Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 15 Entries. Sunday, February 4 View Page What seed will get me a Howard Dill Award this year? That 1170 Engel (1461 Rodebaugh x 840 Engel ) Should come with a plaque :) www.gr8pumpkin.net   Sunday, February 4 View Page Whose Shoes are these   Friday, March 1 View Page Getting Excited for Planting Time. There are too many awesome seed choices for big and orange compared to 20 years ago. www.gr8pumpkin.net   Sunday, April 14 View Page Seed Starting Day 359 Foss 2013(1048 Engel x 2009 Wallace) 823 Engel 2023 (1454 Engel x 1461 Rodebaugh) 1965 Caspers 23(2424 Caspers x 2365 Wolf) 2266 Kisamore (2365 Wolf x 2147 Sipple)   Tuesday, April 16 View Page This is what the 359 produces...some of the most beautiful and symmetrical giant pumpkins.   Saturday, April 20 View Page YouTube Caspers is off and going   Saturday, September 28 View Page 1111 Engel 2023 823 Engel 2023 x 1965 Caspers 2023 This pumpkin was a one of the most beautiful pumpkins I have grown. I had the limit the water to control phytophthora in the patch. Which drastically limited its growth   Wednesday, October 2 View Page Our pumpkins end up at the Mall of America to be carved.   Sunday, October 6 View Page Here is the 507 Engel 2024 it is a 359 Foss 2013 x 2261 Kisamore. This plant got phytophthora and I lost the entire plant with the exception of two secondaries next to the stem. It will be seeing the dirt in my patch next year. I am not sure how they measured her at Anoka. I was getting 550 est. Somehow they got 757 est which made it very light to the chart.   Saturday, October 19 View Page 507 Carved up at Lambeau Field   Sunday, October 20 View Page Our pumpkins and myself were on CBS Sports for the Packer vs Texans game   Sunday, October 20 View Page I love carving bushel gourds. This guy took me almost 3 hours, one scrape at a time   Wednesday, November 6 View Page Here is a Tracy Carter Squash.. All carved up.   Wednesday, November 6 View Page Here is the anchor of our team.. The Mischievous Mavis. She has been trained to sit and enjoy the audience and interact.   Wednesday, November 6 View Page Here is a Jordan Love Pumpkin