We planted our first pumpkins in our newly dug vegetable beds at the end of spring, since then they have grown steadily and filled their bed, they are now breaking out and exploring the rest of the garden, at some point I need to trim them and train them towards some empty space.
Our pumpkins have started to push out their female flowers, we have been pollinating, tearing off the male flowers and introducing them to the female ones, a fairly brutal procedure resulting in the male flowers being discarded. I have found out fairly recently that you can eat the flowers, what a plant!
We have had thunderstorms and heavy rain during the night, so the garden is much more relaxed and seems to be recovering. If it is fine tomorrow I hope to take a photograph of our first baby pumpkin!