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Garden of the Day

17 August 2009 10:24 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Garden of the Day

DSCN1926, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I shit you not with this photo. A house (on Warder Street) had a pumpkin patch in their front yard. In August! How is that even possible? This photo was taken on Sunday. Insane. And totally awesome.


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6 Responses to “Garden of the Day”

  1. 18 August 2009 9:05 AM | Jamie Said:

    Jamie

    Perhaps I misunderstand the incredulity about it being August. But pumpkins, like most vegetables, don’t just appear miraculously when you’re supposed to pick them. They have to grow for a while.

    I agree it’s totally awesome. I did tomatoes in my front yard this year but pumpkins. That’s just cool. Sure beats mowing grass, too.

     

  2. 18 August 2009 10:14 AM | mapgirl Said:

    mapgirl

    Pumpkins are pretty easy to grow. My mother has huge ones in her garden that grow without extra fertilizer. You just have to keep them watered and they’ll get ginormous. (Over the size of a basketball, good for a huge jack o’lantern) She can’t even lift them into the house. She cuts them apart on the front porch after getting the husband next door to carry it for her.

    Only problem are the long vines. They can grow unchecked and cause some other problems.

     

  3. 18 August 2009 11:17 AM | Margaret Said:

    Margaret

    It’s August, and pumpkins, like all other kinds of fruits and veg need time to grow. ;)

     

  4. 18 August 2009 11:24 AM | Anonymous Said:

    What’s the secret to these pumpkins not walking off?? Front-yard gardening seems to me a very dicey proposition … seriously, my jack o’ lantern gets stolen every year, as do my spring blossoms.

     

  5. 18 August 2009 2:08 PM | Nylonthread Said:

    Nylonthread

    I didn’t plant pumpkins, but have a volunteer growing in my front yard!! I think the squirrels that were eating the pumpkin seeds must have hidden a few seeds in with the flowers. When I was weeding, I almost pulled the vines, but stopped when I noticed that it looked like squash flowers were blooming. Now, I have a pumpkin in my flower bed. Pretty cool.

     

  6. 18 August 2009 2:10 PM | Nylonthread Said:

    Nylonthread

    Oh, oops, I meant that the squirrels were eating (and hiding) the seeds from the Jack o’ Lanterns that I put out last Halloween.

     


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