For those who aren’t aware of the gardening being done in our back yard this past summer, let’s just say, it was a pumpkin festival. In the spring, my wife mixed some raw pumpkin seeds in with the various seeds and nuts we put out for the birds. We use no-waste products, and we simply toss the mix on the ground in several places. The feeding zones attract birds, squirrels, chipmunks and I suspect at least one opossum.
Most everybody lands at or bellies up to the buffet and eats their fill. One squirrel is different. He remembers that squirrels bury food when it’s plentiful so they can dig it up in the winter. We sometimes call him Digger Dan because he is an active digger, and he buries everything. We also call him Linus, and the pictures I’ve been sharing all summer show why.
He buried the pumpkin seeds, and they grew. long after we stopped adding pumpkin seeds, someone started eating the small pumpkins that appeared on the vines. We suspect they, um, deposited some of those seeds (along with a bit of fertilizer) because new pumpkin plants continued to sprout all summer.
All but one of vines have died due to multiple frosts and three hard freezes. The remaining vine still has a blossom, and a small pumpkin and it attracted a very special visitor.
I am using this image as my One-liner Wednesday. I hope you enjoy a replay of some of the photos from the back yard during the season.
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