Giant Pumpkins

[jal_ut]

[jal_ut]

Ha. They still weighs more than that little girl!

She wanted that big pumpkin. I told her if she could carry it to the car it was hers. 8-0

[rainbowgardener]

So now what happens to your 100 pound pumpkins? Is anyone going to eat them?

(It is an amazing bounty of produce, that pile in your picture!)

[TheWaterbug]

Yes, that is the scale from Amazon. Feels good to me.

Thanks for being the guinea pig! I just ordered one.

My pumpkin is still growing , and I'm thinking/hoping that soon it'll be too large to lift or move without mechanical assistance. I already have one herniated disc, and my orthopedist already owns enough expensive cars .

For lifting, I have two pairs of these forearm forklift straps. They're basically just woven nylon straps about 2" wide that have sewn-in loops at both ends. I'm thinking that if I fasten them together above the pumpkins and drape 4 of them around the pumpkin, then I can pass a rope/belt/whatever through the loops below the pumpkin and cinch them together, like a purse seine net.

If I put the spring scale at the top, I'm halfway there. Now I need something like that come-along or hoist and something to erect above the whole thing to lift from.

[TheWaterbug]

Ha. They still weighs more than that little girl!
The 99 pounder weighs more than my mom.

I'm hoping for one that weighs more than me

[jal_ut]

I put the big pumpkins out front for fall decorations. No, I don't suppose anyone will eat them.

If you look at my total squash harvest though, there is a lot of food there. Even those small squash weigh 4 to 6 pounds. (except some of the acorns.) Those big blue hubbards weighed around 32 pounds and the bananas are that big too. I will see what I can sell at market, and put some away for winter use. If I cut one of the large ones, I will go visit the neighbors.

Ya, the long pink ones are called Banana Squash. I didn't weigh the largest banana yet.

Gee, at the store, winter squash is $0.98 a pound. Wish I could sell all of this for that price.

The football shaped ones are a Cucurbita maxima hybrid. Cross between blue Hubbard and Banana.

[ReptileAddiction]

How many acres do you have?

[jal_ut]

How many acres do you have?

My lot where my house is, is 1 5/8 acres. This is where my gardens are. I do have other acreage, but grow no veggies there. Its a mountain, really.



93 acres on the mountain.

Here is a shot from the top of my mountain looking towards the Wellsvilles.

[TheWaterbug]

Is there gold in them thar hills?

[jal_ut]

There are stories..........................

[ReptileAddiction]

You grow all that on 1 5/8! You have gorgeous property. I am so jealous!

[jal_ut]

You grow all that on 1 5/8!

I grow all that on a lot less than an acre. An acre is 43,560 square feet. My actual vegetable garden space is about 8000 square feet. (roughly 1/5 acre).

[ReptileAddiction]

AI m very jealous.....

[Northernfox]

8000 sq feet is 1.75 times larger than my property. Sad face

My largest pumpkin this year was a white one at 32 lbs

[mhannum]

Amazing harvest - so many pumpkins and squash!

Lovely photos of your land, too!