Who named them "deer"?
They sure aren't dear to me.
I have been growing two AGs, kinda side-by-side, carefully measuring and
fussing over one and blithely ignoring the other. Tonight, I decided to
measure the second pumpkin for the first time. As I worked my way through
the vines and leaves, I noticed a bunch of deer tracks, mostly on the
periphery of my garden -- none that I could detect very close to the pumpkins.
However, there's an oval-shaped area of bite marks on my second gourd. It's
about 6"x4" and about 3/4" deep. I don't know if it will be able to scar
over or not. I certainly hope it does. Its OTT tonight was 209" -- 3.5"
bigger than my fussed-over AG!
Dang.
Oh, well. I guess the deer were mad at me for having such a crummy corn
crop this year.
Paul Thompson
Armada, Michigan
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