RE: Yesterday

Hello Steve,

Actually, I have done some of those things having grown up on a farm.  The worst is when my father made me hold the pig still while he castrated it.  Still gives me the willies.

I still have one other pumpkin that is very big, hopefully it will be okay and I have some in the 400-500 lb range that are very nice in shape and color.  So not all is lost.  As I was cutting up the pumpkin I accidently nicked myself in the arm, so between the blood and sweat it looked like I had chopped off my arm.  It was all just a very gross experience and I am glad it is not on youtube or somewhere else.  Stillborn calf, yeah that would be a tough one.

Russ Stokes

Thanks for your words of encouragement.
---- Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com> wrote: 
> 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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