I've heard of frost on the pumpkin, but snow? Well, poet James Whitcomb Riley’s(1853-1916) text is the authority:"When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,"
I know that old Jack Frost visited our pumpkins on a few October nights. And most farmers around these parts had their 'fodder in the shock' well before then. Because after Halloween weather-wise, all bets are off, and snow and the harsh ravages of a Maine winter can come any day. Now, the whereabouts of this mushy pumnkin? As of yesterday, it is now resting comfortably in our compost pile.
Frost on the pumpkin, indeed! Yes, one would hope that all of the farmers have harvested the pumpkins... glad that you can toss the mushy frozen one on the compost heap!
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I'll show you, in a few days, what became of our little pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteI took the pumpkins off the front porch when I hung the Christmas wreath. It seemed like a confusion of seasons, haha!
ReplyDeleteStay warm.
☼ Sunny
We are getting a bit of snow cover as well here in KY today. Stay warm.
ReplyDeleteI first read 'compost pile' as compost pie, perhaps because last night I made a pumpkin pie (no compost in it tho.)
ReplyDeleteSeasons are colliding.
ReplyDeleteA Maine winter must be a harsh one... Brrrrr...
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
Cezar
A good place for this little snow covered pumpkin. It will contribute to a beautiful green garden in the spring! I love those bits of orange peeking through.
ReplyDeleteI always remember my dad saying "we had three snowfalls, first one last but a few days, second was for a couple of weeks maybe, and the third stayed to spring". This was when we lived in Caribou in the early 50's.
ReplyDeleteVery funny. We don't worry much about frost on the pumpkin down here. :-)
ReplyDeleteOops. I meant to tell you that my "fodder" was a really nice guy! I don't know from Maine fodders, though.
ReplyDeleteAs compost it will help something else to grow, not a bad perspective after all... a reincarnation of sort!
ReplyDeleteNo snow on our pumpkins here, but it has been pretty cold lately for our neck of the woods!
ReplyDeleteBirdman, I missed this, after your comment on Menton DP. Love the shot and as you say, good for the compost! I adore pumpkin soup...trouble is I find it so hard to chop up - especially to get the skin off. It's such a tough vegetable but when you get thru it, so worth it.
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