Suburban Homesteading – Frugal Living

I heard on the news this week that a pumpkin weighing over 1,600 pounds won the Morro Bay Pumpkin Festival, and had to check it out for myself.

I was really intrigued because earlier this year a very kind pumpkin grower from Pennsylvania gave our 4-H club seeds from HIS award winning pumpkin, along with instructions on how to grow those whopp’ng big ones.

Although our gourds didn’t get any where near that big, a few did weigh-in over 150 pounds. Boy – if I had only known about the prize money!

To read more about the Iowa man who won first prize and took home $10,000 for his efforts click here .

To learn more about the festival, or to attend if you’re in the area, check out their website.

photo credit: yowlong