So during Halloween as we were scooping out the gooey pumpkins to make Jack-O-Lanterns Blake had the great idea to plant the pumpkin seeds. Dad, who lives next door, had moved the travel trailer that sat for years and thereby had killed any grass over the spot where it resided. To keep the yard looking at least a LITTLE better he tilled the ground. Of course, without sun the soil just didn't seem to want anything to grow there. This seemed the perfect plot since it was tilled and I wasn't worried about the seeds growing anyway.
Come first warm weather this year, guess what we saw! Yep, pumpkin plants! And quite a few of them too! The kids were very excited that they'd have their own pumpkin patch. Of course, with the crazy winter weather we've had the cold came back and the plants wilted away. Or so we thought! We now have no less than 6 pumpkin plants thriving and flowering out in dad's back yard. I guess blake will be the one with the green thumb in our family. Anyone know how to make pumpkin pie from scratch?
I wonder if I can relate this to a gospel story of "sterile" ground and the faith of someone who plants a seed?
3 comments:
Awesome! My boys did the same thing with their watermelon seeds and they grew~ so you could try those too! You have the space for an awesome family garden! Keep up the good work!
how cool! i bet blake was so psyched.
Mmmmm... Pumpkin Pie with Cool Whip in the spring sounds great!
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