Grow room. Allegedly the legal kind.
Pumpkin season has begun Chez Johnson and after soaking the seeds via the paper towel method, they are nicely planted in their pots in our makeshift grow room. This year, Jamie is using a mixture of 65 percent ProMix BX, 10 percent worm castings and 25 percent Fox Farm’s Ocean Forest.
C’mon, you know you were wondering.
Jamie is also planning to grow giant watermelon and tomato plants because we want to make our backyard resemble Honey, I Shrunk the Kids even more.
This morning, Hadley’s teacher asked Jamie to come speak to the class about soil, seeds and gardening. An entire hour to preach the Pumpkin Gospel to inquiring, gullible minds? Talk about the best thing ever.
The other day, I caught him rummaging through our cupboard.
“What’re you looking for?” Me, trying to be helpful.
“A cup for storing my bacteria and fungus.”
Thus begins the season of It’s Better Not To Ask.
Follow Jamie’s pumpkin updates at denverpumpkins.com. Tune in here next time for all the details of when Jamie became a rock star for Hadley’s class.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 