Flashback Friday - Pumpkin Patch

Me - age 1 1/2 - in the pumpkin patch at Palmiter's in Tinkertown (Alfred Station), NY
We always went there to pick out pumpkins - they even had groups from school go there if I remember correctly.

The Munchkin, age 1 1/2, picking out pumpkins at Hellaby Hill, Scottsville NY.
I loved watching him run up and down among the rows of pumpkins, the blue sky matching his blue sweatshirt. He would stop next to the biggest pumpkins and reach over and just barely touch the tips of the stems, saying "wow"

This year we have pumpkins grown by my neighbor.
Which one did the Munchkin pick???
The one that never turned orange - he calls it "the black one" (it is dark green).

Strange kid.

Dirty Tales from the Garden - a break in the rain

We've had lots of rain recently. Not ark-building rain, but more of an inconvenient, raining when I have free time to putter in the garden, everything is lush and green and growing like crazy rain.

I got a few moments between drops to slip out and get some garden pictures. Some of these plants I can take credit for - some are the neighbor's.

Russian Sage and Black Eyed Susans around the bird feeder my dad gave me when we moved to NY.

The neighbor's pumpkin patch - you can see 3 large pumpkins in various stages of ripening in this photo - there are probably close to a dozen in the patch all together.

New life for old farm implements -my neighbor uses them as stakes for her tall plants- the tomatoes, the dill, and more. Over the past two years the stakes have included hoes and rakes, old crutches, skis and ski poles, and more. It is great fun to see what will appear out there next.

Pass the Peas - take 2.
We planted 24 more pea plants.
All but 6 came up.
We are looking forward to a great 2nd harvest - and we won't let them stay on the vine so long this time around.