a real green thumb with his plants.
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