Farming- It's always Something......

They say 'farming is not for wimps' and now I know why.

After many years of growing pumpkins I am starting 

to sing that country song,  It's Always Something.

  This year was no exception.  We started the

 season with seed that was not viable.  The worst 

varieties had 0% germination.  I ran around to all the 

hardware stores grabbing what seed I could find and

replanted the worst areas.  The germination problem

was followed by a massive invasion of beetles

 (not the British kind) that loved dining on the

young sprouts.  Some survived while others

 were reduced to little green stumps.  With

 cooler than normal temps, the remaining plants

sputtered along trying to gain some momentum and 

finally decided to try and bloom and set fruit even 

though it didn't feel like summer.  The end 

result: way fewer large sized pumpkins.  But 

the happy ending to this sad little pumpkin tale is

the small pumpkins and squash seem to be  doing

really well!  God always provides exactly what

I need and I look forward to the Harvest in just

a few weeks.