The incidental pumpkin patch

In my early gardening days, I created a mulch pile under a gigantic horse chestnut tree. For a while, it was mostly grass clippings and leaves. One year, I tossed a dried-up halloween pumpkin and vegetable peels into the mix. Fall and winter came and went. Come spring, signs of life in the mulch pile! The seedlings grew and soon I had a wee pumpkin patch. Charlie Brown would be impressed : )
 

Pumpkin patch Image via Wikipedia