The Preemie Pumpkins at Cove Creek

I went to our Cove Creek School Garden extension, situated behind Henson Chapel, to take some pictures of the pumpkins so I could share an update. As you might recall from the previous post "The Great Pumpkin Patch," the pumpkin patch was planted by parents and teachers of 6th and 7th graders as a fundraised for their Space Camp trip.  The Cornell family graciously offered the land behind their house on loan for the pumpkin patch. Unfortunately, when I got there a couple of days ago, the pumpkins had already all been picked! Brian showed me the stash in their garage. It seems like they were planted a little too early (maybe by a month) and they were already ripe. Some were also found missing from the patch due to what we think might have been a misunderstanding (some people thinking it was a community garden where families can help themselves to crops, which it has been in the past). The ones that made it look great though!

​There were some valuable lessons to be learned here and they already have lots of ideas to carry out the revised project again next year. In the meantime, there are plenty of pumpkins that are perfectly pie worthy and that will be available to the community in exchange for donations to the Space Camp trip. ​​​

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