Backyard-Giants

The Gardeners’ Landscape – Autumn has Arrived

October 27, 2007

While we’ve been enjoying balmy weather and an extended summer season here in Pennsylvania, I’ve started noticing reports of fall frosts striking gardens in other regions. Things are slowing down and some of the garden bloggers have closed up shop for the winter, but here are a few interesting links form around the Internet:

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In Pursuit of the Great Backyard Pumpkin

September 12, 2007

This article is a guest entry written by Susan Warren, author of a new book about the art of competitive pumpkin growing – Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever. Today Susan shares the story of her own interesting quest to grow a gigantic pumpkin in the home garden…

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