And this one is a doozy!I kept my beautiful pumpkins in the house until after Christmas because I loved them so. One was green, one white and one was a beautiful reddish orange. Once I composted them in January, I thought done was done.
Apparently, one of the seeds found its way into the side of the compost pile that is quietly working without being disturbed, and because it has the most fertile soil in the yard, just went crazy. This plant has tripled in size during the last week and has many blooms. Since we won't turn over the pile until early fall, we've decided to let it go and see what happens.
This picture of my container garden was taken from the same spot as the compost picture, the upper deck of the house looking down and across the Santa Rosa Valley. The pots contain: Back row L-R: tomatoes & lettuce, snap peas, lettuce, and cherry tomatoes. Front row, L-R: lettuce & spinach, Kentucky wonder green beans, eggplant & red bell peppers and cucumbers. The boxes at the bottom of the frame have elephant garlic and lettuce leaf basil.
Yummy times ahead!
"...this is the chosen spot of all this earth as far as Nature is concerned."
~ Luther Burbank, horticulturist, about his new home of Santa Rosa, California
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