6/6/08 - Raleigh's butternut is doing better than his pumpkin

Here's the latest report I received from Steve who is trying to grow his pumpkin in Raleigh, NC:

Here are the latest pumpkin photos. Unfortunately the deer that wander our neighborhood ate one set of plants to a nub, another set lost all it's leaves. This leaves the third set which luckily was not completely demolished. We will look to cover the plant today with a plan to move it into the garden tomorrow to protect it more. Our garden isn't huge so we didn't put it there as we didn't want it taking over.

I also am including a picture of the nearby butternut squash. No deer munching here!