Nature Is Kinda Cool

We have been growing pumpkin here and it is my first time being successful. Well, it is growing and forming more than last year, just not ready for picking quite yet.

I had forgotten how huge and how beautiful the flowers are that grow from it. Even though they look like the ones that zucchini have, they are twice as big.

I have been taking pictures of the plant, recording their growths. In my previous garden post I have mentioned that the pumpkin plant was doing quite well, so well that it was growing into my neighbour's yard.
But one thing that was quite different is that this pumpkin plant wanted to take new heights, literally...

In this picture it shows that the pumpkin plant decided to wrap its tiny little arm stringy things onto the tree and start growing a pumpkin there. Trust me, I did not put it there. Actually, in this mini rain forest style of a garden I have, I had to search quite a bit to find if there was anything more growing than just the flowers.

And with search I found another little guy. I had my son go and get what was growing in the neighbour's yard that is at a lower level than my yard, in order to save the pumpkins. Although this one doesn't look like it was having the best start.

It looks wrinkly lol.

So with that I started to keep a photographic journey of the pumpkins, more so the one in the tree. I wanted to see if it could actually grow there. Thinking that the weight would become too heavy for the tiny tree to withhold.
And so we start with this close up here being the 2nd picture a few days after the one I took of it in the tree.

I was actually surprised at how big it was before I even noticed it in the tree, but then who would think to look for a pumpkin there?
I left a few days in between before taking pictures. Even though the plant itself grew impressively fast because of the new type of weather we have been receiving here in the north, the fruit itself seems on the slow end.

Here is the 3rd picture I took a few days after.

Quite a difference from the 1rst picture. This one was about 5 days after the first picture was taken. So actually it is growing faster than I thought.
With it being this size and already has started to droop down from the tree, my thoughts of the tree not being strong enough to hold the pumpkin were true. So I had my husband help me take it out of the tree being careful not to break the stem.

And to think the only two things holding this heavy guy was this tiny little spaghetti like arm. How strong they are.

With that we noticed that another branch of the plant was again growing in the neighbour's yard. My son hurried to help and how happy he was to find another good size pumpkin growing. He helped bring it up safe and sound.

As my husband stated and I am starting to believe him, I am not so good at finding my veggies lol. He said that because not only have we found an extra pumpkin, I have found what I think is to be another type of squash. I can't remember what I grew lol. Laughing because I never labelled my crops.

There was 3 growing right there, but hiding under the big leaves.

Sneaky buggers.

For the little wrinkly one, I couldn't find him. Lost to the world. Maybe a bird pecked at it, carried away. It's hard life when just starting out in the world.

I am very happy with all this new growth, means I am doing something good.

What I plan on doing with these pumpkins? Everything! Pumpkin pie, cake, cookies, bakes pumpkin seeds, although I will be saving some to grow more next year, um soup, um... I'm running out of ideas, but if you got more share them in the comments! I would love to see what more there could be :D

Until next time, take care and happy growing, happy harvest :D