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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Optimist Club and Giant Pumpkins

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Spoke to the local Arvada Optimist club this week on how to grow giant pumpkins. I wasn't sure going into it how many of them would be ...
Friday, March 26, 2010

2010 Seed Lineup

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I believe I have finalized my 2010 seed lineup. Very grateful to the kind growers who gave me the seeds! Especially grateful to Eddy for the...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Niagara Giant Pumpkin Seminar

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This last weekend I went to the pumpkin seminar in Niagara. The three day event was a lot of fun and very informative. After arriving in Buf...
Sunday, March 7, 2010

It must almost be pumpkin season

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The warm weather has brought out the pumpkin growers in full force. Had a nice visit with Joe "the master" Scherber. He made a 10...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Niagara Seminar in March

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It has been way to long since my last post. Things have been crazy busy with my website design business and with my wife going to the Olym...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Hail Netting in Hail Capital USA

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Did you know that one of Colorado's titles is Hail Capital USA? From experience I know it is a fact. I've been working with a grea...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

2010 Pumpkin Seed Lineup?

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Over the next three months many pumpkin growers will agonize over what seeds they will plant next year. Many will use pumpkinlink.com to he...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Send My Good Wife to the Olympics!

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Okay this is a pumpkin blog, but my good wife (AKA the pumpkin widow) is a finalist in a Microsoft blogger contest to be sent to the Olympic...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween from Colorado

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About 20 inches of snow that fell up until yesterday morning. In the high 50s today and 80% of the snow is already gone. Sure glad my patc...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

New World Record Pumpkin

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It is official. A new world record pumpkin. Christy Harp of Ohio grew the heaviest pumpkin ever put to a scale. The pumpkin weighed an amazi...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

A New Personal Best Pumpkin for the Kids

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My children set a new personal best at the Arvada Festival of Scarecrows yesterday with a pumpkin the weighed in at 85.5 pounds. That beat ...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Congrats to My Kids on their Pumpkin

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My two kids grow a pumpkin this year together. This is Bode's first year. Their plant didn't have a leaf on it after the hail storm ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

They Grow Big Pumpkins in Oregon

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Thad Starr was kind enough to let me stay with him on my trip to Oregon to go to the big weigh-off. Thad had a beautiful orange pumpkin that...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Fall Patch Prep is Done

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I tilled in the sudan grass today along with about 3 yards of compost and a little gypsum. Didn't need anything else as my NPK is a touc...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Check Out the October Issue Of National Geographic

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This pumpkin grower is in the October issue of National Geographic. There is a small article that I'm quoted in. I don't remember sa...
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Congrats to Jim "The Biz" Grande on a New Colorado State Record Pumpkin!

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Jim Grande smashed the previous Colorado state record set by the Master Joe Scherber by nearly 150 pounds yesterday with a giant pumpkin wei...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

4th Annual RMGVG Pumpkin Weigh-off, Denver, Colorado

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The Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers are pleased to present the 4th annual giant pumpkin weigh-off. The biggest weigh-off in Colorado....
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Grow Lights Gone Wild

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A friend recently bought a home as an investment. The home was previously used for the illegal growing of a controlled substance. My friend ...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Compost for the Pumpkin Patch

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I got about 3 1/2 yards of really nice composted cow manure today. It is three-years-old and just perfect for what I need. My nutrients were...

Putting on the Pounds in the Late Season

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Today's high was about 54 degrees and the over night lows for the next two nights will be in the low 30s. This is pumpkin killing weathe...
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