Lonely Pumpkins

Only four big pumpkins in my pumpkin patch, but they are beauties! Here is the one I've got my eye on for a jack-o-lantern.

You can see black landscape fabric and brick pavers on the ground; that's what I used to keep down the weeds in my pumpkin and melon section. It's a nice, relatively easy solution, but it also means the vines aren't able to re-root in the surrounding soil as they grow. Next year I'll try it without the landscape material and see how it goes.