Posted 11:30 AM 10/19/2012 by Jill Graves

Congratulations to Jodi Waples! Jodi came in first place last night at Farm Supply's Great Pumpkin Contest - her pumpkin weighed in at 605 lbs! Wow!

Rick Tibben was ALMOST there, with 601 lbs and Randy Jokela & Mike Hoffman came in third place last night with their monster pumpkin (More) • Photos (21)

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Posted 9:22 PM 10/16/2012 by Jill Graves

Dr. Sabol grew a BIG pumpkin and shows us how to cut the pumpkin off the vine to take it to The Great Pumpkin Contest on Thursday, October 18, 2012! 

We can't wait!

The contest will begin at 3pm and end at 7pm in Mission Plaza in downtown San Luis Obispo. Farm Supply will be (More) • Video (1)

Posted 8:33 PM 9/22/2012 by Jill Graves

Mark your calendars!

Farm Supply's Great Pumpkin Contest is on Thursday, October 18th from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at Mission Plaza in Downtown San Luis Obispo. 

There will be the 7th Annual Pumpkin Weigh Off, kid's activities, prizes and more. 

Posted 6:21 PM 9/17/2012 by Jill Graves

Our giant pumpkin for Farm Supply's Giant Pumpkin Contest is off the vine and in our office, some cute bunny rabbit said enough is enough, this vine is lookin' too tasty! Dang, this pumpkin is HEAVY!

Click into the story for photos of the bunny disaster zone! We do have one more pumpkin on (More) • Photos (2)

Posted 8:59 PM 9/4/2012 by Jill Graves

Mother Nature had her way again. It looks like bunnies hopped under our fencing, and maybe even deer hopped over our fencing and got to our monster vine number three.

I had two pumpkins just developing beautifully on this monster vine, almost getting to the size of a volleyball. They would (More) • Photos (2)

Posted 9:22 PM 8/28/2012 by Jill Graves

Big Henry! That is the name of our pumpkin, and I think Dr. Joe Sabol will be very pleased. I was speaking with Darlene Chavez with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County this evening and she insisted that the pumpkin have a name, "How about Big Henry," she said.

Perhaps she is right! There (More)

Posted 12:37 PM 8/23/2012 by Jill Graves

It's time to cut off the smaller pumpkin on vine #1!

As you can see we have two pumpkins about the size of volleyballs, but one is definately larger than the other. 

"It's a beauty!" Dr. Joe Sabol said with his wonderful enthusiasm! And it is! We keep the pumpkin covered with a (More)

Posted 6:47 PM 8/19/2012 by Jill Graves

And, we have pumpkins! We have had pumpkins forming for a couple of weeks, and if you click in you can see how much this pumpkin has grown since last week.

These pumpkins grow FAST!

Our other pumpkin vine has a couple of pumpkins just starting to form. 

Posted 5:57 PM 8/16/2012 by Jill Graves

Have you ever seen split vines on your pumpkins? 

We did, and Dr. Joe Sabol had never seen this before. We had a puzzle on our hands so Dr. Sabol consulted his experts. 

"Moisture extremes," or inconsistent watering was one theory. This probably happened early on since it is well healed now. Doesn't seem to be causing any problems now, however!

Posted 12:30 PM 8/14/2012 by Jill Graves

Ah, Mother Nature. So beautiful and mysterious!

And yet a hungry, and most likely awfully cute, little critter ate just enough of the base of one of our giant pumpkin vines last week to kill it. Ack!

Click into this story to see all of the photos. Dr. Joe Sabol came out to help my (More) • Photos (3)