Not since the first few years of Papa's Pumpkin Patch have visitors been able to "pick 'yer own punkin." I guess we always thought people like it better when they come to Papa's and are greeted by a sea of orange in the yards around the log house. As I think about it now, maybe WE like it better when there is a sea of orange to greet our guests.
At any rate, we planted about two acres of Baby Bears and Neons -- mid-sized pumpkins that are the perfect size for little hands to carry. We figure that's room for about 500 plants to produce or the potential for about 2,000+ pumpkins for folks to pick. Potential is the key word.
You see, we planted four seeds per hole...on purpose. One seed is for Mother Nature. One seed is for the turkeys. One seed is for the deer, and one seed is for Papa's. There's a LOT of wildlife in the Missouri River bottoms, and it's foolish for us to think we get to keep the whole crop to ourselves.
Pumpkins are popping
up all over the patch, and so far, it's a good-looking crop. Mother Nature has taken her share, and the turkeys haven't seemed real interested. That leaves us to negotiate with the deer. Currently they are more interested in the oats we planted as a cover crop near where the Special Olympics Trebuchet shoots its ammunition each season. Keep checking back, and you'll be the first to see Papa's Pick 'Yer Own Punkin Patch for 2009!
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