Week Three

The pumpkins had much growth this past week, at least three to four inches. They look pretty healthy; however, I am somewhat concerned about the yellow discoloration on the bottom leaves. I treated them with a plant food called VF-11; it’s supposed to work like magic according to amateur gardeners across the blogosphere. I have to say that I used it on my pumpkins Saturday morning, and by Sunday morning they had grown about another two inches. I also used it on my tomato plants Saturday morning, and by that afternoon all the plants had tomatoes on them! I would've thought that this was my imagination, but when my wife came outside and exclaimed that tomatoes had suddenly sprouted, I got a little excited and a little creped out with this voodoo plant food. When I feel it has successfully contributed to my harvest, I will discuss further and possibly link to the website. The chipmunks are still running the show in my yard. After watching one of them run through the humane trap with peanut butter and sunflower seeds in his jaw, without setting it off of course, I returned to my more murderous attempts. Of course, my attempts failed due to equipment malfunction. The battle continues, but hopefully I can satisfy them with feed to the point where they are not interested in my pumpkins. See you next week.