In the late spring we planted jack-o-lantern pumpkin seeds. By mid-July we had over fifty flowers on the pumpkin vines. The vines were growing at least six inches per day such that Dave had to trim them back because they started taking over our deck and backyard.
This is a picture of our first pumpkin. It started growing in July. The girls were so excited that pumpkins were growing in our yard.
We had so many flowers and seven pumpkins by the mid-August that we started a Pumpkin Guess Contest. Family and friends made guesses.
At one point we had eleven pumpkins, but three succumbed to nature (deflated overnight). After the three, we had eight pumpkins that lasted a few weeks. So we thought eight would be the winning number. Until...
the animals attacked our pumpkins!
We have deer, foxes, raccoons, and squirrels around the property. Some feisty animal ripped the tops off the pumpkins and cleared them out.
They left four small pumpkins. We decided to pick them before October to try to avoid the animals eating them.
The girls sitting with their pumpkins - two each.
We had four small pumpkins on our front porch. Slowly but surely, the animals attacked them again. One by one we found the pumpkins gutted on the front porch or in the bushes.
Regardless, the girls are ready to grow more pumpkins next year. We'll just get a better fence!!
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