PUMPKIN PATCH PROGRESS
WATCH THEM GROW
WE HAD ALL OF OUR PUMPKIN FIELDS PLANTED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW LONG IT TAKES PUMPKINS TO GROW.
ON JUNE 27TH (PICTURES BELOW) THE PUMPKIN PLANTS ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF GREEN DOTS IN THE FIELD.


ON JULY 17TH (PICTURES BELOW) THE PUMPKIN PLANTS ARE A LOT MORE VISIBLE IN THE FIELD


ON JULY 27TH (PICTURES BELOW) ONLY TEN DAYS LATER AND AFTER A GOOD RAIN THE PUMPKIN PLANTS ARE COVERING THE GROUND.
A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK (BELOW) AT THE PUMPKIN PLANTS REVEAL YELLOW BLOSSOMS ON THE THE PLANTS (JULY 30TH), THE BEGINNING OF A PUMPKIN.
A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE FIELD REVEALED EVEN MORE (BELOW). BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE GREEN PUMPKINS (JULY 30TH).
BY MID AUGUST MOST OF THE PUMPKINS HAVE TURNED ORANGE BUT ARE STILL GROWING IN SIZE. THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER WE START PICKING THEM AND THEY MAKE THIER WAY TO THE NEW PUMPKIN PATCH (BELOW)
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