It's Always Something...

I've had a very successful garden this year; My potatoes didn't rot, my tomatoes were safe from blight, and the rabbits and birds have stayed away from the raspberries. I was patting myself on the back until today. My pumpkins, my beautifully large and healthy pumpkins, have powdery mildew. Part of the plant is already starting to die and every leaf is covered in white spots. I did a little research and found that there is nothing I can do now that it is 'widespread'. Sure I could have used a fungicide as a preventative, but that's not how I roll. Yes, I could have used an organic fungicide, but do you know how expensive one bottle is? Do you know how large a pumpkin patch grows? I would spend a whole lot of money on something that doesn't work that well. I used an organic fungicide on my tomatoes last year when I first spotted the blight, and it didn't do a damn thing. I have all these beautiful, almost ripe pumpkins and I'm afraid I won't get to use them. I even had a recipe for pumpkin butter that I was so excited to try out. I guess there is always next year.