Our great fall weather finally came to an end a few days ago with about four inches of snow. So far, I've made half-hearted attempts to clean up the garden. There is simply no time. Well, it's very hard to find time. Every night there is something to do with the family, Saturday is usually the same. I do want to get going with sand and organic matter. Most people I talk to that have manure can't understand why I'd want it now instead of in the spring.
We just saw a mini-fiasco over the supposed 1900 pound pumpkin back east. Turns out it was all a misunderstanding. It never measured 1900, rather it was more like mid-1500s. I think the guys involved would do it differently if they had to do it again. There is a certain amount of "fish story telling" in this sport. If the media got it wrong, the guys involved didn't correct the mistake. My only concern might be that the next time that someone really does have a pumpkin that measures as a world record, the media is going to say, "ah, fool me once....". Then again, I don't want to defend the media. Their only job is to tell a story, not necessarily a true story. So, I don't have a cut-and-dried opinion. Live and learn.
No record this year? Is this the first year in the last... what? 15 to 20 years since we've gone without a new record? That goes to show how special a 1600 pound pumpkin is. There still could be a record, but I think all of the big-time weighoffs have already happened.
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