Happy Holidays 2018 / 2019
Happy Holidays to everyone, I hope your holiday period is a good one. Find out how my plant has been doing, and find out what a pumpkin tree looks like.
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End of November 2018
The end of the year is fast approaching. I almost killed my giant pumpkin seedling, have some miniatures growing and have been painting some pumpkins.
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Start of November 2018
I’ve started a little bit later than previous year, find out how the start of November has been going.
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First Half of October 2018
With the pumpkin season upon us I’ve been kept busy this first half of October, find out what I’ve been up to.
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Getting Ready for Growing in October
October is fast approaching which means giant pumpkin growing time is almost here. In this post I think about the different bits and pieces I need to get for my growing season.
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Killing the Weeds
With around 3 months to go until the giant pumpkin growing season kicks off I thought I better kill some weeds that are taking over the tiny patch.
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The End of the 2018 Season
My 2018 End of Season roundup, how things went for myself and things I am wanting to do next year.
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The Great Pumpkin Carnival 2018 Rundown
The Great Pumpkin Carnival had another successful year in 2018, find out what it was like for myself, being the president and what changed this year.
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Marton Harvest Festival 2018 Road Trip
Come find out how the 2018 Marton Harvest Festival was, and our road trip to get there. Episode 13 of the vlog is included in the post as well.
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New NZ Record 808kg – Tim Harris
Tim Harris has pushed the NZ record for giant pumpkins even further with the new record now set at 808kg.
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Kumeu, Tamahere and Tatuanui 2018 + Episode 12 of the Vlog
The Pumpkin Competitions have started, this past week I went to the Kumeu A&P Show the Tamahere School Pumpkin night and the Tatuanui School Harvest Festival.
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Tamahere School Pumpkin Night 2018 Results
I went along an checked out the Tamahere School Pumpkin Night 2018, there were amazing pumpkin creations and I found what the heaviest pumpkin was on the night.
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Kumeu A&P Show 2018 Giant Pumpkin Weigh In
I went up to Kumeu to see how their pumpkin weigh off was, find out what the heaviest pumpkin weighed in at, and how many entries they received this year.
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Just Over a Month to go until the Carnival
The last couple of weeks have flown by doing lots of things for the pumpkin carnival, I harvested the miniatures and received the stickers I had ordered.
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Goodbye Sweet Pumpkin & EP 10 of the Vlog
My season has some to an unexpected end, I blame the humidity, check out how bad the pumpkin got in the video.
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The Pumpkin Podcast Launches and Vlog EP9
In this post I talk about the launch of The Pumpkin Podcast, and I caught up with Tim and Alex and saw their awesome pumpkins.
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Back from Holiday & Vlog Episode 8
It’s been super humid around these parts lately, I came back from my holiday and had to deal with powdery mildew and a pumpkin that was too big for it’s chair.
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Crazy Wind and Rain + Vlog Episode 7
Another Christmas and New Years and another year to look forward too. 2018 is going to be a great year, not because I'm wishing it will be, I'm going to make it a great year. My Christmas was good, I spent time with my family and one of my cousins was over from the...
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Christmas is Almost here and Vlog EP6
It’s almost Christmas and I went out and looked at what Tim is up to in his patch. He’s on a quest to grow an even bigger giant pumpkin this season.
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Hot Weather and Christchurch
I’ve recently been down to Christchurch and experienced some hot weather, and see how my pumpkin plant is doing.
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