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Friday, July 31, 2015 swhitty Bangor, ME

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The 1695 Gaboury is doing well. The plant isn't very big due to cucumber beetle damage and a cold spring, but her growth has certainly picked up, and she is up to an estimated 135 pounds. I pollinated her on July 7 at 7.5 feet out. The guy who tends the Bangor Community Garden is named Byron, and he has caught the Pumpkin Fever! Every day I go, he is out there measuring "Peanut" with a smile. He also built a bulletin board so I could put informational content up for the other gardeners. Both the kids and adults LOVE Peanut, and I'm happy to see it become such a big community builder. Although I'm doing the vine burying and fertilizing (in my spare time), I don't even have to water the pumpkin because so many gardeners have volunteered to do it. What fun! Byron wants to grow 6 pumpkins next year, and he is going to try and convince Bangor Parks and Rec to help till up the soil for some more pathes. The thought of that is very overwhelming, but I will definitely help him start some seedlings to see what we can do :).
 



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