Early last spring, Grandpa Duff invited all of the grandkids to his house and presented them each with a pumpkin seed. They each planted them in a small cup and some potting soil, and took them home. The kids watched as their pumpkins sprouted, then grew one, then two leaves. The little plants were leaning out of their
cups by May 1st, when the time came to plant them in grandpa's garden. Each child decorated their own stake to show where their pumpkin plant was. As the weeks and months went by, we visited the garden to see the plants grow larger, blooms appear, and then small green pumpkins began to grow. All the while, grandpa was
fertilizing, cutting, and pinching to maximize the growth. Every time we came to see the pumpkins, they were noticeably bigger. The kids loved to see their own plant produce big, then large, then huge pumpkins.
Last Friday afternoon, the time came to pick the pumpkins. It took two grown men and a four wheeler to haul them onto our trailer. The kids had fun climbing all over them. Saturday morning, the boys brought them to Bountiful to weigh them. Our largest was 495 lbs. That is one big pumpkin. Jason came home and put them on our porch for fall decoration. I don't think we have to worry about teenagers stealing them. They'd throw out their backs before they managed to throw one into the street.
I think this was such a neat thing for their grandpa (Jason's dad) to do for them. It took quite an effort on his part, and we are grateful for that. It provided the kids with cool pumpkins, an appreciation for growing things, and a closer relationship with their grandpa. Hurray for Grandpa Duff! And Hurray for Gigantic Pumpkins!!!
Early last spring, Grandpa Duff invited all of the grandkids to his house and presented them each with a pumpkin seed. They each planted them in a small cup and some potting soil, and took them home. The kids watched as their pumpkins sprouted, then grew one, then two leaves. The little plants were leaning out of their 
cups by May 1st, when the time came to plant them in grandpa's garden. Each child decorated their own stake to show where their pumpkin plant was. As the weeks and months went by, we visited the garden to see the plants grow larger, blooms appear, and then small green pumpkins began to grow. All the while, grandpa was 
fertilizing, cutting, and pinching to maximize the growth. Every time we came to see the pumpkins, they were noticeably bigger. The kids loved to see their own plant produce big, then large, then huge pumpkins.
Last Friday afternoon, the time came to pick the pumpkins. It took two grown men and a four wheeler to haul them onto our trailer. The kids had fun climbing all over them. Saturday morning, the boys brought them to Bountiful to weigh them. Our largest was 495 lbs. That is one big pumpkin. Jason came home and put them on our porch for fall decoration. I don't think we have to worry about teenagers stealing them. They'd throw out their backs before they managed to throw one into the street.
I think this was such a neat thing for their grandpa (Jason's dad) to do for them. It took quite an effort on his part, and we are grateful for that. It provided the kids with cool pumpkins, an appreciation for growing things, and a closer relationship with their grandpa. Hurray for Grandpa Duff! And Hurray for Gigantic Pumpkins!!!
7 comments:
I cannot believe how HUGE those were. poor Zander looked like he was lost in the biggest pumpkin patch ever. Tell all those kids they are fabulous farmers. It is a nice grandpa thing to do.
wow.
and so cool of duff!
I have always wondered how to get ginormous State Fair type pumpkins that way! What a wonderful grandpa! Your kids will remember this forever. Look how cute and proud your kids look too! Thanks for the picture you sent to my phone. Amari is adorable.
I just noticed that the pumpkin that Irelynd is kissing looks like it has stretch marks. You know what that reminds me of! Har har!
moo--
both girls blogged today. thank you for the nudge!
Very cute pics! The kids are getting so big! Do you know I haven't seen or spoken to you since your birthday! That is pretty bad since we live in the same city! Your family looks like they are all doing well, We are just pluggin away at the house, we should be in next month. Linz is doing great in school and debate, she has a heavy load 4 AP classes! Kez is doing great in football. He's in 9th grade and is on the sophmore team, which is undefeated and he also gets to dress for Bingham Varsity! Boo Boo is just awesome and keeps getting taller and taller! We really should get together, I miss you guys! Take care and talk to you soon!
Amy
Wow, those are some great pumpkins! And darling kidlits too! I especially love the little Amari sitting on her pumpkin!
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