6 Months Later...

It's just sitting at the edge of the woods where I plopped it along with about 5 other jack o' lanterns 6 months ago. I cannot believe how tough the skin is, considering the weather conditions that it's been through. I think it's looking at me... CREEPY!!!

The Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch...

Built by the best husband ever =) He always seems to go along with my craziest of plans =) That's just one of the reasons that he's awesome ;)

I think there are 24 plants in all. Just keeping my fingers and toes and maybe even my eyes crossed that I get a couple of pumpkins out of this =)

Drying...

I'm going to try my hand at selling some of these little fellas. Just trying to decide on what avenue to use as a shop.

Pumpkins Take Two

Last year, I tried my had at growing pumpkins for the first time. I started in July... which all of you pumpkin growers out there know is a really late start. I only got one pumpkin that didn't get eaten by pest, but I was successful in getting at least 4 to begin growing.

This year, I'm wiser (don't let the pretty black and orange butterflies hang out in the garden) and I kind of know what to expect. My biggest concern is the pests. Vine borers and cucumber beetles got to my plants last year and I had a big problems keeping those suckers under control. I'll be doing research soon and I have plans for building a screen of sorts around my garden to help prevent them from coming in.

I have three different varities this year: traditional giant orange pumpkins, green and white. Should be fun =)

Jack o' Bunny Egg

Skull Flower

The Vine House

A haunting entryway dubbed, "The Vine House" here in Covington, La. Although it is called the vine house, it is acutally made up of snarly pine knots. It's out in plain view, right off of a two lane highway, but if you're not looking for it, you'd never know it was there.