http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=28291&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'anaid_tecuod'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2026 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ The Gypsy Challenge - I'm now committed to growing out my volunteer pumpkin plant Gypsy Girl. Since it will not win any weigh-offs, I'm proposing a new contest called the Gypsy Challenge. I've alway... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358120 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358120 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:47:15 GMT Totally Tomatoes - I did an initial till of the new tomato patch. Added one yard of compost, 40 pounds of gypsum and some triple 16. Letting the mix cook a bit in-situ before planting in a few weeks... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358073 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358073 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:22:20 GMT Garden Squatter - Gypsy Girl is squatting in the middle of an old tomato patch from 3 years ago. This ground has been left fallow ever since except for the spring poppies. I may till the ground arou... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358034 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358034 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:21:11 GMT On the Run - My volunteer, named Gypsy Girl, has laid down and started to run. I gave her a second splash of water. That's it. No patch prep, no fertilizer, no wind or critter protection. She popped... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357984 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357984 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:59:30 GMT Live or Let Die - I made the mistake of splashing a little water on the Tweedledee volunteer. It responded by doubling in size over the next few days. What to do now - a gorgeous happy plant. It's g... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357853 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357853 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:48:00 GMT Never Say Die - Found this volunteer today in an area where I poured the pumpkin soup I removed from Tweedledee. I gave Tweedledee to a local non-profit for a guess-the-weight fundraiser. When I wen... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357802 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357802 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:20:42 GMT Bipolar Disorder - The poppies are rioting in the front patch, and we are just starting a heat wave that will bring us into the low nineties for the rest of the week. It's hard to believe the stories ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357650 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357650 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:56:52 GMT It's a Beautiful Day - The poppies are starting to flash red and orange, birds are singing and it's 76 degrees in the shade. The buds are swelling and my head is bulging with pumpkin dreams... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357519 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357519 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:27:23 GMT The Red Badge of Courage - Soft rot spot on the bottom produced a bright red stain in the adjoining flesh. I bleed for my pumpkins. I've never had one bleed for me... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357518 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357518 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:25:33 GMT Chopped! - I decided to put the old girl out of her misery today. It would be undignified and too odiferous to let her just melt into a pond of bubbly soup - like an orange Wicked Witch of the West. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357517 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357517 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:23:29 GMT Tweedledum - Tweedledee's twin, the 566 Zunino. A little heavier but not as symmetrical. Tweedledum was selfed on the 1366 Zunino and graced my front yard until early January... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357516 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357516 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:18:58 GMT Tweedledee - My favorite pumpkin from 2025. 477 pounds of leopard orange perfection. Grown on the 1366 Zunino with two other fruit on the same plant... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357515 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357515 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:17:11 GMT Inauguration Day - Out with the old, in with the recycled... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350831 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350831 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:02:02 GMT and a merry pumpkin Christmas to all... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350681 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350681 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:54 GMT Time's Up – When you know it's time to hang up the hoe... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350137 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350137 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:27:08 GMT Gone Girl – Amelia Airheart was last seen flying solo near the coast of California. She was never seen again... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349162 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349162 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:02:08 GMT Last Known Whereabouts – Last picture of Amelia snug in her tepee before her disappearance... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349161 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349161 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:01:17 GMT Angel of Death – The hidden BES. Probably opened up 10 days or more ago... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349160 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349160 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:59:54 GMT Ripley's Believe It or Not – Two days after the first scare, Amelia started oozing from her other side. This time there was a smell... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349159 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349159 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:58:44 GMT Wet Dream - When I took off the sheets this morning, I found a wet streak oozing out from the bottom of Amelia. That sinking feeling, as a short video of me cleaning up 100 gallons of stinkin' pumpki... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349013 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349013 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:05:40 GMT