Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 20 Entries. Tuesday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year to you all! That 20008 will be very prosperous pumpkin year! :-) Thursday, May 1 View Page April 30, 8 seeds planted in the pots: 4 European Champion seeds from Jos, 1297 Ghaye'07 2 Dutch Champion seeds from Brad, 1256 Wursten'07 2 red/orange seeds 472 Ganell'03 Saturday, July 19 View Page First we got a few months drought: Saturday, July 19 View Page Then we got some twisters, more harmless than the one in Dutch Brads patch... Saturday, July 19 View Page Than we got the birthday of the Dalai Lama, with prayerflags in my frontyard garden: Saturday, July 19 View Page Than some nice beach weather one mile from home: Saturday, July 19 View Page Also one mile away: Saturday, July 19 View Page The ferries 1½ mile behind the patch: Saturday, July 19 View Page And there she is: 1297Ghaye'07, 18 days young. :-) Saturday, July 19 View Page Once more in the backyard patch: Saturday, July 19 View Page Once more in the backyard patch: Saturday, July 19 View Page Once more the patch, on the left beachcomberswood for some windprotection, behind-left one more 1297 Ghaye which gave a male flower at the right time. Ont the right behind the Wursten Dutch champion pumpkinseeds result. Saturday, July 19 View Page The surprise at the doublevined 1256 Wursten'07, a nice fruit, of about one week. Finally a cross of Dutch and Belgian Champions, but not a potential Ameland winner. Sunday, July 27 View Page 1297 Ghaye07 in day 25 it starts growing from 3 Lbs to 9Lbs per day, that is pleasant: 24kg today not too bad at all, finally. Monday, July 28 View Page 2197Ghaye07 27kg gain 4½kg (54Lbs / 9LBS) Monday, October 6 View Page Happy with my 3rd prize Wednesday, October 8 View Page The Grom system of carrying a big pumpkin! Wednesday, October 8 View Page 1 W. Kiewiet 370kg / 815Lbs Paton 1188 Ghaye 1297 2 W. Kiewiet 225 / 496 Ghaye 1297 Self 3 T . Borsch 150 / 331 4 T. Kiewiet 139 / 306 Ghaye 1297 Wursten 5 T. Kiewiet 130 / 287 Ghaye 1297 Self 6 B. Hesselink 82 / 181 Gahye 1297 Self 7 M. Brouwer 55 / 121 8 A molenaar 45 / 99.2 Friday, October 17 View Page Another snap of the Winners Friday, October 17 View Page 130kg, the smalles since years. :-D