2024 Pumpkins to 2025 Dahlias

We had a good pumpkin patch again in 2024. The only disappointment was the varmints nibbling at the ripe gourds. Why can’t they just pick one and eat it? One at a time? Plenty to go around.

I got about 30 pumpkins this year.

This bed is 2 years old and is a work in progress. So this year I decided to put down a cover crop - 7 seed mix with clover, oats, hairy vetch, daikon radishes etc. No sooner had I seeded than my bed became a huge bird feeder. So I covered it with a weed fabric and prayed that the birds hadn’t gotten all of them.

fast forward a week and I returned and peeked under the fabric. Voilà! Lots of sprouts.

Let’s hope the rabbits leave it alone.

Next year I think it will be dahlias! Very excited!