Monday, June 6, 2011

it ain't sunshine and pretty flowers

Gardening can be down right disgusting at times, with a hint of discouraging and disappointing.  The stem of the pumpkin plant has been eaten by some type of bug, maybe ants.  When I pulled on it slightly  the stem became completely detached.  I am not sure if I should have left it down, but I pulled the whole thing up and chucked it into the compost pile after I pulled the two pumpkins.


I am not sure how long these will survive, but I will keep them in the house in the hopes that they last until Halloween.  I was hoping to get four pumpkins. Two for the kids, one for our niece, and one so that I could try to make a homemade pumpkin pie.

2 comments:

  1. I've had pumpkins that lasted almost a year. Keep them in a dry place and they might make it.

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  2. The Anasa tristis in one of your earlier posts is what stressed your pumpkin. Once stressed everything starts chewing.

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