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Southern Illinois

when the first frost comes in oct i say to my self what am i going to do for the next 7 months,i was going to buy some land in mexico and raise pumpkins in the winter but my wife will not let me,i use to work on big tanker ships as a pumpman,thought about telling her that i was going back out to sea,and going to mexico,but once she did not see all the money coming in she would divorce me,thats why i raise so many plants every year by the time i till 2 acre with a rear tine tiller,spread about 40 five gallon buckets of fertalizer by hand,plant about 5,000 seeds,hole-till-spread more fertalizer-spray with schultz fert-spray for bugs-worry about is it going to rain,fight with the kids and wife about all you ever watch is the weather channel,wife wakes up at 2:00 am catches me on the internet i am on the big pumpkin .com site but she thinks i am chating with some young ladys,then in oct i have to worry about selling a few thousnd big pumpkins that i cant even hardly pick up,then nov 1 is here and i say thank god its over with,life goes back to normal for about 6 months.what would life be like with out a pumpkin plant,I love my job.and yes my 10 yr old son won 1 st place for the biggest pumpkin at the local fair,won 12 dollars man is he excited.

8/20/2002 9:05:20 AM

Cologne / Germany

Can´t anyone let you have some sqft on top of a tanker ship? Imagine you leave at softball size and come back at 500 lbs...lol..and you always get a crane to lift it nearby.
I would suggest to construct a greenhouse big enough for two plants and have that growing fun in the winter season. Might be something your wife will agree with. Congrats to your son and good luck!

8/20/2002 9:15:19 AM

Western Pa.

heavyhitter,

Come on, you never chatted with the young ladies?

kilr

8/20/2002 9:38:46 AM

Long Island,New York

why not plant on the tanker...or tow a barge with it, and move up and down in lattitude following the better weather patterns and temperature ranges?......no bugs out at sea...........G

8/20/2002 10:46:41 AM