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      <title> Bulk Seeds</title>
      <author>Howard &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Just reaching out if any growers have any amount of AG seeds from 400 pound plus pumpkins grown with in the last couple years? email howarddill@yahoo.ca. Thanks Danny</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2026 GVGO Spring Seminar &amp;amp; Annual Meeting</title>
      <author>TheFireGuy &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Hi Folks, the annual GVGO spring seminar and annual meeting is planned for Saturday March 28 at the Prince Edward Yacht Club in Picton, ON. We are also making dinner plans Friday March 27 at Linguinie...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking for Bushel Gourd Seeds</title>
      <author>longtree &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>I'm out in Vancouver BC and I'm looking for just regular bushel gourd seeds for grafting. Nothing fancy like the giant competition genetics. If anyone has some available please let me know. Thanks.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>HAPPY CANADA DAY EH!</title>
      <author>Howard &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Just a shout out to all fellow Canadian growers and families, have a LARGE day and growing season. The Dill family</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Congrats to Bob MacKenzie!</title>
      <author>Howard &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Grew Canada's biggest Field Pumpkin @ 180 lbs. and Bushel Gourd @ 335 lbs. for 2024 season! Well done.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:56:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GVGO newsletter coming Twix is there a difference?</title>
      <author>Big Kahuna 26 &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>The great Organic vs Synthetic debate continues.
        &amp;quot;I see No difference&amp;quot;
 
By: Russ Landry

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OyUSiYAuWTM</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:45:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Heavy Hitters Seeds</title>
      <author>Howard &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>We have a great selection of extra seeds available from many of the top seeds of 2023. Shoot us an email howarddill@yahoo.ca if there is any seed you may need thanks. Danny</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Amino Products from Soy</title>
      <author>Big Kahuna 26 &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Ah here is a good link to research folks...

Found this for Former new and old growers in Lunatic land. Just available in Canada is soluble organic Aminio13. 

So on the GVGO Facebook page I recen...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wellington weigh off auction posted.</title>
      <author>Big Kahuna 26 &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>John Vincent, just posted his list today. Have the pure pleasure of once again hosting as auctioneer. Grateful to John for his broad support of all things pumpkin in the GPC and in Ontario. Good luck ...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trichoderma for Canucks</title>
      <author>Big Kahuna 26 &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>This seams like a good priced product. Katyayni is also on Amazon.ca. Lots of new products from them at reasonable pricing for small patch grows.

https://www.greengardenvibes.ca/products/katyayani-...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Potassium Bicarboniate (powdery mildew)</title>
      <author>spudder &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Nuts.com has it on their site at what appears to be a decent price. My 5 LB. bag was duty &amp;amp; tax free (so was my whole shipment because of what I ordered. Need to find proper rules for that) The 25...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:27:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Phosphite in Canada---Thanks Big Kahuna</title>
      <author>spudder &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Thanks for the tip on where to find it in Canada


&lt;a href="http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342465"&gt;BP Link&lt;/a&gt; </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Auction - GVGO - Auction</title>
      <author>GVGO EXECUTIVE &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Gvgo silent auction starting Saturday January 13th -January 20th

Bid often - great seeds to choose from. 

Our Auction master is finalizing things

GVGO headquarters </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GVGO NEWS</title>
      <author>GVGO EXECUTIVE &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Greetings all, this will be our last pesky PLUG prior to the Big Day!

Don't forget to renew or sign up for 2024 dues before December 31st, 2023 and be included in our draw for $100\Canadian. Thanks...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:42:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>pumpkin seeds</title>
      <author>road runner &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>looking for pumpkin seeds in spring  i am in alberta brand new at this  thanks for any info</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:34:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The brysons 1940!</title>
      <author>NDV &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Really sad to see it split on you. I was talking about it just a day before you announced the split, and let's just say, you have restored confidence that the record could be brought back to Canada, a...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:43:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pest control</title>
      <author>NDV &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>I'm looking for places to buy imidacloprid products, and all I can find on Google when I search for stuff like merit is articles about its usage regulation in Canada. Anyone here know where to purchas...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 15:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GVGO Tomato Contest</title>
      <author>NDV &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>The GVGO team Tomato Contest is open for registration. It's a very fun contest much like the tomato contest on here. If you enjoy it, and are part of the GVGO, or want to become part of the GVGO, chec...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:38:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GVGO Seminar &amp;amp; Membership</title>
      <author>Big Kahuna 26 &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Seminar today &amp;amp; picking up product.  Inspires me to once again deep dig for giants.  Plan on writing again so exciting this year ahead with pumpkins in the ground already. 

Join today to get yo...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Good Buy and hard to get</title>
      <author>spudder &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>https://howarddill.com/buy/search?search%5Bkeywords%5D=2493+wolf&amp;amp;_a=category&amp;amp;token=ffcf172a8f32240793c9c33f55da905a

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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:12:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Auction &amp;amp; Memberships </title>
      <author>GVGO EXECUTIVE &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Thanks to all who participated in our Auction run by our great Auction team.

We all have 2023 memberships available to be had. Some seed packs are still available which are included in membership c...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BC weigh off?</title>
      <author>R_idaeus &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Anyone know when the Langley, BC weigh-off is this year?  GPC website says October 1, but I'm seeing postings elsewhere saying it is October 8.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2022 contests for foreign growers</title>
      <author>GVGO EXECUTIVE &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>IF YOU JOIN THE GVGO YOU CAN BE IN THE FOLLOWING CONTEST AND RECEIVE A GREAT SEED PACK AND NEWSLETTERS  $30 FOR FOREIGN MEMBERS www.gvgo.ca
Grower Appreciation Contest

Open to all GVGO members - f...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:05:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2021 Contests &amp;amp; Memberships</title>
      <author>Kirk C &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>Happy 2021 everyone from those here at GVGO headquarters. This past year was a year we will not forget for a long time. 3 weigh offs did manage to run And some great specimens were brought to the scal...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 12:54:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Seeds to U.S.A.</title>
      <author>spudder &lt;NoSpam@BigPumpkins.com&gt;</author>
      <description>How are people getting their seeds for exchanges and auctions down to them?</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:35:48 GMT</pubDate>
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