While walking the banks of Bear Creek looking for spawning salmon I stumbled upon this pumpkin patch at Juel Community Park. What a surprise! Parks & Rec workers were busy weeding the patch and raking it out. Awesome!
The green pumpkins are still transitioning into orange. The sunflowers are ready for picking....and I did! One of the workers gave me a pruning shear and I cut 3 flowers. They cut a pumpkin for me, too! I think Parks has a great idea in planting this "feature" into Juel Park. It's a rustic, historic farm with an old barn and hog pen. (Look at the photo. You can see the barn behind the city truck.) The patch compliments the farm theme.
Juel Park also hosts a golf frisbee course. I've seen neighbors playing frisbee golf after work at dusk. What a relaxingway to de-stress after work and enjoy nature. One fellow said it doesn't take as long or cost as much for a "round" for disc golf. Did you know frisbee golfers actually carry a "bag of clubs" with them? Actually, it's a rectangular bag of different shaped frisbees for different distances from the "pin" (basket). Coool.
As I left the park carrying my pumpkin and three flowers, I asked a worker if I could tell my neighbors about the patch. "Yes, it's for the pickns!"
So glad to see there are some barns left like the one that used to be on the Camwest moonscape!
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Sigmunde.
Nice that you can see the moon now, huh?! I've never thought about that a a benefit -- from clear-cutting urban forests. May the light shine down on you and Werner. :)
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