When Pumpkins Are Melons
November 2009
3 CommentsWhen this post was written: First child (D) was 6 yrs, 4 mo. Second child (B) was 4 yrs, 10 mo. Third child (L) was 3 yrs, 0 mo.
I am not a gardener. I do however, think gardens are a fantastic idea for a variety of reasons; so this year we planted a small plot. We planted tomatoes and Big Jim chiles (for Lee), marigolds (for me), sunflowers (for the girls), carrots and romaine (for David) and pumpkins (for us all). I had purchased all the seeds except the pumpkins. Those I had saved from the year previous and put in a pretty little jelly jar.
Summer is over, and nearly all that was left of the garden were our pumpkins, which stayed small and hadn’t turned orange yet. Pesky pumpkins! Yesterday I gave up and brought them all in. I caught a fruity whiff, and was disgusted that they had started to rot and never did turn orange. Maybe I had watered them too much. Maybe I planted them too late. They sat on the counter all afternoon.
Last night on a whim, I sliced one open and discovered that instead of pumpkins, they were melons.
Nothing spiritual here, but I’m sure if we think hard enough we can think of some parallels and principles.
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I always enjoy your posts about day to day life and funny little happenings. = )
1 monica said this (November 10, 2009 at 1:22 pm)
Made me smile!
2 Maya said this (November 10, 2009 at 10:07 pm)
I just read about another gardner’s troubles with pumpkins…their watermelons and pumpkins cross-polinated and they had to throw the whole kit and kaboodle out. You didn’t by any chance have any melons planted nearby did you?
3 Laura said this (November 12, 2009 at 10:34 pm)