Great White Pumpkin Report:: #3

Many inches of rain and lots of lightning have discouraged me from venturing out to the Brickhouse the past few days to check on the six Valenciana Pumpkins I have started out there. A few days ago I set them out in the sun (what sun, you may ask?) to begin he



Earlier this week I transplanted one of the 8 starts I have out into the pasture, in the round of old hay lying on the ground out there. It was my tester, to see if the horse manure/urine leftover from this winter will kill it. The rain and lightning have kept me from venturing out too far in the pasture, too, so I don't know how that one is doing.

This evening after I fed hungry horses and bored dogs, I went out to check on the plants.

The Great White Pumpkin

Ever the competitors, my family is going at it once again:

The Great White Pumpkin Contest.


Competitors were doled out ten Valenciano pumpkin seeds each.


Between May 1st and October 31st,
we all will strive to be the top pumpkin farmers in our family.
There are two categories:
Greatest Number of White Pumpkins,
and
Largest White Pumpkin of Them All.

And may the greenest thumb win...