Pumpkin strip.



Well, Robbie the rototiller just woke up from his hibernation and is
already
hassling me to start doing something.  He says he wants to 
till that 80ft strip along the property edge but doesn't want to do
it alone.  Robbie is not much of a self-starter.  He can't seem to
do a darned thing by himself.  He is always complaining, clean me,
check my oil, gimme some gas, pull on this,etc.  Oh well, I guess he's
worth it.  
     Some of you may remember last year when we tilled this spot and
put down the "twenty packages for a dollar"  flower seeds, and not
a single seed sprouted.  (I still think Robbie was wrong about the money
we used to buy the seeds with was "tainted" just because I "gathered"
it from the mall pond)
     Well, this year I am thinking of growing my "Duncan type" pumpkins
in the strip and sending the runners off into the weeds.  The deer will
eat the yellow flowers, but I since I will only keep only one or two
fruits on
each vine anyway, maybe this will work to my advantage.  When I see
a flower start to form, I can put a wire cage over it so the deer won't
be able to eat it, but any other flowers down the line will be eaten and
therefore
all the energy will be directed to the protected pumpkin.
     There will be an 80ft soaker hose running down the center of the
strip.
     What do you think?  Any suggestions?  ( I mean suggestions about
the pumpkin ideas, not personal suggestions).  
     What other veggies could I grow in this strip that wouldn't
interfere with 
the pumpkins and not be eaten by the deer?  No root crops because
this is not the nicest soil for root crops.

Thank you for your help.    
Stan                   the cheap and lazy gardener
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