Day 359

Today was a Monday. Thankfully it was fairly uneventful at work and I got to leave on time today. I was anxious to get home while it was still day light to see what had happened it my garden today. My pumpkins have just begun to turn into seedlings. FYI...pumpkins are a superfood. They are filled with antioxidants. In addition to being a fun food at halloween (which if you are growing your own, don't start as seeds any later than mid July), pumpkins are good for you and can be incorporated in a variety of dishes. The extension at the University of Illinois has a very good website devoted to the anti-oxidant protection that pumpkin provides this information: www.urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/nutrition.cmfs.