Wayne's Pumpkins

After 6 inches of hail on June 11th, Wayne's 3 pumpkins (2 from Cindy & 1 from Josh P) and strawberries survived. When Wayne went to survey the damage, much to his surprise, he discovered two orphan pumpkins plants next to the fence. He did not clean up his garden last year and these guys sprouted from one of Wayne's rotten pumpkins

Strizich - Here We Go Again

“Here We Go Again”

The second round of seeds have been planted. One indooors and a few outdoors. May the force be with us this time! All we are really hoping for is a few decent sized pumpkins for the kids to carve at this point! Come on pumpkins and Mother Nature - don’t let us down again!

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Originally uploaded by suestriz

Monument Pumpkins 13 Jun 2010

Three pumpkins are now living outside of their greenhouses. One pumpkin, 4 tomato plants, and two pepper plants (one did not make it) still living inside the greenhouses. The three pumkins have their heater coils in place. Hail netting also up.

The 1002 pound with heater coils which are now buried

The 896 Big and Beautiful:

Goob's 1598 pound with the buried heater coils:

Greenhouses with 1 pumpkin, tomatoes, and peppers:
Hail netting up. Herbie adjusting automatic waterer!

Strizich - 2nd Attempt

“2nd Attempt”

Here we go again. Hopefully we will have better luck this time! Come on Burpee seeds - don’t fail us now!

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Originally uploaded by suestriz