Pumpkins!! - July 23

At the beginning of our summer, we had no idea, not even an inclination we might consider moving. None. If moving had ever come up, it was always a "well, maybe one day" type discussion. 
At our current house, we have raised gardens. We don't have enough room for pumpkins but Grandma 21's garden wasn't being used this year for anything ... so we borrowed it. 
We bought pumpkin seeds and a few sprouted plants and set out to build a pumpkin patch. 
With all the rain and very little sun, things seemed to be very slow going ... but after a few nice days, it seems everything exploded to life. Unfortunately, so did the weeds. 
One afternoon, I spent a bit of time weeding the garden. The soil was still quite damp, so the weeds came out easily. And because the weeds were so big, they were easy to find! 

Our pumpkin patch at Grandma's

The pile of weeds I pulled out.

Baby pumpkin

This is how big J thinks our pumpkins will be.

So glad now we will be able to see these pumpkins until the end of the growing season! I'm not sure we'll be able to harvest much before the end of August from our home garden, there just hasn't been enough sun ...yet!