The Great Pumpkin-Growing Débâcle

Before I even begin on the fact that my opposite-of-green-thumbs have planted pumpkin seeds and will be trying for the millionth time to actually grow something, doomed to failure... I stumbled across the picture below and thought it was a beautiful inspiration for ornamental stonework, so I wanted to share:


It's very pumpkiny, and when I have a fancy castle-house I might just use them interspersed with the gargoyles. What do you think?

But in the meantime, back to pumpkins.

This is my test run of pumpkins, because me a growing things always leads to calamity. If I can keep from killing these seedlings and get them into little-plant form, I will undergo the same exercise in a month or two so I can also have some home-grown pumpkins for Halloween.

It's not much, but it's a project. Since I haven't had the free time needed to craft, blog, complete things I enjoy, this seemed like a way to ease myself back into the real world as my time-consuming life requirements begin to grind to a halt.

And best case scenario? I might be able to bake a real, live homemade pumpkin pie at the end of this experiment. I'm not holding my breath, but wouldn't it be neat?

(pumkin growing)