Much to my relief the Great Pumpkin
slowly started turning Orange and began looking like a respectable
Pumpkin should. I tried to ignore the numerous female blossoms which
seemed to be begging for a friendly Bee or me to pollinate them, but
when one developed in a good location, I did my crude method of
pollination and in a few days Pumpkin Junior was born! Junior grew
in leaps and bounds, almost catching up in size with the Great
Pumpkin in just a few weeks. Meanwhile the main plant was soaking up
water at a prodigious rate, sometimes needing watering twice a day.
The tomatoes were starting to
ripen and we harvested a basket full of potatoes, while the Great
Pumpkin and Junior keep on growing.
