In Pursuit of the Great Backyard Pumpkin

Wednesday, September 12th, 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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