So we've been in Sweden almost five months now. The official (short) growing season is nearly over. Though a few fist size pumpkins are still on the vine, Dad thinks it's not too early to start a check list for next year. Hopefully the remaining pumpkins will be able to mature a bit more before Halloween.
Things we've learned this year:
-Snails drink beer. We need more beer and frisbees next year. Nothing like policing a bunch of drunk frisbee throwing pumpkin eating killer snails.
-Bigger growing area. The old green house base is nice for a vine or two, but not nine. Bigger area will offer more maintenance and drunk snail removal opportunities.
-Fence in the patch. Pumpkins din't draw the attention of the deer this year but once we put up a nice fence, they'll be all over the patch. Now, where to put it up. Hmm...
-Sprout seeds earlier - like April. That will mean sprouting them indoors and transferring them once we're out from under the threat of frost. Like June?
-Pro-actively cross pollinate the boy & girl flowers more. For as many flowers and length of vines we have this years - not a lot of product.
-Figure out where I can get a can of pumpkin pack so we can bake Uncle Joel a pie(and us, of course). Now where is that American store in Sweden that Mon keeps talking about? Do you suppose they have a 20lb turkey and stuffing dressing too?
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Ah, boys barking at the bay.
I had a pumpkin patch related video but couldn't get it to post. This one was more for experiment sake. Mon is away and got the new digital camera with her for the weekend. Hopefully the video quality will be better than our camcorder.
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