Giant Pumpkin Seed Selection – 2014 Season

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Where to put your pumpkin patch? 2014 Season Edition

Another season is upon us. Where to put your patch is an important decision, in this post I show you where I am putting mine.

Top 10 Reasons You Should Grow Giant Pumpkins

Here is my top 10 reasons you should give growing giant pumpkins a try. I hear a lot of  reasons why people don’t want to or can’t grow giant pumpkins.  Some are legitimate reasons but I think there are usually more benefits to growing then not. Lets kick this list off with number 10 #10 –

How I got started in giant pumpkin growing. How about you?

I get asked a lot how I got into giant pumpkin growing and I’ve told the story many a time.  And I thought I would write about it here.  I’d also love to hear about how you got into it.  Please leave a comment below. How it all started Well, way back in the day

Scott Cully Carving a Pumpkin in Gisborne

A little while back you might have seen my interview with Scott Cully when I caught up with him in Hamilton.  While randomly surfing Youtube I came across a video made by the Gisborne Herald of him carving. [youtube V7ZArI6rcB8] It is just awesome to see, and I really like his philosophy of getting the

End of season roundup 2013

Another season has come to the end here in NZ.  And as always here is a bit of a wrap up from me, from what I have seen it has been another great year for giant pumpkin growing in New Zealand.  More and more people seem to be taking up the challenge of growing a