Someone has reclaimed a chunk of boule­vard at the corner of 3^rd and W Madison (I think) and con­verted it to a kitchen garden. Right on! For a while there was an enor­mous pumpkin growing there, within inches of the passing cars (not that there are all that many passing cars at 3^rd and Madison). The pumpkin is gone now, but a sign has replaced it that says simply “it was 54 lbs.”