Pumpkin Growing Tip #1

If you haven't planted your seeds yet, give them a light rub with some fine sand paper, soak them in warm water for 3-4 hours, and then pop them in some warm potting mix. This will give them a great head start

Pimp your pumpkin #2

Here we go again, the second annual pumpkin growing competition. Seeds have been mailed to prospective growers (Albeit the wrong ones, but that will be rectified soon) We're excited, and we hope you are too..

If you know off any people that might like to join in, let me know and we'll organise some seeds

And the winner is....

Chris Dingemanse with this monster weighing in at 150.4kg!!!

Prize categories

Prizes will be awarded for the following:

1. Heaviest pumpkin
2. Wooden spoon award for smallest pumpkin
3. Peoples choice award

Saturday 24th April

Almost there!! Some other activities planned (other than the weigh in of course)

1. Nearest the pumpkin
2. Furthest pumpkin seed spit

And just to clarify the previous post, you are welcome to stay as long as you like, but the weigh in should be finished by about 5. Drinks and food will be served through out the afternoon..

The Time Has Come!!

Weigh in rescheduled for 24th April

Greetings fellow pumpkiners... Just a quick note to let you know we have delayed the weigh in by a fortnight. The new weigh in date is now the 24th April at our Pateena Rd house from 3pm onwards. See you there....

St Leonards

This just in by email... Spotted in Saintly St Leonards.. Things are hotting up

Serious pumpkin growers

Another report of a giant pumpkin on the banks of the Tamar River...

From little things big things grow.....

OK, maybe a little late, but I have a pumpkin!!!!!!
 

Might look small, but that pumpkin plant is REAL big.....

Rule change??

Breaking news....Given the last few photos of competitors, in order to make the competition fairer i think i might calculate the winner by dividing the weight of the pumpkin by the weight of the competitor!!! HIghest score wins!!!


(Just kidding boogs)

And they keep coming....

Well, we're getting to the pointy end of the competition, and the photos keep coming. Here is another one..

Good work..

Pumpkin Muffins with a Frosty Top

Well I never.... Old mate jamie has come through with the goods again.... Pumpkin muffins!!!
"They taste a bit like carrot cake, but we have substituted the carrot with pumpkin"

400g Pumpkin, skin off roughly chopped
350g light brown sugar
4 large free range eggs
Sea salt
300g plain flour
2 heaped teaspoons baking powder
Handful of walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
175m extra virgin olive oil

For the topping
Zest of 1 clementine (what is that??)
Juice of half a lemon + the zest
140ml sour cream
2 heaped teaspoons icing sugar
1vanilla pod (for the yuppies amongst us, otherwise 1 tsp good old extract)

I love the method... Chop up the pumpkin in a food processor, chuck in the rest (but not the icing stuff) give it a whirl and put it into a muffin tray (makes 12) Whack it in a 180 degree oven for about twenty minutes and your done!! How easy is that!! A real mans recipe.

Mix together all the frosting ingredients and pour it over the top of the muffins when they're done.. Voilla!! Could be a prize for the first bloke to email me a picture of the finished product.. This is what they should look like

Jack and the GIANT..............

Well, pumpkin of course. Here is the proud owner of the pumpkin shown in the previous post

Rosevears Pumpkin

Spotted along the banks of the Tamar River, just before the Rosevears Hotel, was this GIANT pumpkin.. It's the handy work of young Jack...

Now, I'm pretty sure this pumpkin is heavier than the grower!