My son has been growing this pumpkin in the backyard this summer.
We think it is at least 200 pounds. I personally think it is closer to 300! (Note added in December -- the pumpkin ended up being 474 pounds!)
Now that it is October I told my son it is time to figure out how to get it to the front yard so the whole neighborhood can enjoy it!
Got any ideas how to move it? I'm thinking my son and a few of his buff buddies should roll it up in a blanket and then roll the bundle to the front yard.
You can barely see the piece of plywood he put under it when it was a baby to keep it off the soggy ground.
Isn't it beautiful! We are so excited about our little garden this year. We were just barely planting the pumpkin plant this time last year and we ended up with a pumpkin that was about 85 pounds. My son stuck the scales under this beauty yesterday and figured it was about 125 pounds already. We can only imagine how big it will be 3 months from now when Halloween rolls around. Evan stuck a few boards underneath it with the hopes that they will help facilitate moving the pumpkin from the back to the front come time to show it off. At the rate it has been growing, it will take a crane or helicopter to move it. Short of that, I guess we could chop it up, but that would be no fun.
We have at least 100 ears of corn that are just about ready to harvest. The back corner of the yard ended up being the perfect place to plant it. We have already harvested some broccoli--a first for us. It was wonderful and we will definitely plant it again. It does take up more than its share of space though.
Coming on are the peppers and tomatoes. We were late planting them, but we have lots of time to reap the rewards from them.
