Our Goodwill Pumpkins…

We want to plant pumpkins for the fun of it and also to give to some of the local neighbor kids near Halloween… so we started them inside and finally got them hardened off and ready for their first night alone in the yard, in the ground!  I almost want to go out and put little snuggy blankets up around them…. we’ve enjoyed watching them since they were little sprouts… and taking them in and out every day, just like a dog or something!

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I’ve already read that pumpkins love to grow in a rich compost mixture, so we decided on this side area of the lot near the empty lot where there isn’t much in the way of grass and all that.   We got 5 bags of compost and spaced them out nice.  I will train them to kinda fill up the bare spots and all on the lot.

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Compost volcanos ready for the pumpkins!   (Maggie thinks they are like little volcanos…  she always sees the world in her own unique way, I love that about her…

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Making the selections of who gets what mound… we ended up with 3 good strong plants per mound…   might thin one out in the days to come… just going to keep an eye on them.   We have 3 individuals left and we might put them on the other side of the Moby just in case something happens to these, we’ll have backups and all.  They are jackolantern and ghost white ones… a mix… should be interesting.  Haven’t had good luck in the past with pumpkins, but I’ve done a lot of reading about them and we’ll see what comes of it this year!

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All ready for their first night in the earth!   We’ll mulch out the hills tomorrow to make sure they keep their moisture and all, plus they will look a little more like we intending them to be there and all.   I hope our bunny friends do not find them and help themselves to our little pumpky babies!!!

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the banjo player for Deepwater Bluegrass, and the editor of BuckeyeBluegrass.com as well as the main graphic designer of the Westvon Publishing empire. She is a renaissance woman of many talents and has two lovely daughters and a rehab mobile home homestead to raise.

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