9.

Successfully grow pumpkins.

           

          Garden Plot #109 in the South St. Paul Community Garden has been a source of great joy over the past three summers. Granted I will always be the youngest gardener there and the one with the biggest weeds. But, with all my joy comes frustration.

          I have been working so hard on my pumpkin patch this year. I planted seeds in the beginning of May. Leaving plenty of time for an October harvest. Everything was going great:

July 5th

         

          And then one day I showed up and this had happened:

July 19

          I had heard from fellow gardeners that there was a vicious bug destroying vine plants. Darn thing found my awesome pumpkin patch. I have purchased and applied some insecticidal soap for organic gardening. The picture on the bottle of the bugs definitely matched ones I saw when I sprayed my vines.

Now let's just hope it does not spread and I get some sort of crop.