RE: Yesterday

Sorry Russ! I have been there every year the last 10. I just had a 500
pounder come off the vine but she isn't rotten. Cleaning those things up is
a terrible chore.
We do have some pretty bad chores around here that rival stinky pumpkins
though. Have you ever banded a steer calf? How about dehorning a cow? I
remember as a boy, removing a stillborn calf from its' mother.....in 2
pieces.
Do you have any fruits left? I hope you get a giant some day!

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Russ Stokes
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:37 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Yesterday

Yesterday I had the task of cutting up my 800 lb pumpkin that went soft.  It
was more rotten than I thought and it was one big mess.  I had to cut it up
little by little in order to haul one piece at a time to throw in the back
of
my pick-up truck.  Hot sweaty work.  There is nothing quite like the smell
of
a pumpkin when it goes bad.  Mosquito's were attacking me while I did this
chore.  I think I spent an hour in hell.  It made me appreciate the growers
that manage to grow a "Big One".  Not sure what I did wrong, but I hope to
figure it out.  Because hauling off rotten pumpkins is the worst job in the
world!

I hope no one has to experience this.

Russ Stokes

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