I got to planting 3 Zucchini's and a Carnival Squash (from the Proctor Farmer's Market) yesterday amidst intermittent sprinkles. We will be full of squash this year! I ended up planting them in the ground, rather than in pots as I had originally planned. They are right outside the chicken yard and the chickens were eying them greedily. I sectioned off the squash plants and I might let the chickens in there to eat the weeds, if I can keep them from eating the crops. That requires standing there and watching them so we will have to see if time permits.
I would like to grow pumpkins but I am not sure about this, because they take up so much room. They are fun to grow, but I need to find a place for them to run. I have always wanted to grow one of the giant varieties that you see at the fair, but I really don't have room for that!
We don't have near 1/4 acre and I tried to grow pumpkins in our backyard...they ended up in my neighbor's backyard and then her girls wouldn't let her cut it back because they could see pumpkins growing. I thought she might do me in. I decided to grow squash out at my dad's this year.
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