http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2004/10/31/sorry-hampton/ a day without hyperbole is a day wasted Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2004/10/31/sorry-hampton/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Pumpkins : dreamdust Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:22:20 +0000 http://dreamdust.co.uk/?p=11#comment-1964 [...] I ended up with three pumpkins this year – until I found another tiny one in the front garden! I’d popped a couple of vines in a bed at the front of the house, but I didn’t expect much from them because the soil’s not great … and I kept neglecting them. In fact, I was mainly keeping them in case I needed a spare male flower. I hadn’t even seen any female flowers on them, so I was more than a little surprised when I had a cursory glance at the plants one morning and found a little green pumpkin. I hadn’t had anything to do with the pollination, that was all down to the birds and the bees. I harvested the little one and ripened it indoors. Then at halloween, I carefully carved a face into it. It came out better than I had hoped – you can see it here. [...] [...] I ended up with three pumpkins this year – until I found another tiny one in the front garden! I’d popped a couple of vines in a bed at the front of the house, but I didn’t expect much from them because the soil’s not great … and I kept neglecting them. In fact, I was mainly keeping them in case I needed a spare male flower. I hadn’t even seen any female flowers on them, so I was more than a little surprised when I had a cursory glance at the plants one morning and found a little green pumpkin. I hadn’t had anything to do with the pollination, that was all down to the birds and the bees. I harvested the little one and ripened it indoors. Then at halloween, I carefully carved a face into it. It came out better than I had hoped – you can see it here. [...]

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