Late bloomers

Due to the extreme business of my summer I got my pumpkin seeds in very late. And then got the seedlings in the ground even later. Not procrastination, just too darn busy. Anyway, after I noticed the seedlings were starting to turn yellow I finally decided it was "now or never" time and got out the trowel and the unnaturally blue fertilizing chemicals.

I had a long, empty strip of soil in the sunniest part of the yard that I had intended to use for flowers but as the garden centers' supply of flowers was already dwindling at that point I figured I may as well fill it with pumpkins. It so bare with four puny, yellowing pumpkin seedlings. (Yes, only four because I dropped one of the seeds down the drain when I was planting them.)

After a couple of weeks my kids were delighted (as was I) with the big orange blossoms that started to appear. My 5-year-old son enlisted himself as "chief waterer" and made it his duty to water them after daycare every day. I think he just likes having an excuse to use the hose, but that's fine with me.

Last night we got back from a two-week holiday and were shocked to find that our little sprouts have not only taken over the garden, but were starting to spill over the sidewalk too. There is hope for them yet!

There are no actual pumpkins yet, although I think I'm going to inspect a little more thoroughly this evening now that I've read a few of the other posts on this blog.