I’ve been cussing like a sailor about the pumpkin patch. First, the fruit I bragged about in my last post suddenly started turning yellow and is now rotting away. At that, I gave the plants the evil eye and told … Continue reading
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Looking back now, I feel so naive when I remember how worried I was that our pumpkin vine wouldn’t have enough flowers for pollination. The single vine has grown and branched out so much that it has become a rather … Continue reading
How nice it is to start New Year’s day by finding a new watermelon growing! It’s just cherry tomato size at the moment, but it’s definitely growing bigger. In fact, there’s a second fruit flower on another vine just next … Continue reading
Well, the plant may have triumphed but the fruit did not. I’m sad to report that our first watermelon fruit failed to make it to maturity after all. It may have been the rain – I read that the plants … Continue reading