Rain, Pumpkins, & the Maze

Mikles Family Farm received 3 inches of rain last night. The pumpkin plants are blooming and the bees visit each sunny morning to pollinate the beautiful yellow, orange flowers. Did you know that pumpkin plants have both male (boy) and female (girl) flowers on the same plant? There are about 10 boy flowers for every one girl flower. The honey bee’s tiny feet will carry pollen from the boy flower to the girl flower. When this happens the girl flower will form a tiny, green pumpkin. Isn’t nature interesting? It’s so much fun to watch the pumpkins grow!

The maze field is about 24 inches tall right now and with this rain it will really shoot up tall in a hurry now. It’s still a secret what the maze design is this but if you will watch, soon you will see a picture of it on the website.