Seminole Pumpkins, the Kudzu of the Vegetable Garden

Recently David the Good posted an interview about his new thriller Turned Earth, A Jack Broccoli Novel. In it he talks about his love of pumpkins and the danger they pose. It took me back to a post that Precious Virginia made back in 2014. But before we go there. I have taken David's bait and planted some of the Seminole Pumpkins he raves about. We are beginning to have fruit, but the vines are already 20-25 feet in both directions. I tried to train them down the hill at the back of the garden. They proceeded to turn around and grow back up the hill. In the other direction, they are approaching the house already.

So innocent looking

Keep Moving. Nothing to see here.

Underneath the clothesline.

Somebody warn the neighbors. The pumpkins are coming. The pumpkins are coming.

Without further ado, here is what Precious Virginia posted way back in 2014.

Some of our vegetables are getting a little scary.

I think they are trying to take over.

The squash are at least semi-polite about it.

At least this one gave us fair warning when it ate the solar light.

It never went further than the other side of the sidewalk.

(Which makes me have to ask, "Why did the squash cross the sidewalk??")

It gives a LOT of squash to compensate.  I already have 24 bags in the freezer and we have been feasting on it a couple of times a week.

But the cucumber does not have the same politeness.

 It just comes right on into the basement 

 

and makes itself at home

Without even bothering to knock!