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Saturday, September 21, 2013 slyfox-mal Middlesbrough Uk

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went to local agricultural fair today took three marrow and got first second and third 77 lb 86 lb and 99 lb so close to the 100# but not to worry its a new pb for me beating my old best by 5 lb also got heaviest mater only 2 lb third place plate of cherry tomatos black cherry ( thanks sue for the seed ) second place ugliest fruit or veg a small mega bloom tomato of joe mentings 5.03 seed thanks joe i knew i could count on you to get in the prize money lol oh ye i also took my mty 700# est pumpkin and won biggest pumpkin with a girth of 145.5 inches i know this is a small kin by most peoples standards but here in uk hardly anyone has seed a heavy kin and im not joking in saying this i was real proud to so so many people of all ages touching and feeling and asking me and my wife questions about it and if i had a penny for every photo taken of it i would have been a rich man i even had a 80 year old potato farmer come to me and say son in all my farming days i have never seen any thing so impressive well done and he patted me on the back and said well done made me proud to be a member of this community so thank you everyone who has helped me or donated me seeds
 
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