Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 39 Entries. Tuesday, January 3 View Page This is the pumpkin display my family did for Halloween 2005. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The Barenie pumpkin display was located in Griffith, Indiana, and had Snow White and the Seven Dwarves as the theme. This picture is a center view of the display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The display consisted of 50 carved pumpkins. This photo is of a portion of the left side of the display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page This photo is of the far right side of the display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Here's a photo showing some of the people that came to look at the display. At times, there were 250 to 300 people at one time. We estimate that more than 10,000 came to see the display this year. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Several family members worked on the pumpkin display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Automobile tail lights were used to light the pumpkins in the display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Some of the larger pumpkins required 2 to 3 tail lights to light them up. Tuesday, January 3 View Page This pumpkin was grown off my 1136 plant. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The pumpkins were displayed for about a week, from October 29 until November 5. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Cooler weather for the first few days of the display helped preserve the display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page We've been doing a themed carved-pumpkin display since 1999. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The first 2 displays were fairly small, with about 10-15 pumpkins each. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The displays have progressively gotten larger over the years. I doubt they will grow beyond 50 pumpkins, though. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Here's a back drop of the dwarves cottage that my father built for the display. Though it's hard to make out, the pumpkin in the lower left-hand corner is an axe in a tree stump. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Next year, we'll probably cut back on the number of pumpkins displayed, because the time involved in putting such a large display together. Tuesday, January 3 View Page We estimate that this year's display took approximately 300-400 man-hours to prepare. Tuesday, January 3 View Page The queen was a 766 LB pumpkin, grown by my parents Merv and Rita Barenie off of a 1068 Barenie plant. Tuesday, January 3 View Page We estimate that we carved over 8,000 LBs of pumpkins for this year's display. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Pumpkin weights were down from 2004, because of the unusually hot and dry summer we had in 2005. Tuesday, January 3 View Page This 926 Lb. pumpkin was picked in August, and taken to the Indiana State Fair, where it placed 2nd. Tuesday, January 3 View Page I'm glad that I have such an artistic family to draw and carve the designs in the pumpkins. If I had done the art work, it would have consisted of stick figures. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here is the Barenie family 2006 pumpkin display. Cinderella was this year's theme. After growing an 1136 pound pumpkin in 2004, the 2005 and 2006 seasons have been disappointing. This year's bigest pumpkin that I've grown was only 691 Lbs, and my parent's largest this year was 770 Lbs. I've put a lot of proven seeds to shame, but hope to have created some seeds with good genetic crosses. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here is a front right-hand side shot. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's a closer shot of the pumpkin carridge that my father built. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's a center shot of the display. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Another center shot. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's another center shot showing Cinderella. It took my sister about 5-6 hours to carve. Wednesday, November 1 View Page A couple of local newspapers came out for a story on the display. Wednesday, November 1 View Page One of the newspapers gave us front page coverage. Wednesday, November 1 View Page In this photo, the clock is an actual pumpkin. My niece had the idea to shave the skin and do a sculpture for the clock face. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here is a right-hand side shot of the display. We were lucky to have some television stations come out and cover the display. Channels 2 (CBS) and 7 (ABC) out of Chicago, and Channel 56 out of Northwest Indiana, all gave nice coverage. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's a photo of the left-hand side of the display. Two sisters, a brother-in-law, three nieces and a nephew all helped with the drawing of the designs on the pumpkins, and carving. Wednesday, November 1 View Page I handled the harvesting of the seeds. My artistic ability doesn't qualify me to carve pumpkins. Wednesday, November 1 View Page My father, brother and brother-in-law handled the lighting. We use automotive tail lights run using 12 Volt transformers to light the pumpkins. Wednesday, November 1 View Page My father built the castle wall in the back of the display, and my sister painted it. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's a general shot of the display. The display had 30 pumpkins in it. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's a shot of some people viewing the display. Wednesday, November 1 View Page Here's another shot of people viewing the display. We will continue to light the display while the pumpkins are still presentable.