On friday, November 7th, we harvested the giant pumpkin. When we opened up the top we found that some of the seeds had already started to sprout on the inside. awesome. upon lifting the big baby up we found tons of snails living below. we boiled the pumpkin and pureed it added some apples, carrots, honey and olive oil for facial masks that we donated to john and jackson for their harvestfest. we talked about how it looked like baby food and contemplated the idea of making some baby food for people in los angeles with fresh ingredients from a garden. this was a lot of fun and we are thankful to ellen and david and their gorgeous, perfect deep end ranch.

time for a trim

yesterday, as the sprinklers ran vigorously on the giant kingdom, i took to the patch with my trusty garden shears and trimmed away all the other pumpkins except for papa pumpkin so that he can get all the nutrients he needs to be a winner at the fair. papa's color's coming in too, he's really looking very beautiful.

we're getting there

Yesterday Britt and I visited The Giant Kingdom. It's looking utterly fantastic. There are many smaller pumpkins growing, but Papa Pumpkin is definitely getting quite enormous. We used a piece of wood as a prop for the pumpkin so he won't start rotting underneath. I think it may be time to trim off some of the other pumpkins soon.

In other exciting news, Pepa was born yesterday as well. Congratulations to Josephina, David, and Ellen (along with all the other ranch residents). We welcome you Pepa and are so happy to finally meet you.

a mere 7 days have passed since my last viewing of the great giant pumpkin and unbelievable growth has happened. i think it is safe to say that the baby had doubled in size! this is incredible and a sight to see, a large yellow colored memory that i will never forget, the first time i grew a giant pumpkin with my dear friend alex.

the pumpkin is growing. it is bigger than your average grocery store buy and it looks like it is just getting started. the skin is still a light yellow and is very soft. we got to show it off to everyone in the photo collective (http://heretotherephoto.blogspot.com/) and that was great. i can't wait to visit again and see how grown up the baby will look.

our first pumpkin has arrived

and you're definitely outgrowing your patch

look

what i found hiding amongst the big leaves





very exciting to return to. i fear that our little, or rather not so little, pumpkin patch is getting mildly ravaged by so-called "pests", i evicted a good number of snails, and there is definitely some white flies...tomorrow i will have to find out what the other Deep Enders and members of the Giant Kingdom committee (i.e. David, Ellen, Gerardo, and Stefani) think i should do to improve the health of our beautiful big baby

i also discovered, you, my dear giant pumpkins, are outgrowing the sweet little patch we have built for you, i hope this doesn't become a problem




i foresee great things ahead