This is WAR!!!!!

 (A Few days before War was declared)

  The seeds arrived and we got to planting. Brent made me this 4' long stick to use as a guide for our spacing.

We are very primitive! But it def helped. P helped me a ton.

Phoebs, not so much.

She probably planted a total of 3 small spots while Pearson did at least 3 rows. He took his job very seriously of covering up the seeds. Nothing like a little farming in cowboy boots and Star Wars underwear! :)

We ended up running a little short on the Big pumpkin seeds and had to order more. So, we do have a week difference in-between some sections of growth.

Also saw a bunch of worms while we were planting so I thought this was a good sign. 

And Brent went out and bought a couple of rain gages. 

  We planted some Jack Be Littles, White Pumpkins, some type of Harvest Mix, Gourds and then Pearson and I worked very very hard planting 3 rows of sun flowers. I love sun flowers. Always have. I've told my family that when I die, the only flowers I want at my service are just a bunch of sun flowers covering my casket. I guess this means I better kick the bucket in the summer time. We planted 1/4 of a pound of the Mamouth Sunflower seeds.

  Did I mention that the pumpkin patch backs up to our dear friend Allison Ford's home??

She can view the entire area from her gorgeous covered back patio. So besides the fact that I love sunflowers, I thought it would be a nice back drop (and give her a little more privacy) if the big flowers backed up to her fence.

And now this is where War almost starts....

 The next day, Brent comes home for lunch and checks the patch. He calls me.
 "Hey-when you guys were planting the sunflowers, did ya'll have to crack open every single sunflower shell to plant the seeds??"
  I was confused.
"What?!- No-you just plant the entire thing. Why?"
 "Uh, well Lis...I think some birds or something has dug up all your seeds and ate them!"

 Are you kidding me?????? 

I rush home to see. And sure enough, there are freaking sun flower shells scattered all across where we planted.

I. 

AM. 

LIVID.  

It looked like the front yard of the TKE House after Boys Bid night....

How could these birds do this to me and P? Didn't they realize how hard we worked on this?? Im truly a tree hugger at heart, but I was begging Brent to hide out with a gun and shoot those little ba#stards. He reminded me that we live in a neighborhood and this wasn't legal.
  So I high tailed it back to West Feed Mill. Brent had mentioned something about pie plates and the guy up there confirmed it. I brought metal stakes, string and an owl.

And then, My owl and I went to Super One and stocked up on the cheapest aluminum pie pans I could find.

They had told me to hang the pans up by the string so that they could wave around in the breeze. Supposedly, The sun light would bounce off them and the noise of them clanking would scare the birds off.

Phoebe thought the owl was her new pet! 

  Now the patch resembles an agricultural version of Sanford and son. We even brought the Mummy down from the attic and put him out for good measure. 

And then I def needed to call Allison and warn her as to what she would be coming back home to see once she go back from the beach. Thankfully, she took it well and laughed.
  I ordered more sunflower seeds to plant and then sat back and waited to see what was going to work.. Right now...

Mother Nature 1, Compton Farms 0.

To be continued.