Mystery Solved!

My neighbor asked me what I planted in my garden. I answered, "Lettuce, spinach, onions, garlic, salad greens, and collard greens." But then I looked down to see something growing that didn't look like anything I mentioned. I thought, "Maybe those are collard greens."

Well those seedling finally began growing real leaves. I said, those are definitely not something I grew. Those are just weeds!

My daughter and I began to pull these "weeds" out and look at what we found: At the end of these seedlings were pumpkin seeds! This vegetable garden began last fall as a compost pile. The old jack-o-lanterns were thrown in and decomposed really well. But not the seeds.

My daughter is trying to convince me that we should keep some of the pumpkin plants. My kids will probably win. I'll keep you posted on our pumpkins this coming fall.

In the meantime, I pulled as many seedlings as I could, since they were taking up the space for my lettuce and greens. So in between the beds we have a pumpkin seedling cemetery.