Time to catch up with our babies

Of our initial five babies, this was one of the first to leave the safety of the greenhouse. When we first planted him, our grape plant wasn't even thinking about spring yet. But now, the race is on and I'm not sure which of the two is going to be bigger. I couldn't believe it when I saw the yellow pumpkin flowers poking out through the tangle of grape leaves. I'd pretty much written that poor little pumpkin off -- but now I think he's absolutely amazing!

The second baby is gigantic. We placed him in our antique seeder/discer. He was supposed to share that space with petunias, and tomotoes, zucchini and cucumbers but I think they're all losing out to his need to grow.

The third baby to leave the nest was provided with a "nest egg" and she's the first to become a parent. Her little one grows a little bigger everyday. We just have to decide whether to limit her to one baby, as she's confined to a pot or whether to allow her to have as many as she'd like.

The poor fourth baby, who's home should have been the optimum place for a pumpkin to grow is the victim of too much rain...but Dan's seeds were strong...he continues to hang in there and produce flowers. Unfortunately, although I headed out to the garden to take his picture, the mosquitoes quickly chased me back to the safety of my deck.