Growing Pumpkins

I love this place!

Can you imagine members of the education department or board of education in an American school taking a few minutes of their time to prepare pumpkin seed for sprouting?

Remember back in October when we picked pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns? They are planted each year by the board of education specifically for Halloween. I just watched Mr. Izuka empty a bag of seeds into a bowl with water so they will sprout. The seeds were harvested from one of the many jack-o-lanterns back in the fall and they’ve been sitting on a window sill all winter. I suppose once they are sprouted, someone from the office here will go out to the field and plant them. People here sure don’t seem to get hung up on sticking to a specific job description!