Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 25 Entries. Monday, August 1 View Page Not growing anything serious this year, maybe a few orange ones and a few sunflowers. Involved in the new weigh off at sunny side gardens this year. I hope anyone within reach can come and join us! Looking forward to seeing everyone. Here's the prize structure for the event, pass it on! It should be a great event. More to follow shortly- room info at group rates, growers cookout!   Monday, August 1 View Page To get a better view of sunny sides prize structure it is posted on the GPC website.   Tuesday, August 2 View Page My son with my sunflower !!   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Been busy with my annuals and perennials. Trying some new arrangements.   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Got this idea after seeing Ron Wallaces display of zinnias! I have some self seeded cleome spread throughout the zinnias. Makes for a nice mix.   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Toddmod!   Saturday, August 6 View Page Anyone interested in reserving a room for the Sunnyside gardens September 24th weigh off , here is the link for room reservations. Note- you can reserve rooms for the 23rd, and or the 24th to suite your needs. Many growers may want to come on Friday to attend the growers picnic and chat session. Something we are trying to bring back since many of us enjoyed this day before weigh off time at Cooperstown so much! I hope you can all make it. More details soon on the picnic. http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/C/CPKNYHX-GPC-20160924/index.jhtml   Saturday, August 6 View Page Forgot to mention room reservations should be made by August 26th   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Relaxed growing with my son this year is all that's going on here! Besides sunny side pumpkin weigh off. Weigh off is more important for our area to be a success! Pumpkins can wait!   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Some good crosses like the "freak" & the 1916 Baron! Both original seeds selfed by me & now put back into service! My selfed freak seed (1512 brownell ) produced Karl Haists 1725. My selfed 1916 Baron seems like a great plant for competition growing- I love the plant & pumpkin characteristics??   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Playing with orange!   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Hoping for nice orange!   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Welcome to my jungle! Very little care! Some pruning and burying early, then just pruning. So little care I ran into a battle w/ the dreaded svb! Learned a lot there! Under control now!   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Overhead shot, I think I have like 8-9 plants going! 8 pumpkins. It's been fun to weed & do things with my kids in the patch.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Just s reminder. Sunny side weigh off is September 24th. I hope everyone that can make it does! Good luck! For more info, see link on gpc site. Reminder, if needing rooms, deadline for booking is August 26th.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Wild flower mix! About at its peak.   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Owner of Sunnyside gardens farmhand and his two daughters grew this on their 1st year trying! I'm guessing 800# from looking at it!! No pruning or burying, 6 ft from stump,no vine management,stem pulled straight down!main vine under pumpkin!   Tuesday, September 20 View Page His jungle!   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Must have had good soil, look at the size of this stump!! A little diseased, but no care taken!   Tuesday, September 20 View Page Beginners luck!!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Well our 1st weigh off at Saratoga Springs NY is under our belt and I would consider it a success! We had 34 heavy pumpkin entries, 3 squash, 1 which broke the NYS! Karl Haist- 1397! Congrats!several tomato and sunflower entries, and tons of people to spectate.   Sunday, September 25 View Page Heavy pumpkin went to Daniel Kruszyna -1639# Great job!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Karl Haist , back on top! Beating old time record holder Jeremy Robinson's 2012 record of 1221.5 ! Great job Karl !   Sunday, September 25 View Page I would like to thank everyone involved in making Saratoga weigh off a success. So Thank You- Wayne and Michelle,Andy, Karl and Bev,Gary,Ray,Tim,Courtney and Andrew,Mike for the scale, Mark on the forklift,and anyone I missed !and of coarse all the people who entered our weigh off .   Sunday, September 25 View Page And a very special thanks to Ned Chapman- owner of Sunnyside and his wife Bonnie, daughter Heather, and whole Sunnyside staff. Also, Todd Shimkus from the Saratoga chamber of Commerce