Pumpkin season
I have only a slightly green thumb, but I try to get a garden growing every year. As you may expect, some years are better than others, mostly depending on how much time I devote to the garden. This year was not as much time as I’d like and thus things did not grow all that well. Got a few cucumbers, almost no hot peppers, and the cabbage…well…best not to think about that.
I had one unexpected success though - three pumpkins. Unexpected because I didn’t plant any this year. The place where they grow is an area that is somewhat shaded due to the wood fence on two sides of that area, and it’s to the side of our compost pile, which I don’t go near very often.
Sometime last season after hollowing out our jack-o-lanterns, we chucked the seeds into our compost pile in the back yard. Some of those seeds must have survived and thrived in the nutrient-rich compost that surrounded it. I looked out about a week ago and found three small yet unrotten pumpkins sitting in that area.
I’ve scooped out two and have enough for a few pies. Yum.