garden wisdom

I began to see the real wisdom of training this pumpkin vine to grow on the fence when a pumpkin formed 3 feet off the ground. I thought the vine would grow a lot longer first, but this was it. The main vine creased alarmingly against the wire so I fashioned a jute string "sling" to hold the pumpkin up for the vine, and it worked! This pie pumpkin probably weighs about 4 pounds and is ripening nicely as the vine slowly starts to wither.