Sure, it's only June...but I've already got pumpkins. Crazy! I should probably do a little research to find out why this happened so soon, but I am never going to grow pumpkins again so I really don't care. Aren't they cute? Too bad they'll be a rotting mess before the trick-or-treaters arrive. Oh well.
Let me tell you why I am never going to grow pumpkins ever again. My back yard was beginning to look like a serious commercial-grade pumpkin patch. Unless I wanted to set up a distributor agreement with Wal-Mart, the pumpkins had to go...in order to save everything else in my garden. Pumpkin vines are aggressive, sprawling, and get tangled in all of the other plants. With a pair of shears and my bare hands (ouch...they are kinda prickly too!), I tore up all the pumpkin plants and said my goodbyes. So sad, but it wasn't meant to be. Check out the carnage...it's not pretty.
On a happy note, I have a new little garden friend. What shall I name this sweet little gnome?
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