BOLO: PUMPKIN THIEVES!

[apple_pathways]

Someone has STOLEN one of my pumpkins!

I went out to the garden plot today to harvest my pumpkins and some veggies for dinner, and one of my pumpkins has been stolen! I had three, and now just the two. I'd been warned about vegetable theft from other gardeners, but naively, I thought it wouldn't happen to me. So sad!

Here's a pic of the two I harvested, along with some acorn squash:



For more veggie porn,

This is the last pumpkin, and the only one I haven't harvested yet; it's very small, and I hope it has time to ripen!	The Swiss Chard has been the gold star champion of the vegetable garden. It's produced yummy leaves all summer, and still looks fabulous while everything dies around it!
The leeks are getting big, and should be ready for harvest soon.
The one little red chili plant I have has produced a bumper crop of chilis! I'm stringing them up to dry.	Taters! I can't wait to eat these, I love home grown potatoes.

Comments

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Mmm nice crops!

BUT BASTARDS WHO STOLE YOUR PUMPKIN! LET US SMITE THEM. I will set Kate on them, yes I will.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Next year I should rig up a motion-activated cutout of Kate that plays Wuthering Heights at full volume when someone gets too close. That'll stop the bastards...

ETA: Have I mentioned how much I love your Stephen Colbert "On Notice" icon? Maybe I need Stephen to guard my pumpkins...

[vivitchi.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT, BB, YOUR PUMPKINS ARE HUUUUUUUUUGE! *is in awe of you*

But the bastard who your awesome pumpkin needs to DIE. DDD8

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID WINK WINK

[vivitchi.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL I KNEW SOMEONE WOULD SAY THAT AS SOON AS I'D TYPED IT <333

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

LOL! They're not quite that big, the photo is just close up. They're maybe 3-4 lbs each? (I'm bad at estimating.) They will be made into pumpkin jam this weekend.

[vivitchi.livejournal.com]

Still, bb, the ones we have are like... football(soccer)-sized!

I don't like jam but sounds awesome! :D

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

In related boob-pumpkin news, the average breast weighs about 1lb. (I also worked out how much mine probably weigh because I am a crazy person and I thought that would be a fun use of my time...) So your pumpkins are VERY well endowed, cleavage-wise.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

So I weighed them on the bathroom scale, and it turns out they are about 6 lbs each. (Told you I was bad at estimating!)

I may regret asking this, but how exactly did you work out how much your breasts weigh?

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

THROUGH THE MAGIC OF MATHS!

Basically I found out how much human fat weighs, and then worked out roughly the volume of my boobs based on my bra. WAY TOO MUCH effort went into this XD

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Darling, I may be in love with you! This is exactly the kind of weird obsession I waste my time on. I once went through a phase of measuring my nose, hands, and other body parts to determine to what degree they deviated from the norm. (And before you say anything, NO I did NOT measure THOSE body parts!)

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

We had veggies thieves last year, and it wasn't just a pumpkin, it was a whole row of kale. >:|

But the veggie porn is delicious and awesome, and the Swiss Chard looks amazing! Also, chilis! :D

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist at the dastardly vegetable villians*

I'm still trying to wrap my head around what kind of person steals vegetables. Really healthy criminals, I guess. :/

And how do you get up the nerve to steal an entire row of kale? A pumpkin you can pick and be on your way, but to harvest a whole row of kale takes time! Grr...

[copper-season.livejournal.com]

I am so jealous! LOL. Those vegetables look awesome! I need to move somewhere that I can have a garden. Stupid Vegas.

Sorry your pumpkin was stolen :(

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your condolences! I'm almost over it. ;)

I was going to suggest you find a community garden in your area (assuming you didn't have a garden because you don't have space) and then you mentioned you live in Vegas.

Yeah, middle of the desert? I got nothin'!

[copper-season.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah, it would be so nice if there was one but desert... yeah.

There is a "Farmer's Market" on Thursdays but it's so crowded that it's hard to get in to find the best selection of vegetables. Though I did find some beautiful heirloom tomatoes. Mmmmm. Sadly, it's not always around.