Why? (Y?)

ou

never know....
when you grow gourds
as we do
what is going to happen;
sometimes results are obtained,
and often, not many.
In latitude
known agriculturally as Zone 4
where we are,
growing conditions -
- enough
hot days in a long season - etc.
are of paramount importance.

This year
in clairvoyance (?)
we did not plant any gourds
at all;
and July unfolded and fizzled;
not enough heat.

Sewer raccoons laid low
too in their underground chambers,
an off-year all around.

But better days are coming.