Texas heat, Texas drought

I'M TRYING TO GROW A PUMPKIN! I've never grown my own. I have one large one on this vine and one small pie pumpkin growing on the fence (you'll see how wise it was of me to train it to grow on the fence in a later post) but it is so hot and dry that I try to water every other day. The poor pumpkin stays thirsty, and now it has been chewed upon by some unknown creature-I think a rabbit. The bite marks are too big for grasshoppers. But notice that it is beginning to turn colors, so I'm holding my breath. I need to go water...