Weigh-Off time is upon us!
The weigh-off is almost upon us. Tomorrow the pumpkin/greenie squashes will be cut at 8 am and loaded in the truck on pallets. How do I get all this weight in the bed of a truck? 8 strong men! These...
View ArticlePBS program-Lord of the Gourds on today, Sunday Oct 30
For any of you that might be interested in seeing the program that got me into giant pumpkin growing (where I thought they were a bunch of nuts) it will be on TODAY on KNME, Sunday afternoon at 2pm...
View ArticleWhat Can You Do with a Giant Pumpkin-BOOM!
What can you do with a giant pumpkin? oh-oh!
View ArticleWhat to do With a Giant Pumpkin? SPLAT!
To compost giant pumpkins they must first be broken up into smaller pieces!
View ArticleWhat to do with a Giant Pumpkin? putt, putt, putt..
You can make them into boats and have a regatta!
View ArticleMAX gets AXED tomorrow morning
Yes folks it’s true, Mad Max will get axed tomorrow morning at the 4th Annual Pumpkin Bash here in front of Liquid Light Glass’s studio at 10AM. We are looking to give away mass quantities of fresh...
View ArticleMax and Kryptonite done
Max and Kryptonite are done. Gone. Cut up and given away for food. A good ending to a great story. The giant pumpkin season is now done. In fact all the vegetables are done. Well almost. Gardening is...
View ArticleGiant pumpkin seeds planted inside-It has begun!
This year I’m planting 4 seeds for me and 2 for my giant pumpkin/squash class later this month. I planted them in 4″ peat pots and they are on a heat mat set at 80°F under grow lights until they...
View ArticleHow to Grow a Giant Pumpkin
Yesterday I taught a class on How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin and told them I would put the full color version in a pdf format on-line for them to use. I discussed all the basic information on growing a...
View ArticlePumpkin disaster
Well I started about 5 giant pumpkin plants this spring and am now down to one. Last night a squirrel (or rabbit) did my biggest plant in by chewing through the stem and killed it. Finito. Done. No...
View Article2013 Pumpkin Bash Pics
Here are some of the pics from this year’s Pumpkin Bash. Everyone enjoyed the camaraderie, sipping apple cider and bashing the pumpkin ‘Honey Boo Booo’—named because it was so small-only 176 lbs (which...
View ArticleGiant Pumpkins are in!
My giant pumpkins are in! Last week I managed to get them in the ground. They are being shaded from our intense heat and wind right now in these new low tunnels or ‘giant pumpkin hotels’ as I prefer to...
View ArticleOne last pumpkin goes in
Today I planted the 3rd and final giant pumpkin plant that has been growing steadily in the greenhouse. A pumpkin friend, Barry Todd, from Colorado gave me some pumpkin seeds a few years ago and I...
View ArticleNo Giant Pumpkin This Year :(
So disappointing. No giant pumpkin this year-not even a little one. I started with 3 plants. Two died of a wilt. I checked to make sure they didn’t have a squash vine borer in them-which they didn’t. I...
View ArticleGiant pumpkins in 2016?
I am trying to grow giant pumpkins again this year and haven’t talked much about them as I have not had good luck growing them the last 3 years. I broke the NM State Record for giant pumpkin in 2010...
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