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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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Well, another season has come to an end. The rest of the fall we still have chores on our acreage: mowing down weeds, spreading and incorporating fertilizer, manure and other organic amendments, improving our drainage ditch system, and controlling the deer population. Our patch will be moved over next year and this years spots given a rest.
I didn't meet my goals this year: 100# watermelon, 100" gourd and 1000# pumpkin. The rainy cold weather prevented that, but I still feel blessed. We didn't get flood damage like so many of our neighbors did this year. We didn't have any close calls with tornadoes as in past years. Jacob had 2 knee surgeries, but he is nearly back to normal. My wife has a great new job. Our daughter had a tough year, with her apartment flooded by broken plumbing and her employer flooded by the Cedar River. But she has come though much more mature and is making her parents real proud.
We already have our goals for next year. We will try our best to win next year's weighoff. Richard Stivers, Marty Schnicker and I plan to improve our gourd patches and bring that world record to Anamosa. I'm going to help a couple more growers next year to make our weighoff even better.
Good luck to the rest of the growers who still have fruits to weigh. Just remember that next year, your most determined growers will be from the Midwest Pumpkin Growers Association.
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