Revenge of the garden
Apr. 17th, 2010 03:35 pmBack in October, I made a note here about a lovely evening spent gardening with my children.
I noted that I had planted "4 seeds of Thelma Sanders Squash". I think I was wrong and in the madness that is associated with gardening with an over eager 4 year old and her older sister, I may have planted the Lady Godiva pumpkin instead and its taken over my life. Who woud have thought that 4 little seeds could have such an impact on my life?
Here are the before and after shots;
And here are the pumpkin/squash I am talking about;
and
and 
The Squash and the pumpkin my fruit
the squash was supposed to be good eating, and the pumpkin good only for the seeds.
should I wait until the pumpkin dies off? or just rip it out and plant more stuff now that I've got a day with no particular plans?[1]
I've harvested the biggest one, saved the seeds and the flesh is in the oven roasting. Perhap there will be blue cheese and pumpkin risotto for dinner today.
[1] actually I have plenty of plans but they rely on other people, so I'll find other stuff to keep my mind off it.
I noted that I had planted "4 seeds of Thelma Sanders Squash". I think I was wrong and in the madness that is associated with gardening with an over eager 4 year old and her older sister, I may have planted the Lady Godiva pumpkin instead and its taken over my life. Who woud have thought that 4 little seeds could have such an impact on my life?
Here are the before and after shots;


And here are the pumpkin/squash I am talking about;



The Squash and the pumpkin my fruit
the squash was supposed to be good eating, and the pumpkin good only for the seeds.
should I wait until the pumpkin dies off? or just rip it out and plant more stuff now that I've got a day with no particular plans?[1]
I've harvested the biggest one, saved the seeds and the flesh is in the oven roasting. Perhap there will be blue cheese and pumpkin risotto for dinner today.
[1] actually I have plenty of plans but they rely on other people, so I'll find other stuff to keep my mind off it.