Really, Steve??????
Apparently that's their excuse in their latest update.
Payson Pumpkin People update: Mystery solved
The mystery of the destroyed pumpkin plant has been solved (we think).
The evidence was found, and it is clear: It wasn’t the wind, it wasn’t beetles or other insects, it wasn’t rabbits or other rodents, and it wasn’t stem rot or other diseases. All good guesses.
Mister Hurley, a 50 lb dog, a mix of boxer and something else, friendly, goofy, likes to be petted, loud, rambunctious pumpkin plant killer, is the culprit.
Belonging to a guest of our pumpkin patch landlord Joanne, Mr. Hurley has apparently be roaming the grounds freely, jumped the back fence that was erected to stop rodents, sniffed the patch, trampled one of the plants, and left the clue (below) that nailed his guilt.
Mr. Harley and I had a deep conversation yesterday afternoon and I confronted him, and he promised he would not intrude into the patch again. ‘Mr. Harley, you cannot act like a dog around the pumpkin patch!’ ‘OK, I won’t,’ he promised.
But just in case, the PPP crew is scheduled to rebuild the back fence on Sunday morning.
This is why you plant more than one pumpkin plant!
The other two plants are looking good, healthy, putting out vines. There is one stem left on the plant that was trampled, and we are going to leave it in the ground and under the shade, just to see what might happen.
THE EVIDENCE, FOUND WITHIN 10-FEET OF THE DESTROYED PLANT.
PLANTS 1 & 2 -- LOOKING GOOD.
Steve
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