From Gene’s Notebook

…too good to pass up, this short piece ….

Orange pumpkins on Boca Chica, from Native Americans out in the Southwest who only sell to churches.

I stop and buy one. The woman says, “Any children at home?”

“No, but I consider myself one, and my wife often does the same!”

“No matter. Take a tiny pumpkin and a gourd for free.”

I do.

I think that it was easy to grow cukes, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins in the North; maybe I’ll try again here, bugs and heat waiting to eat and wilt ….

Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky
October 30, 2008