The Halloween Squash

Year after year, I throw the old pumpkins under the back (side?) deck after Thanksgiving.

Yes, I have noticed from time to time, a few vines and orange flowers growing under said deck, but never a pumpkin.

I didn't often look at the side of the house this year, since I didn't plant any flowers out there this season, but sometime in August, I noticed the 'pumpkin' vine was growing out from under the deck.

August 10, 2022 - FB

We have a pumpkin! First time!

#TheArtOfThrowingStuffUnderThePorch

Now, not really knowing much about plants and not being a farmer, it didn't occur to me that this vine would be anything else but a pumpkin patch. It did look like squash, but I don't throw squash under the porch (don't even buy it), so I thought maybe given time it would grow to look more like a pumpkin.

Again...

Not a farmer (or a vegetable grower).

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September 1, 2022 - FB

Pumpkin Update: I’ll take a closer look later but it looks like three pumpkins now. #DCsPumpkinPatch

(Edited to add: Doug says they look more like squash <and they do > but I’ve never thrown squash under the porch so )

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September 9, 2022 - FB

Pumpkin update: (why am I so excited about this? I don’t know!)

Still only 3 but the vine is really spreading out! #dcspumpkinpatch

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Alright! I had to resign myself that it was squash.

What kind? No idea.

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September 22, 2022 - FB

The “pumpkins” are getting big (bigger than they look in these photos) DC has pumpkin decorating on Sunday with best buddies and wants to bring one. I guess I’ll let him do squash decorating. I still don’t know how I ended up with squash but …

He doesn’t mind yellow.

(He didn't take the squash to the pumpkin decorating event because squash do not seem to stand up as well as a pumpkin)

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October 14, 2022 - FB

“Pumpkin Update” - yes, they are still squash but here, we are calling them pumpkins.

We only had three for the longest time. Picked the originals but they just keep coming!

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It was disappointing that we didn't get pumpkins, but it was fun to watch something grow that we didn't expect.

We are all in on the Halloween Squash and they have been decorated.

DC also has some deliveries to make tomorrow...

Shhh!

Maybe this year I will actually plant the seeds in a different area and see what happens.

DC will be just as happy with more squash.

We'll see what happens.

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