Wanda, my wandering pumpkin, continues to stretch out. She’s started trailing onto the grass, so I suppose I’ll have to try to train her to grow back into the raised bed soon. If I can’t, husband probably won’t like to mow around her.
How could he not like her, though, with her cute little pumpkins?
On the same day I spotted the first tiny little pumpkin growing on Wanda, my first-born fall pumpkin plant, I also discovered what I think must be the work of a squash vine borer. Continue reading
Today I had a few minutes to check out the garden before work, and it was nice to see a lot of pumpkin flowers open. Also noticed that Wanda is expanding beyond the borders of the raised bed. Cosmo, the other pumpkin, is a lot smaller than Wanda, but he does have a flower or two.
When I got home tonight, I moved Wanda so she’s trailing inside the bed, but I’m guessing it won’t be long before she stretches out again. She’s definitely a pumpkin without borders, although I suppose that’s what pumpkins do, right?
Rain update: An hour after I posted last night about waiting for the rain, we actually did get a small shower. Less than a half-inch, but at least it’s something. There are more rain chances yet tonight and again tomorrow, but they’re really spotty.
Weekends are good for the soul in so many ways, and for me, gardening plays a big role. Like this morning, when I walked out to see beautiful yellow flowers on Wanda and Cosmo, my two pumpkin plants. Continue reading
Daughter liked to name my flowers in Wisconsin, so I figured I’d let her name the pumpkin that’s been keeping company with Wanda, my bigger, wandering pumpkin. So, we’re proud to introduce you to Cosmo. If you didn’t catch on from the title of this post, the names are a nod to characters in one of daughter’s favorite cartoons, The Fairly OddParents. Continue reading
It’s early, but I think pumpkins just might be my veggie of choice this fall. Don’t get me wrong, I really, really want fall tomatoes, but pumpkins are just looking more likely at the moment.
Wanda (yes, I’ve named one of my pumpkins) is three or four times her size of two weeks ago (photo above, today on top, Aug. 17 on bottom). Overnight, she stretched into the adjoining raised bed. No doubt the inch-and-a-half of rain we got late this afternoon helped.
And the yellow leaves on the second pumpkin plant have been replaced by a bunch of new green ones. I wouldn’t be surprised if it started making a move on Wanda soon. That’s one wrestling match I’m looking forward to.
My pepper plant looks pathetic. It has for quite awhile now, but I keep watering it because the peppers were still growing and the wilting leaves didn’t seem to be an indication that the peppers wouldn’t keep growing. So imagine my surprise when I noticed one offshoot whose leaves don’t look like they’ve spent the day (er, weeks) under sunny skies in 90-something-degree heat. Continue reading
It sure doesn’t take long for pumpkin plants to flower. Just a day or two after I saw little curly Qs on Wanda, she now sports at least one flower. No, the flower hasn’t actually opened yet, but I can see the yellow. I know it’s there. I’ll just give it another day, maybe two, and I bet it will be open. Continue reading
It won’t be long before my wandering pumpkin takes over a second raised bed area in my garden. Yes, Wanda is growing by leaps and bounds. The phrase definitely describes Wanda to a tee, stretching (I’d say anyway) as much as a foot in the past five days. Continue reading
Wanda the wandering pumpkin keeps stretching out a couple inches a day as evidenced in the above photo, which shows the pumpkin Friday night (bottom) and Sunday night (top). I love having a physical marker to make comparisons — in this case I use the edge of the cage holding the pepper plant at far left. I sure hope it stays healthy.
Also starting on the pumpkins are the cute little curly Qs. I am so looking forward to oven-roasted pumpkin seeds this fall.
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