Friday, October 1, 2010

Harvesting Mystery Pumpkins

At our global produce buying office, this is a touchy time as purchasing overlaps between our local/regional growers and the much larger national growers. As it is next to impossible to pinpoint the exact end of the local season across the country, our task is to make sure our office is ready to support each region during the cold winter months.

At home, the fall garden harvest has been a huge disappointment. The El NiƱo rains of spring and summer that brought lush early plant growth to my mystery pumpkin bed also brought powdery mildew that robbed my vines of their vitality and late summer productivity.

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