This spring while digging into the compost pile for fertilizer for this years veggie garden Mike found a little plant growing right in the midst of it. He had no clue as to what it was . He decided to plant it to see what would develop . This is what it looked like after a few weeks , just as the flowers were blooming. He photographed his hand next to the bloom to give an idea of just how large these blooms were . We thought , maybe zucchini or some type of squash .
Well earlier this week the mystery was solved . That looks suspiciously like a
pumpkin to me . So far despite an abundance of blooms that's the only pumpkin . Apparently there are male and female flowers on a vine which depend on honeybees for pollination . Lucky for us that at least one bee was busy in the pumpkin patch . Wish he'd call a couple of friends , I'd like a few more pumpkins .
The baby blanket is on a short time out for bad behavior . I have repeatedly crocheted the same row numerous times , making the same mistake at different points in the row . I'm blaming it on this unbearable heat which has me completely frazzled . I've decided a break in favour of sock knitting is in order .
Have a good weekend !
8 comments:
As soon as I saw the blossom, I thought "pumpkin"! One free pumpkin is better than none.
We have a pear tree and it's the same thing - we needed another nearby for pollination. For many years we had no pears, but this year it looks like a bumper crop!
It's too hot to knit or crochet a blanket! Better to knit socks!
oh I saw the picture and thought that looks just like T's pumpkin plant. Hopefully her's will grow that big too.
How cool to get a surprise pumpkin!
So far no squash for us...no bees, I suppose. Or our female flowers are just too chaste! =)
I LOVE pumpkins and yours is so cute growing in among the vines!
I really wasn't expecting a pumpkin then! Very cool :)
Sorry to hear your blanket is in time out, but I am always in favour of sock knitting!
Sorry to hear about your blanket's bad behaviour. Sometimes these things just have to be done.
BTW, I looked back at my dog pic and realized I had cut Mags head off in the post. So it is new fixed. Thanks!
I've got zucchini. They are HUGE this year, I planted them in an old big truck tire. They flowered the other day, and I see zucchini coming behind the flowers now. I'm excited, I use a lot of zucchini. One year I planted them they flowered, but I never got a single zucchini. I read somewhere on line that I must have had all of one sex of flower - it said if you get flowers and no zucchini then the flowers were all the same sex.
pumpkins love love love heat.....
keep that crocheted naughty in the corner awhile that will teach it.
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