Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 173 Entries. Saturday, January 2 View Page Look what I got for Christmas. T5 Bad Boy's.   Sunday, April 10 View Page Starting to build 10ft x 6ft green houses with removable sides for cross ventalation   Tuesday, April 26 View Page Plants are outgrowing the pots. Almost ready to go out into the garden.   Tuesday, April 26 View Page These T5 Bad Boys throw an amazing amount of light. The Pumpkins seem to love it.   Wednesday, May 11 View Page The 2230 Wallace at left and 2145 McMullen on right. I like the new 10 ft long x 6 ft wide Green houses. Should give the plants a little longer time to grow in the green houses   Wednesday, May 11 View Page My 7 Giant Tomato plants are set outside in their mini green house. I open it up on warm days.   Wednesday, June 1 View Page Took down 3 Pines and removed the bottom of two large Norway Spruce tree's. To let a little more evening light shine on the plants.   Friday, June 3 View Page Next day June 3rd I started to clean out the branches. A lot of work for an extra 1/2 hour of sun.   Sunday, June 19 View Page Ron gave me this 1790 Wallace. One of his extra plants. Main is out about 10 ft now.   Sunday, June 19 View Page My 1961Sperry is doing OK. I planted it in low grade topsoil with no nitrogen, so leaves wouldn't bloat up and turn blue. That worked, but the leaves look cal-mag deficient.   Sunday, June 19 View Page nice to be up in the morning...in the patch   Sunday, June 19 View Page Phew!!!   Sunday, June 19 View Page I see you!!!   Sunday, June 19 View Page Maters are growing fast now that the heat is on... 7 plants this year.....Growing the following (2) 8.41 McCoy, (2) 3.32 Connolly, (2) 5.51 Megamarv, (1) 5.03 Lyons.   Sunday, June 19 View Page Some mega-blooms successfully pollinated this week. This year I'm keeping the plants uncovered until the Maters are about as big as a baseball. Then plastic covering goes up to keep the maters dry and (hopefully) disease free.   Sunday, June 19 View Page Here is the 1961 Sperry   Sunday, June 19 View Page Also growing some cherry tomato's and potato's in raised beds   Sunday, June 19 View Page Got one set on the 2145 McMullen at 15 ft. Crossed it with the 2230 Wallace. I'm growing it in fresh Low grade topsoil though, so plants should make it without rotting out or blowing up, before end of season. Hopefully this comeback results in a decent pumpkin or two.. Going for 1000 pounds. Set the bar low this year.   Monday, June 20 View Page Bye Bye   Friday, June 24 View Page Another boring sunny warm morning in the Pumpconn patch. Just the way I like it!   Friday, June 24 View Page Got a nice on set on the 2230. Crossed with the 2145   Friday, June 24 View Page The 7 Giant Tomato plants are about ready to be topped off. Lots of rain recently and leaves started to curl.   Friday, June 24 View Page Mega blooms equals big ugly Mega Maters. This one is on the 5.51 Mega Marv   Sunday, June 26 View Page My Giant Roma Tomato's are starting to appear. This one in on my 3.32 Connolly. Topped the plant off at 4 ft today.   Sunday, June 26 View Page Ahh the life of a pumpkin. Just sit in the shade and feed all day.   Sunday, June 26 View Page My Culls are starting to fill up the compost bin.   Saturday, July 2 View Page My 2230,2145 is starting to take off   Saturday, July 2 View Page My reverse cross. A 2145 x2230 is set at 15 ft out too. Nice long stem. But its starting to pile drive and push the blossom under. I can fix this because I'm going to reposition it early in the season. I should have the blossom end up higher in my next entry.   Saturday, July 2 View Page The 1961x2230 is set at 15 ft out on the main and ready to grow. It was tough culling the 2 basketball sized early sets at 10 and 13ft . But now I have 15ft of power behind this one. I still haven't culled the backup which is 17 ft out on the main. I'll keep it a little longer...just in case.   Saturday, July 2 View Page The 1790x2230 is set at 14ft. A backup is set at 15 ft, but its stem has some issues, which concern me a bit.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Here is my 1790 backup at 15 ft. As you can see the stem had a secondary vine growing out of it. I trimmed it, but not sure how it would grow. It probably will get culled.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Lots of vines ready to be buried this morning. But I'll wait till tonight. All that rain last night and the cold weather this morning has created the potential of brittle vines which can snap and break easy.   Saturday, July 2 View Page At the community garden I have a 5th pumpkin. I pollinated this back up 1961x2230 16 ft out on the main today. But I have one set at 14 ft which is probably my keeper.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Here is the one I'll probably keep, at the Community Garden. Its a 1961x2230 also and set at 14ft on the main   Saturday, July 2 View Page Darn spotted Cucumber Beetles attacked yesterday. Spryed with Merit75 wsp, and Warrior T. Problem solved.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Did an Abound and Eagle 20, Root Shield biological Fungicide drench yesterday. Hopefully I don't have any foamers this year.   Saturday, July 2 View Page The Giant ROMA Tomato still looks like a turnip. Hopefully the blossom end fills in   Saturday, July 2 View Page This Mega Marv is starting to grow rapid. Its perfectly healthy but I dusted it with Captan black spot fungicide as insurance. Soon all 7 Tomato plants will be covered in my mini green house and shielded from rain. So the Maters will stay dry, and prevent potential for rot. I'll need to start hand watering...   Saturday, July 2 View Page I'm letting the secondary's grow a little more until the pumpkins get over 50 pounds. They are out to 18 ft now, but will slowly get trimmed back to 16ft in the next few weeks. Using Pumpkin Pro mycorrizae under every leaf node.   Monday, July 4 View Page Time to hang on for the ride. The 2230x2145 is kicking in to another gear. I've got two backups on this plant at 17 and 18ft, just incase this one blows up.   Monday, July 4 View Page I got a woodchuck that is eating the leaves. He has been avoiding the 4 traps I set last week. Using the scope on my rifle this problem could be solved in a minute   Monday, July 4 View Page This thing is amazing. At 50 yards I can hit a coke can. The scope is awesome. Looks like I'm right on my target. It is subsonic, but the 12 inch silencer is still needed. I use pointed steel pellets, which measure about 18mm caliber.   Friday, July 8 View Page Dave Gerber, my neighbor at the community garden, keeps n eye on my 1961 Sperry plant   Friday, July 8 View Page Here is the 1961 at the Connumity Garden looking good. It has a pear shape now, but I think the stem end will eventually fill in (I hope).   Friday, July 8 View Page The 2230x2145 is growing fast. Skin is still smooth as a baby's bottom   Friday, July 8 View Page The 2145x2230 is looking good. Nice long stem... Growing a bit slow though.   Friday, July 8 View Page Garden is almost full. All 4 plants in the main garden are running out of room. All secondary pumpkins have been culled. Its fish or cut bait time.   Friday, July 8 View Page The 7 Tomato plants have all been cut at 4 ft. The tomatoes are all pollinated and growing. 1 per plant. They were covered to keep the Maters dry. I'll hand water the plants from here on in.   Friday, July 8 View Page Tomato Row. Lots of Mega Blooms created some crazy looking Giant Tomato's. Lots of Seaweed, other ferts and fungicides are being applied   Saturday, July 9 View Page A see of green and white spots? That's not powdery. Its the Abound and Eagle 20 fungicide I sprayed on the plant today.   Saturday, July 9 View Page Whats big and green. That's an easy one. A pumpkin salad.   Saturday, July 9 View Page Nancy and I took a break from the pumpkins and did our Revolutionary War thing out in Stockbridge, MA. That horse looks like Mr Ed. I love my knickers.   Saturday, July 9 View Page We went to visit Charlie Lieber today. All I can say is Wow!! Thanks Charlie we had a great time.   Sunday, July 10 View Page Started my annual dusting of the Stems with Sulfur. When they crack a little due to rapid pumpkin growth, mold looks for a way in. I bet SVB's don't like the taste of sulfur either   Sunday, July 10 View Page Its hard to tell from this angle, but I'm starting to swoop the secondaries before the pumpkin forward, parallel to the main vine. I do this to maximize nutrient intake from these long secondary vines.   Sunday, July 10 View Page The pumpkins are starting to break through the canopy   Sunday, July 10 View Page This one is quad, growing on my #1 8.41 McCoy. Dusted with sulfur.   Sunday, July 10 View Page We had a nice visit at Mike Flemings patch today in Hanson, MA. He's got a nice one going on his 454 Fleming seed. Thanks Mike. It was great to catch up on stuff.   Friday, July 15 View Page Went to Johnston, RI and visited the King of Orange, Abby Norm Gansert. Everything looked normal. Thanks Norm. Had a great time.   Saturday, July 16 View Page The 1961 Sperry (23 DAP) was basking in the sun this morning at 7am. Guess it was getting some Vitamin D.   Saturday, July 16 View Page 1961 all covered up at 7:30am   Saturday, July 16 View Page 1790 Wallace is looking good, at 27 DAP. This is a small plant. Limited space, so only 700 Sq ft.   Saturday, July 16 View Page The 2230 (23 DAP) is going to be Orange. Too big to move by myself and Main is starting to kink. Norm Gansert and I will get this bugger moved to relieve the stress.   Saturday, July 16 View Page The 2nd 3.32 Connolly has this Giant Mater on it at 15 DAP   Saturday, July 16 View Page The 1961 at the Community Garden, will be a Great White too. I mulched in 2 yds of Chicken Manure (from Little Rhody Farm) and 2 yards of composted Cow Manure from the local farm last September. Looks like its working.   Monday, July 18 View Page The 3.32 Connolly is growing very fast. Unfortunately the mega bloom on this one was only a 3 lober. Time to get my panty hose. We shall see, what I can get out of it in a couple weeks.   Monday, July 18 View Page Oh-oh. Time to move the 2230. The main is starting to kink.   Monday, July 18 View Page Seems like every day the soil dry's out, and I gotta water. Today I'm pumping water out of my 300 gallon tanks that were filled with drain spout run off. This water is mixed with Stollers Harvest More Urea Mate 5-10-27.   Tuesday, July 19 View Page The 1961 Sperry at the Community Garden getting a shower   Tuesday, July 19 View Page Pumpkin Growers help each other. Russ Klowan and Norm Gansert stopped by, and helped move the 2230x2145, to relieve some vine stress. Much appreciated!!   Tuesday, July 19 View Page and Norm and Russ helped move the 2145x 2230. I left the Sprinkler on, and Norm enjoyed the free shower while moving the pumpkins. In all we moved 4 pumpkins tonight. I feel Stress Free now.   Thursday, July 21 View Page The 2230x2145, seems to like the vine stress relief. Its starting to grow again. Will start taking measurements tonight.   Thursday, July 21 View Page 1/2" of rain is all it takes to fill my 275 gallon tank. I need to get another one of these.   Friday, July 22 View Page War of the World.....All my remaining vine ends decided to strike a Cobra pose, tonight, just before a huge storm comes in like some kind of War of the Worlds aliens. In the background you can see the War of the Worlds silver stinger on the mother ship. I got way to much time on my hands tonight. Can't do anything cause its pouring rain and Lightning outside   Friday, July 22 View Page I got a nice green garden, but no time for the lawn, so its burnt brown from lack of water. Oh well its a big yard and I can do just so much. The garden takes all my time.   Saturday, July 23 View Page Weighed a small Mater from the 5.51 MegaMarv. This one only weighed 2.76 lbs   Saturday, July 23 View Page First measurements using 2012 chart 1790 OTT = 270 = 444 lbs 2145 OTT = 272 = 454 lbs 1961#1 OTT = 282 = 504 lbs 2230 OTT = 296 = 579 lbs 1961#2 not measured yet   Sunday, July 24 View Page Went to visit Ronnie and Pap. Here I am in a Wallace Sandwich Selfie. Somehow my ear got wet?   Sunday, July 24 View Page Oh, and Ronnie has some very Big Ones on the vine....   Sunday, July 24 View Page And we saw some of his Giant Maters. This one is on his 3.32 Connolly plant   Sunday, July 24 View Page I had a nice visit to Gene Larivieres patch this morning. He has the coolest Mastiff Dogs.... Zeus and Remesses. They love to play.   Sunday, July 24 View Page Gene has a bunch of nice one growing like this one.   Sunday, July 24 View Page Gene's Koi fish are really getting big this year.   Sunday, July 24 View Page Even the Woodchuck wanted me to take a Selfie with him.   Monday, July 25 View Page The 19161#2 at the Community Garden is liking its home. Starting to grow fast...I need to get measurements on this one, to monitor its growth.   Monday, July 25 View Page I meant to say 1961 Sperry in the last entry.   Wednesday, July 27 View Page The 2230,2145 has really broken through the canopy.   Wednesday, July 27 View Page 2230 up close. Still chugging along. I got to figure out a better way to keep it covered. The sheets keep blowing off during the day.   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Here's Shorty! I cut my 3.32 down to 24 inches tall and left one Tomato. I've always wanted to try a short plant   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Shorty is closest to the camera. In the background I got a decent one growing on the 8.41 McCoy   Friday, July 29 View Page No Vacancy! Sorry we're full. All the vines have been dead-ended. Just the Main's are still running   Friday, July 29 View Page The 1790x2230 if still growing at a good clip. I ran out of Mill fabric, and the pumpkins are growing over the edge, so I started spreading play sand under the pumpkins.   Friday, July 29 View Page The 1961x2230 looks like a twin of the 1790Wallace   Friday, July 29 View Page Just airing out my white table cloths   Saturday, July 30 View Page Got the Measuring tape out today. 7 days since last measurements. 2145x2230 OTT=315 WT = 693 AVERAGING 34.1 LBS PER DAY............... 1790X2230 OTT=319 WT = 719 AVERAGING 39.2 LBS PER DAY................ 1961X2230 OTT=340 WT = 865 AVERAGING 51.5 LBS PER DAY............... 2230X2145 OTT=344 WT = 894 AVERAGING 45.0 LBS PER DAY...............   Saturday, July 30 View Page Took my mom to the Community Garden to weed, fertilize and water the #2 1961 Sperry pumpkin.   Sunday, July 31 View Page Measured the #2 1961 Sperry finally. Using the 2012 chart, the OTT=323.......Wt = 745 pounds.   Sunday, July 31 View Page For some reason the tomatoes on 2 ft tall plants seem to grow bigger. This 2 ft tall plant has a good sized tomato on it. It was grown from a 8.41 McCoy seed.   Sunday, July 31 View Page Got some vine stress. So I got some Vice Grips, and clamped them to the Mill Fabric, with some seat belt straps then...   Sunday, July 31 View Page ...I tied the straps to the hitch on my car, to move the pumpkin and tarp forward 5 inches. I worked Relieving the vine stress.   Thursday, August 4 View Page Got another Tomato to the Scales today. This one off the 8.41 McCoy, only weighed 3.86 pounds   Thursday, August 4 View Page The 1961 Sperry pumpkin at the Community gardens is growing low and wide....but at least its still growing   Saturday, August 6 View Page I took measurements of the 4 pumpkins in the main garden 2145x2230 has a OTT of 342 = 879 pounds, averaging 26.5 lbs/day. 1790x2230 has a OTT of 348 = 925 pounds, averaging 29.4 lbs/day. 2230x2146 has a OTT of 367 = 1078 pounds, averaging 26 lbs/day. 1961x2230 has a OTT of 369 = 1095 pounds, averaging 32.8 lbs/day. Picture shown is the 1961x2230 pumpkin.   Saturday, August 6 View Page The #2 1961x2230 at the Community Garden is a low wide blob. Took measurements today. OTT = 345...Weight = 902 lbs. Growth rate for last 6 days has averaged 26.1 lbs per day.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page We got a ton of rain today. Tomorrow its gonna be almost 100F. Oh Boy!!! Can you say explode....We shall see.   Saturday, August 13 View Page The back side of the 1961x2230 in the Main Garden. Weeds are creeping in. Not sure if I want to go in and do anything about them. Could do more damage than good. Took weekly measurements this morning as follows: 1961x2230#2 OTT=361 Wt=1028 lbs (18 lbs/day) 2145x2230 OTT=366 Wt=1070 lbs (27.2 lbs/day) 1790x2230 OTT=372 Wt=1121 lbs (28 lbs/day) 2230x2145 OTT=392 Wt=1304 lbs (32.2 lbs/day) 1961x2230#1 OTT=394 Wt=1324 lbs (32.7 lbs/day)   Sunday, August 14 View Page Don't let this picture fool you. All is not great. We are in the middle of a nasty heat wave. See next entry...   Sunday, August 14 View Page Actual Temp is 100F. Humidity and Heat index makes it feel 106F. Man I hope they make it through this. 1 inch of rain last night in now in the soil and will probably save these 4 bad boys, from a heat induced collapse.   Tuesday, August 16 View Page The 2230x2145 is cranking along in a big weed patch. I got to get in there and at least get the big weeds out   Tuesday, August 16 View Page This is the 1790Wallace x 2230.5. If I had let this fruit grow back on it stem like it originally wanted to do, I would be draining a bird bath every morning by now. Glad I propped it up early after pollination   Thursday, August 18 View Page My garden is loaded with sticks, stakes and bamboo to tie up the Leaf Stems. Heavy winds came through an blew a lot of them over.   Saturday, August 20 View Page Got the 7 day readings. Weight gains are starting to slow down. 2145x2230 OTT=383 Wt=1220 (21.4 lbs/day) 1790x2230 OTT=387 Wt=1257 (19.4 lbs/day) 2230x2145 OTT=403 Wt=1413 (15.5 lbs/day) 1961x2230 OTT=406 Wt=1444 (17.0 lbs/day)(from Main Garden)   Sunday, August 21 View Page I hit the road today and ended up at Ron's house at 7:30am. Wanted to personally thank him for sharing his Spray program last winter. Ron is a really good guy and helped me "Fix" my soil this year, after 5 years of problems in the patch. Thanks for the help Ron. I got 5 sound pumpkins and 1 month to go. Your fungicide program to clean out the phyto was a major reason for this comeback attempt. And special thanks tho Matt Debacco, and Joe Jutras for convincing me to haul out 30 yards of "bad soil: and bring in 30 fresh yards of Topsoil. This clean soil has been problem free so far. And attached photo is a pic of Ron a monster long pumpkin from his 1790, taken on Aug 21st. Its Big! Very Big!   Sunday, August 21 View Page Here is a pic of Ron with Pap's Pumpkin. Its a 2009 offspring. Looking good.   Sunday, August 21 View Page This monster grown from Ron's 2009 is so big for mid August that, I almost couldn't believe it....Make it happen Ron. Bring this one to the finish line.   Sunday, August 21 View Page Ron's 2230 is looking good too.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page It was very cold last night. 47F. Glad I got my Blankies out yesterday to cover the pumpkins.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Headed up North today to New Hampshire. Stopped at Steve Ellis' place and saw a cool Trellis, with some very Long Gourds lots of Giant Tomatoes and a couple Giant Pumpkins. Thanks for the tour Steve.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Visited Hiram Watson and ate a ton of apples from his 15 acre orchard, and saw a bunch of Giant Pumpkins.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Joined the NHGPGA Twilight Tour which stopped at Steve Geddes house. What a great thing this club does for its members. A lot of innovative idea's are exchanged. And I stopped in my tracks when I saw one of Steve's two Pumpkins. This one is a 2145McMullen x 1727.5 Peirpont. It is huge....   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Went on the NEGPGA Patch tour a couple days ago, and got to see Woody's very large Pumpkin, in Topsfield, MA.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page More of Hiram's Apples. I got a bag full to bring home.   Friday, August 26 View Page Gummy Stem Blight is starting to show here and there in both of my patches. Fighting it with Manzoate and Abound fungicides. Got a few bunches of Aphids. Fighting them with Merit 75WSP sprays. Oh-well its that time of the year.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Looks like trouble. The 2230 is starting to puss on the Main Vine. I scraped it off, dusted with Sulfur, and set up a fan. Luckily the stem is on the south side of the pumpkin, so it will get direct sun today   Sunday, August 28 View Page Very nice. Still in the mid 90's almost every day, and down into the 60's over night, in the North East   Monday, August 29 View Page It feels wrong to drench in the last few day's of August. BUT, when its almost 90 and it hasn't rained in a week, you gotta do what you gotta do.   Monday, August 29 View Page Nancy and I took a break today, and toured the Cape Cod Canal. I'm getting pumpkined out. Been along season...   Wednesday, August 31 View Page One of my neighbors helped load up my pumpkin for Woodstock. She is really good with a tractor   Wednesday, August 31 View Page I introduced the Main Garden Pumpkins to the Community Garden (1961 Sperry x 2230 Wallace) Pumpkin. She is ready for the ride to Woodstock, CT   Thursday, September 1 View Page Got the weight of my pumpkin at the Woodstock Fair. 1129 lbs. 11% over charts. Good for 3rd place. We had a great time.   Saturday, September 3 View Page Went down to 50F last night.   Saturday, September 3 View Page Just hanging out with my 1961x2230   Sunday, September 4 View Page Had a nice visit with Bob Singleton in Portsmith, RI today. He is getting ready for "Tropical Storm or possibly Hurricane Hermine", like the rest of us on the East Coast. And he has an awesome pumpkin going. Its from the 2230.5 Wallace x 1998.5 Jutras shown here.   Monday, September 5 View Page Plants are getting tired and now I got to deal with Hermine this afternoon. I got all the pumpkins airing out to dry and fans going. watered with Abound Fungicide and Epsom Salts and Humic Acid. The afternoon rains will soak this stuff in.   Monday, September 5 View Page Had a nice visit to Russ Klowan's patch in Cumberland RI. He has a bunch of orange beauties, including this one from a 1998.5 Jutras   Saturday, September 10 View Page Here is my 2145x2230. Hope to bring this one to Rochester, NH. All the pumpkins are pussin 'n fussin. Got lots of fans and sulfur on the vines stumps and stems to keep them dry. My numbers are: 2145x2230 = 404 OTT 1790x2230 = 419 OTT 2230x2145 = 435 OTT 1961x2230 = 443 OTT They are all putting on about 9-10 pounds per day   Sunday, September 11 View Page Put up some tents to keep the pumpkins dry. Been Scraping off puss and drying the vines with sulfur and fans on all 4 pumpkins. Its a Normal thing this time of the year. Just need to keep ahead of it. Scrape, Scrape, Dust, Dust, oh what a relief it is!   Wednesday, September 14 View Page Pumpkin art?   Friday, September 16 View Page Lifted another pumpkin today, for a Weigh-off in Rochester, NH   Friday, September 16 View Page Its safely in the Trailer. Now I have a 2 hour drive, starting at 6am tomorrow to the weigh-off.   Friday, September 16 View Page We ending up towing our 1944 pound pumpkin to Rochester with Mike Flemings truck. Very smooth ride.   Saturday, September 17 View Page We were really suprised at the weight of our Rochester, Fair entry. A 2230x2145. It's OTT was 439 and we thought it would be 1809 lbs, but it weighed 1944 lbs. Had a nice time at the Rochester Fair   Sunday, September 18 View Page Gone but not forgotten. The 1944 has left me, and is on tour somewhere in Rochester, NH. Now I need to move onto the next pumpkin for the Durham, CT fair on Tuesday night....   Sunday, September 18 View Page The next pumpkin down the line is the one closest to the 1944 and that pumpkin going to Durham, CT. Its the 2145x2230.   Sunday, September 18 View Page Had to make some adjustments to the Tarp. Raised them up a bit. Heavy rains coming in tomorrow. Hopefully the pumpkins can survive the growth surge without splitting.   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Did my best to keep the pumpkins dry during yesterday's heavy rain. Luckily it was a short but heavy downpour. I think we only got 1/2 inch.   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Lifted the 2145x2230 for the Durham Fair later today.   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Had a great time at the Durham CT Fair. Nice job by Team Pumpkin. Met good people and had good times. Came in 2nd with a 1503.5   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Better...   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Backing the Trailer in and lower the pumpkin into place is the easy part.   Saturday, September 24 View Page I'm starting to haul away the old plants. Two plants gone. Two pumpkins remaining. Then its mustard time...   Wednesday, September 28 View Page Yuk! Its raining heavy. But at least my pumpkin for Topsfield is dry. I think its going to be a mud fest when we try to pick this one in the rain in a couple day's.   Thursday, September 29 View Page We lifted the 1961 Sperry pumpkin for the Topsfield Fair tomorrow. Its going to be a long 1 hour ride. Tomorrow it will have a new name.   Saturday, October 1 View Page We made it to Topsfield with our pumpkin. and had a great time with all our friends. Its weighed 2075.5 pounds.   Saturday, October 1 View Page Never done this before. After the weigh-off Nancy and I walked down Main Street in the Topsfield Fair, with our pumpkin enroute to the Large Vegetable Barn where all the fruits and Vegetables re displayed   Saturday, October 1 View Page They decided to keep me in the air conditioned booth at the Topsfield Fair for 10 days with the 2075.5. I have my I phone so I can stay in touch with the outside world.   Saturday, October 1 View Page Thanks Russ for letting us use your Flatbed truck at the last minute for the 2075.5 Pumpkin. It would not have fit in our 6'x6' trailer. Our Flatbed trailer with a 7 ft x 7 ft platform should be ready in two weeks. Next time we'll tie it down.   Sunday, October 2 View Page Darn Cell phone camera's...   Sunday, October 2 View Page Almost Empty Nesters. This is our last pumpkin in the patch. The lonely 1790x2230 sits and waits for Frerichs Farm next Saturday October 8th. We'll try to beat Pap's Humongous Pumpkin.   Friday, October 7 View Page Lifted the 1790x2230 today. Getting ready for Frerichs Farm Weigh-off   Friday, October 7 View Page Nothing left in the patch but memories of 2016.   Friday, October 7 View Page 1790x2230 is in the trailer for the ride to Frerichs tomorrow.   Saturday, October 8 View Page The pumpkin I entered at Frerich's came in 4 place out of 31 and it weighed 1649.5 pounds.   Saturday, October 8 View Page A lotta big pumpkins, great weather and a huge crowd at the Frerichs Farm weigh-off   Saturday, October 8 View Page Another angle to show more of the pumpkins. Far upper left corner is the eventual winner ...the 2261 Wallace.   Wednesday, October 12 View Page The fairs and lime light are over now what to do (quickly) with my pumpkin before it eventually goes down...   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Easy decision. I brought the 2075 to Roger Williams Park and Zoo. They will carve it for thousands to see..And I'll go and get my seeds.   Wednesday, October 12 View Page And there was a huge, massive, humongous pumpkin at the Weigh-off that went way of the chart. The new 2261.5 grown by Dick Wallace. He must of had his picture taken over 500 times. Gets kind of tough to stand there and look pretty for every picture   Monday, October 17 View Page Alex Noel is selling these 24" diameter Lifting Rings from his welding business. I bought mine last week. Hope I grow some big ones next year so I can try it out.   Thursday, October 27 View Page Lots of requests for seeds coming is this year. Will send out to answer the Club Auction and PROMO requests first. The 2075, 1944 pumpkins had lots of seeds. Steve Connolly 622 Massapoag Ave Sharon, MA 02067   Thursday, October 27 View Page Getting ready for next year. Starting to dig.   Saturday, November 12 View Page Busy filling the Club Auction and Promo seed requests. Will start mailing them all over the world next week. Glad to help out the Clubs.   Sunday, November 13 View Page Yummy!! Pumpkin dirt from a trusted source...