Photo Taken in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Early Harvest

I just wanted to grow pumpkins this year.  Don't know why only them, but I guess I just like pumpkins.  There's something so fun and quirky about them.  Little did I know that my harvest would come mid-summer instead of Halloween.  Silly me!  I figured you started stuff in the Spring, so that's what I did.  Little early, I'd say.

I also grew cantaloupes and watermelons since the folks here like them.  I figured, why not.

Here's what I just now picked.  There's one pumpkin out there that's still green and the largest one of all, so it'll be interesting to see how big it gets.




5 comments:

  1. How amazing that you can grow watermelons...
    Wish I was closer as I'd love a taste!

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  2. My watermelon plants have a very few little ones coming along. I hope they make it, but they need watering every day and that's getting to be a pain! Hope we all get some rain soon. Your watermelon looks good!

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  3. Those are magnificent. When we grew them here the turtles got them exactly on the day they were ripe...chewing holes in the rinds; shameless behavior! Now we buy them, imported from Arkansas.

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  4. Great Job!! Especially this year!! If I had my way, I would only grow pumpkins and gourds. I mean, all you really have to do is pick them and display them. Right? lol, and I supposed use some pumpkin for pies and such :) -Tammy

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  5. I agree, you did better than anyone I know! Pumpkins will keep for quite a while if the squirrels don't find them. If you go out one day and see holes bored all over, you'll know what got 'em!

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