Explore the Orchard
The apples are still little, but these Jonagolds and the other apple babies in the orchard are looking good. They have a long way to go but they are off to a great start. Now, to make sure we don’t have too many apples weighing down a branch, that they get enough water, that we get the pumpkins planted. Ooosh! Yes, the pumpkins, got to get those little seeds into the ground. My, oh my, always something to do.
We’ll keep you posted on our progress.
Look forward to seeing your crew this fall!
Pumpkin Love – We kind of have a thing for pumpkins. We love poring over seed catalogs in the off-season and checking out new varieties. We carefully map out the patch each year, it’s always different because we are always trying something new. And, we have so many varieties, we end up planting them by hand. One year we used a pick because the ground was so muddy. This year we planted them at 5:30 am the Sunday of Memorial Day to beat the heat.
Fast forward: The plants bolt from the ground and send runners carpeting the patch in a dense jungle of green. We weed, water, repeat and the rich Nebraska soil and sun do the rest. Four months later, we peek under that green foliage and it’s like striking the mother lode but it’s not just gold, it’s orange, white, blue, green and pink.
Why do we like pumpkins so much? We need to do a bit of self-assessment to answer that. I suppose just ‘cuz or just ‘cuz they are awesome doesn’t entirely answer that question.