Late winter saw me hauling compost to the garden spots. This was necessary from two points...one, the compost pile needed cleaning and...two, the garden needed prepping for the spring gardens. There must have been thirty wheelbarrows of the compost so it took me several days to complete the job but finally, the gardens looked nice! They still do even though I am waiting to pull the last few broccoli and cabbage plants so the tomatoes and peppers can be set in the ground. Hopefully, that will happen by this weekend...weather permitting.
There is one lovely plant that sprouted from a seed in the compost. Since all scraps go to the bin, hundreds of seeds (food scraps) wind up there, too. Obviously, a pumpkin seed was among those hundreds. That seed was the top of its game and now one lone pumpkin plant has taken up residence in the garden. It is sad and lonely as there are no others. I fully had expected the late freeze of a few weeks back to kill the plant but, somehow, it survived! While the bees are working the blooms of this plant, the pollination is not happening. I wish there were two or more but this sole seed sprouted and grew. Poor, lonely pumpkin plant!
My intentions may be late but tomorrow will find me planting a few more pumpkin seeds along side this one. I doubt that those plants will grow fast enough to bloom before this one withers away but maybe? Oh, well, I had not even planned to plant pumpkins. I guess, now I am. Poor, lonely pumpkin plant.
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