Pumpkin Patch Near Home
I was out on a pumpkin hunt with my grandson, seeing how
many pumpkins we could find around the neighborhood. They seemed to be
everywhere this time of year, bright symbols of autumn and reminders of
Halloween. We found pumpkins on porches, on the steps of the local elementary
school, peeking out of windows. And then we came upon a pumpkin patch, in front
of a house right in the middle of a block!
I mostly think of a pumpkin patch as being in a farm field,
certainly not in a housing development. But there it was, in a space more apt
to have small clumps of flowers or seasonal plantings of mums than a pumpkin
crop, green vines bearing yellow flowers and orange fruit (yes, a pumpkin is a
fruit).
I asked the owners about it. It seems that they had left a
pumpkin outside to feed the rabbits that happened by. The seeds that weren’t
eaten planted themselves and now were happily growing. That got me thinking
about how life has a way of supporting itself. The plot the pumpkins were
growing in wasn’t ideal for the length of the vines but they were thriving
nonetheless, a symbol of life’s determination to express itself. We live in a
tough world yet the seeds of hope survive, even in the most difficult
situations.
The pumpkin patch was a joyful surprise for me and added
quite a few pumpkins on my grandson’s hunt.
(The final count: 61).
This site has just about everything to know about pumpkins,
from planting to harvesting to eating. Enjoy!
What’s a fruit, what’s a vegetable?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fruit-vegetable-difference/MY02201
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