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Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

Some new faces here, and as we transition into another winter, how 'bout everyone introduce themselves. If everyone puts their handle and their name in the message it will be searchable in case anyone like me forgets.


Matt Wickless, Omaha, NE

10/10/2005 10:42:40 PM

Brigitte Crawford
Jim Falls/River Falls, WI (home/college)

10/10/2005 10:53:40 PM

Ashville, Ohio

Bryan Reeb
Ashville Ohio, home
Wooster Ohio, college

10/10/2005 10:55:35 PM

Puyallup, WA

Stan Pugh Growing six years.
Puyallup, WA

10/10/2005 10:56:12 PM

Kyle Horlings
Holland Marsh, Ontario (home)
Ridgetown, Ontario (college)
2nd year grower

10/10/2005 11:19:06 PM

Alex, IN

Mikkal Hodge
Morristown, Indiana
7th year Grower
Personal Best 644

10/10/2005 11:20:27 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

John Vincent
Picton On
Canada
2nd Year

10/10/2005 11:26:20 PM

[email protected]

Steve Jepsen
Stratford, CT
President of the CT Giant Squash & Pumpkin Growers Assoc.

10/10/2005 11:54:20 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

Marv Meisner
Hollidaysburg, PA
Long time grower fo small pumpkins.

10/11/2005 12:16:05 AM

Manchester,N.H.

Dennis Mounce
Manchester, N.H.

10/11/2005 12:21:12 AM

London, Ohio

Dan Kirts
london ohio

10/11/2005 12:54:31 AM

Newcastle England

peter fullerton
newcastle
united kingdom

10/11/2005 12:56:42 AM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

keith barrett aka burrhead addicted to these monsters pb 681 pounds this year hometown mill creek west virginia oh one thing lubadub i laid eyes upon one of youre little punkins this year nice one lol!p.s. you can tell youre west virginia jokes now!

10/11/2005 1:04:21 AM

Netherlands

Brad Wursten
Hasselt, Overijssel
The Netherlands
2nd year (serious) grower
PB 454

10/11/2005 1:16:15 AM

Taber, Alberta

Alan Makarchuk
Taber, Alberta

10/11/2005 1:55:27 AM

Vancouver, White Rock, Canada

James Hooper
Vancouver, Canada
Personal best is still on the vine...

10/11/2005 2:00:29 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Glenn Dixon
North Vancouver, British Columbia

10/11/2005 2:01:06 AM

Colo.Spgs.CO. Pikes Peak Chapter @ [email protected]

James Kane, this was my 11th growing year in the challenging conditions of colorado at 6000+ feet altitude, and it seems to be more of a challenge every season...Grow-em bigger in 2006 to all...

10/11/2005 3:26:12 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Phil Hunt
Cameron, Ontario
Canada
7 year grower with a PB of 1011#-Pumpkin, 207.6#-Watermelon
President of the Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario (GVGO)

10/11/2005 6:39:27 AM

West Bridgewater /Brockton Ma. USA

Bill Gibson
West Bridgewater/Brockton
Ma.
First year grower of BIG ones ,almost 20 years growing Prizewinner for whole sale (100-200lb'ers)
Loss Personal best in August to field rot at 517lbs on a seal scale ,,I am hooked wait until Next Year !
lol...

10/11/2005 6:46:19 AM

Belgium

Jake Byrd
Kernersville, North Carolina

10/11/2005 7:13:47 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Marty Schnicker
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
2nd year grower,personal best is 977 pumpkin and 168 pound watermelon.

10/11/2005 7:28:52 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Monty Wallace
Follansbee, WV
Just wrapped up the first year.

10/11/2005 7:51:26 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Kyle Little
Mountain City, TN
5th year

10/11/2005 8:22:22 AM

Windsor Maine

Tom Lishness
Windsor, MAine
Tryin' to wrap up first year here...
((not enough wrappin' paper here yet Monty! Heh~heh!
<still in a daze```~( 1114! & 1000.4! whewW!*

10/11/2005 8:29:30 AM

Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Andy Landherr
Lake Elmo,MN
3rd year grower
focus on orange and beautiful

10/11/2005 8:40:51 AM

Hensler North Dakota

Dean Scheetz
Beulah North Dakota
9th year

10/11/2005 9:40:35 AM

Linwood, NC

Brad Holder
Linwood, NC
1st year grower, grew the 167 Holder 05

10/11/2005 9:49:28 AM

Eugene,OR

Russ Pugh
Santa Rosa, CA
Finishing up 2nd year of "serious" growing.

10/11/2005 9:57:48 AM

Cottage Grove, MN

Bob Janicek
Cottage Grove, MN
1st Year

10/11/2005 10:04:56 AM

No Place Special

Mike Frantz
5 years under the belt
Walcott Iowa
Personl Best "official" 1083
1125 DMG 04', 1114 DMG 05'
Trying to produce orange pumpkins that can compete in weight to the ugly monsters that have been developed over the decades.

10/11/2005 10:14:11 AM

addison Il

tracy michaels
first yr under my belt lol
personal best 59.5 small but proud grower
addison illinois

10/11/2005 10:28:31 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Jim Gerhardt
Howard County, MD

10/11/2005 10:30:56 AM

South Harrison , N.J.

Willis Graham
South Harrison, N.J.
10th year(in and out)growing pumpkins

10/11/2005 10:41:53 AM

Massillon, Ohio

Christy Dieffenbaugher
Stark County, Ohio
took 4 years for me to make varsity

10/11/2005 11:00:48 AM

Port Elgin Ontario Canada

Lisa Irwin
Coordinator Port Elgin Pumpkinfest

10/11/2005 11:51:59 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Shannon Engel
Jim Falls, Wisconsin
5th year grower
Other half of the beautiful Mrs. April(goodgirl)
My goal in pumpkin growing is to get as many people growing these silly plants as possible.

10/11/2005 11:59:37 AM

wilmington,ma.

George Caron
Wilmington,Ma.
Ahab

10/11/2005 12:00:56 PM

San Diego

aka Duster, Jim Fredricks
San Diego California

10/11/2005 12:05:04 PM

Addison IL.

becky michaels
addison il
first time grower personal best 51.9 lbs yeah baby
sister to curvy one dont tell her but I have her beat for next year already shhhhhhhhhhhh.

10/11/2005 12:12:35 PM

Sage, Arkansas

"4 kids"--
Brian Brokaw & Shelby, Hayley, Hunter and Madison
Sage, Arkansas

Still learning.....

10/11/2005 12:41:41 PM

ipswich, ma usa

John Doucet
Ipswich MA
1002 05' EST best so far
5th year grower

10/11/2005 1:12:03 PM

Minerva,ohio

Michelle Verhoff
Massillon, Ohio
1st year in the books
but still very much a Young'in :)

10/11/2005 1:35:31 PM

Itzetown City

Hans-Werner Boehnke
Itzehoe, Germany
3rd year in obsession

10/11/2005 1:47:40 PM

Sophia WV

Robert Treadway Sophia Wv 1st year addict

10/11/2005 1:55:32 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

Moretti Sergio Italy
9th year pumpkins addict LOL!

10/11/2005 2:21:48 PM

Ft. Branch, IN ([email protected])

Michael Stevenson
Ft. Branch, IN
2nd year grower

10/11/2005 2:38:22 PM

Antigonish,Nova Scotia,Canada

Bill Timmons
Antigonish,Nova Scotia
1 year experience only but now hopelessly addicted!!!!(LOL)
Retired high school teacher
also work part-time at St. F.X. University

10/11/2005 2:51:14 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Cary Polka
Grants Pass, Oregon
5th year and still trying to beat my PB of 598.5

10/11/2005 3:09:22 PM

Garden

David Blechinger
Simi Valley, Ca.

10/11/2005 3:54:36 PM

Eugene, OR

Brian Reid
Klamath Falls, OR
Just finished up my 2nd year

10/11/2005 4:17:25 PM

East Lyme, C.T>

John B. Williams
East Lyme CT.
2nd year grower

10/11/2005 4:30:39 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Marc Levy
Thornhill, Ontario
* 1st year grower
* Webmaster for Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario, www.gvgo.ca

10/11/2005 4:48:52 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

Robb Stidwill
Pembroke,NH
(2nd year serious, 7 for fun)

10/11/2005 5:46:21 PM

The Garden State

Andrew Wetzel
Millville, NJ
1st year serious grower.
Aiming for the NJ record!!

10/11/2005 5:52:41 PM

Chippewa Falls, WI

April Engel
Jim Falls, WI
(2nd Year - PB 757.5)
Been watching husband grow for years and finally decided it was time to kick butt.. Well at least 1st year I kicked his butt but not this year:) 1 for 1..lol

10/11/2005 7:15:03 PM

Butler, Ohio

Mike Conrad
Butler, OH
First year under my belt and still alot to learn. Hoplessly addicted and lovin' every minute of it.
PB 680#

10/11/2005 7:26:41 PM

Joliet, IL

Jeff Shenoha
Joliet, IL
4th year: back yard grower
offical PB 693 lbs this year
unofficial PB is 351.5"ott or 885 estimate by 2003 charts. it went down to a dill ring split last year.

10/11/2005 7:28:14 PM

Cincinnati,OH

Ron Rahe
Cincinnati, Ohio
3rd year

10/11/2005 8:28:28 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Wayne Moore
Owensboro, Ky.
1st serious year...272 split early...rookie mistakes...205 on the porch. Peace Wayne

10/11/2005 8:33:29 PM

milford, CT,

Mark Lombardi
3rd year Grower
Milford CT

10/11/2005 8:52:37 PM

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

James Andrews
White Bear Lake, MN.
2nd year done and looking forward to the 3rd.

10/11/2005 9:21:47 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

Bob Wells
9 years
Ann Arbor, Michigan

10/11/2005 9:28:03 PM

South Dakota

Kevin Marsh Parker, S.D.

10/11/2005 9:48:36 PM

Grovertown,In

Roger Howard
Grovertown,IN

10/11/2005 10:01:06 PM

Central Oklahoma ( [email protected])

Jon Navarro
chandler, OK

10/11/2005 10:01:48 PM

Mn

Alex Giere
Rochester MN
First year: 729.5LBs
Second year: Diddly Squat. Only a couple 400 pounders.

10/11/2005 10:28:21 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Doug Wallace
Osakis, MN
2nd "serious" year(615 lbs. first yr., 678.5 dmg. this yr.)

10/11/2005 10:36:19 PM

Hudsonville, Michigan ([email protected])

Frank Edwards
Hudsonville, MI
12 years in a small patch
829 lb PB this year

10/11/2005 10:44:08 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Brian Staring
PumpkinBrat's Place
Waterville, New York
4th Year - Get-R-Done

10/11/2005 10:54:27 PM

Riverton, WY

Ron Hoffman
5th serious year
PB 673

10/11/2005 10:55:35 PM

Barnesville, OH and Bethesda, OH

Crystal Owens
Barnesville, Oh
2nd year growing with my Pappy.....

10/11/2005 11:24:49 PM

North Carolina

Terry Lail
Valdese,NC

10/11/2005 11:27:52 PM

New Hampshire

Jim Ford
Hillsboro NH
5 years

10/11/2005 11:35:56 PM

Ca

Richard Trout
Albany, CA

10/11/2005 11:56:01 PM

Abbotsford, B.C

Cameron Carnegie
Abbotsford, B.C
Largest so far this year, 728 lbs.
Been growing three years.

10/12/2005 1:06:00 AM

Knopp, Germany

Owen Olsen
Born in Maryland
Live in Germany last 26 years
4 years

10/12/2005 1:31:19 AM

Elk Grove,Ca USA

Ken Mitchell
aka Turkeyman
Elk Grove, Ca
11th yr.
PB 842

10/12/2005 2:37:41 AM

Rapid City, SD

Matt Winey
Omaha, NE

10/12/2005 5:56:57 AM

Berlin,mi.([email protected])

Steve Zuhlke
2nd season
730 lbs this year

10/12/2005 6:15:53 AM

Ohio

Brooks Bosworth
Glencoe,Ohio
Starting 3rd season
845 lbs PB

10/12/2005 8:11:25 AM

wisconsin rapids WI

Wade Wittenberg
Wisconsin Rapids WI.
6 years
pb 550

10/12/2005 8:12:23 AM

Woodburn, Indiana

Kelly Klinker
Woodburn, IN
4 yrs
PB 814

10/12/2005 8:27:27 AM

Framingham, MA

Steve Hewlett
Framingham, MA
1st year
PB 32 lbs

10/12/2005 8:36:16 AM

Rapid City, SD

JT Evans (Lisa's son)
Rapid City, SD

10/12/2005 9:02:49 AM

Fremont, California

Dashiel Barrett, second year grower, jr high pb 113

10/12/2005 9:58:40 AM

Indiana

Steve Hatfield
Anderson Indiana
New personal best 742

10/12/2005 10:53:31 AM

Somers, CT

Rob Trusch
Somers, CT

10/12/2005 11:09:05 AM

Choctaw, OK

Casey Neuville
Grow in Amherst Junction, WI (home)
St Cloud, MN (college, St. Cloud State)
President of the Central WI Pumpkin Growers
pb - 1,186 DMG, 1,042 Official

10/12/2005 11:17:44 AM

Oxford, MA

Paula McGeary
Oxford, MA
PB 779

10/12/2005 11:38:06 AM

Montoursville, PA

Dwaine Gipe
Williamsport, Pa. Area

In the Shadows, of the Checkon, 1469 World Record

Third year. 710 PB.

I'm a worm counter.

10/12/2005 11:57:25 AM

Central Connecticut

Chris Fasciano
Berlin, CT
pb 600 uow

10/12/2005 12:58:19 PM

Midwest

Greg Dulski
Hoffman Estates, IL
Trying to grow 2 kids too!
2nd yr grower 208 PB

10/12/2005 1:19:11 PM

Aloha, Oregon

Jordan
Aloha,Oregon
next year 1st with growing giants -2nd year "next year will be my 2nd year growing pumpkins in genral

10/12/2005 1:29:25 PM

Belgium Europe

Jos Ghaye
Tongeren, Belgium
2 years PB: 917

10/12/2005 2:35:16 PM

Cazenovia, New York

Rob Spearing
Cazenovia, New York
3 years - PB 775.5
Nothing like having one of these beasts out front and lit up for halloween.

10/12/2005 3:07:37 PM

Mount Holly, Arkansas

Shawn King
Mount Holly, Arkansas
1st year growing AG's
PB: "official" 684

10/12/2005 3:09:54 PM

Spokane,WA

Darren Strobel
Spokane, Washington
1st AG PB #220
Seeds anyone...please

10/12/2005 5:37:15 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Russ Landry, personal like, studying plant biology.
Thornton Ontario
850 PB Pumpkin, 4 years
695 PB Squash, 2 years
78" PB Long Gourd, 2 years
cabbage 1 year.
Tomatoes 27 years, Giants 1 year.
Sunflowers 7 years.
Western Rep. GVGO
Organizing committee International Seminar 2 years.

10/12/2005 5:42:25 PM

[email protected]

Eddy Zaychkowsky
Airdrie, Alberta

10/12/2005 6:16:33 PM

don young des moines iowa

10/12/2005 6:17:56 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

Billy king
Mastic Beach,NY
5th year PB.822

10/12/2005 6:32:14 PM

San Rafael, CA, USA

Connie Giambra
San Rafael, CA
10th yr and only 650 PB

10/12/2005 6:53:15 PM

Gilbertsville PA

Mike McQuillan Lansdale Pa.
5 yrs PB 623

10/12/2005 7:17:04 PM

New Carlisle IN

Terry Marchand
New Carlisle IN
1st yr, PB 590

10/12/2005 7:18:16 PM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ryan Anderson
1st year, 674 DMG
2 year Windsor Pumpkin Regatta participant

10/12/2005 7:42:50 PM

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Ray Leonzi
3rd year grower
Personal best: 1,081 lbs

10/12/2005 7:58:53 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

Bob Duffy
Topsfield , Ma.
783 Lbs '03 PB

10/12/2005 8:15:44 PM

Leamington, Ont.

Savio Spada
Windsor, Ontario

10/12/2005 8:30:12 PM

Jaffrey NH

Douglas Kabat
Jaffrey, NH
Personal Best: 896 lbs.
Growing for 5 years.

10/12/2005 8:44:02 PM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

Gary Boer
Sioux Falls

Still trying to break 700
(I blame the tree)

10/12/2005 8:47:03 PM

Tipp City, Ohio

Tom Pencil
Tipp City, Ohio
Personal Best: 554 lbs official / 659 lbs est
5th year

10/12/2005 8:49:20 PM

Maugerville, NB Canada

Daryl Tingley & Dave McKinney
Maugerville NB Canada
Growing 3 years
2003 - 320lbs
2004 - 630
2005 - 1247 NB and Windsor NS Record
2006 ?
See http://tingleyspc.homelinux.org/Photos/Pumpkins/

10/12/2005 8:57:07 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Erin Huff
2nd year
worse than the first. . .
(I'm going to blame it on Gary Boer's tree)

10/12/2005 9:27:35 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

Brian Fawcett
Pumpkintown, SC
10+ yrs AGs & commercial pumpkins
PB = SC State Record 696

10/12/2005 9:55:08 PM

Buffalo, MN ([email protected])

Bill Foss
Growing AGs on & off for 20 years
Last 2 years using World Class seeds
2004 seeds from Seedoulet.com VWO 977 DMG 865 offical
2005 seeds from Seedoulet.com VWO 1020.5 PB

10/12/2005 10:02:27 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

Ed Pappas
Marshfield, Ma
Sixth year. PB 862

10/12/2005 10:50:28 PM

Massachusettts

Craig Fitzgerald
Rutland, MA
Just finished 1st season.

10/12/2005 11:08:15 PM

Bristol, ME ([email protected])

Bill Clark
Bristol, Maine
Guidance Coordinator - Maine Pumpkin Growers Organization
4th Year; PB - 906.2 Clark 2003

10/13/2005 5:36:10 AM

Sydney, Australia

Ben Boyton
Bligh Park, NSW Australia
Starting my 4th serious year
Pb 950.4 and 979 dmg

10/13/2005 6:55:43 AM

Carrollton, Ga.

Doug Adams
Carrollton, Georgia
7th year
PB - 698 Georgia State Record

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:7

10/13/2005 7:28:06 AM

Selbyville, Delaware

Laura Kraemer, Windsor,NY, 2nd year grower, 937 PB

10/13/2005 11:15:26 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

Glenn Peters
Billerica,Massachusetts.
17th year
pb 1011.4 pumpkin
pb squash 606.4

10/13/2005 12:06:41 PM

So. Maine

Al Berard
Sanford, Maine
10 + years
pb 978.6 it was a beauty
Wait til next year...........................

10/14/2005 2:31:26 AM

Long Beach, CA

Oliver Hoidn, a measly 221 lbs est. for my first year growing.

10/14/2005 7:31:49 PM

Napa Valley, CA

George Webster
Napa, CA
started growing AG's in 1985 -1988 took a break & came back in '98 = 12 years

10/14/2005 11:31:23 PM

Winston-Salem,NC

Mark Shearin
Winston-Salem, NC
2006 first growing season

11/21/2005 8:05:00 PM

porterville, calif.

greg chadwell porterville ca. 3rd year growing pb 326

11/27/2005 2:29:49 AM