The Great Vine Produces!

A few weeks ago I posted this picture of the great pumpkin vine growing in our backyard.

The vine did produce a lot of flowers but only 1 of them grew into a pumpkin of a worthy size.  When we got back into town yesterday I went out back and saw the vine was looking zapped from a cold night or two.  So I decided we better cut the pumpkin before it was too late.

The pumpkin grew on Shelby's vine.  As you can see it is yellow and not the usual orange.  Even though this side of it is a little flat from laying on the ground in tiny rocks, it looks better than the other side.  It has a big crack where it split open while it was growing.  Although we don't exactly have the space to produce a pumpkin patch every year, the girls sure had fun watching nature at its best.  From the styrofoam cup full of dirt to a nice sized pumpkin, even if it's not perfect.