Comments on: Big Pumpkins https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:41:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: Pumpkins – big and small | thduggie's blog https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins#comment-217953 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:41:54 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=481#comment-217953 […] year, my chemist’s brother set a European record for the largest pumpkin.  This year – well, his pumpkin shattered the metric ton mark, but it won’t count […]

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins#comment-129617 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=481#comment-129617 True, and the soup was/is tasty. But one regular pumpkin and one butternut seems like a small harvest, albeit much larger than last year!

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins#comment-129614 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:59:57 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=481#comment-129614 But you grew your own pumpkins! That’s great!

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins#comment-129603 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=481#comment-129603 Yes, our pumpkin this year weighed in at about 4.3 kilograms. That’s how much weight Beni’s loses in a day, now that it’s off the vine. The European championships are this coming weekend, and a German guy weighed in at 762 kilograms last weekend, so it’ll be a close one!

]]> By: dstb https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2012/big-pumpkins#comment-129337 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:33:02 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=481#comment-129337 FYI, I grew up in Topsfield and even showed veggies and stuff in the 4-H building. I believe it is the oldest continuously running agricultural fair in the US (started in 1818).

I never grew a pumpkin that big, though. Not even close. Congrat’s to the European champ!

Sarah

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