Pumpkin Watch 2012

Whoa!  It's pumpkin season again.  I planted 'Rouge Vif  D'Etampes' (the Cinderella pumpkin) and 'Jarradale' pumpkins this year.  The vines have been huge for a couple of months, but suddenly, the pumpkins are getting big, too.  And some of these guys are starting to scare me a bit!

This one is actually ripening in the asparagus bed (that's the ferny stuff that you can see) about 10 feet away from where the plant is actually rooted.

 This is actually the darkest orange pumpkin in the patch.  It's not quite a foot in diameter.

This is 'Big Mama'!  This one is nearly twenty feet away from the first one pictured, actually at the end of the bed and almost to the fence.  It's also, so far, the biggest of all, about 15 inches in diameter and still growing. By Halloween, this one might actually be big enough to make Cinderella a coach from without any magic required.

This is one of the 'Jarradale' pumpkins looking not quite so festive.  They are still quite green, but will eventually turn grey blue.  This type is supposed to be a better long-term storage pumpkin which will be quite a feat as the Cinderella pumpkins usually stay good into February in my experience.

Just a note to my little pumpkin-loving buddies: No matter how many pumpkins Granny grows, we still have a date for the pumpkin patch this fall. That is one of the highlights of the harvest season! lol.