the birds and the bees

for mother's day this year connor and james made me a new garden

so i planted watermelon and pumpkins

4 very small little plants that have grown into this...

i have two bowling ball size pumpkins and a pretty good size watermelon

it is so exciting and we can't believe how big the pumpkin plants have gotten!

we all go out every morning to see how much everything has grown

we have so many little pumpkins that haven't made it :(

so i asked my dad what was happening...

well that is when he gave me "the talk"

about male and female plants

and fertilization

i was astonished

and apparently everyone knows this but me...

and james

apparently you can hand fertilize plants but it hasn't worked for me

i will post more pictures of the pumpkins