Rain, Glorious Rain, at Walters’ Pumpkin Patch
It’s an exciting day already just to wake up to the sound of rain! And not only the pumpkins and gourds are needing the rain to grow, everyone’s lawns, gardens, flower beds all need this rain! After all it is August in Kansas! Rain from the heavens just makes life better, doesn’t it….and easier not having to drag hoses or watering cans around to get everything watered! We’ve always counted on the rains here at Walters’ Pumpkin Patch to supply the water for our Kansas pumpkin patch. We do not irrigate. We have been very lucky that we haven’t needed the additional equipment that we would have to purchase if we had to mechanically water these pumpkin plants.
The duck races are going to be so “cool” that Carroll has built. One has to purchase the rubber duck to race and can then take it home with them, or race it all day long! The object is to place the duck in the trough and then pump enough water to move the duck through the trough and to the finish line all the while your opponent is still pumping to move his duck along! We have camophlage ducks, and animal ducks, and princess ducks and Halloween ducks….ducks of all degrees!
That’s enough from this computer today. Just because we’re not down in the patch because of the rain, I have tomato salsa, pumpkin butter, applesauce and jalapeno jelly that needs to be made for the season. Since we found two new sandplum thickets this year, I had plenty of plums to make jelly. Exciting stuff! Until next time…….
