Friday, August 23, 2013

The Great Pumpkin and Junior





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.

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