One Year Ago

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• Subject: One Year Ago
• From: B* K* a* P* D* <b*@mail.awinc.com>
• Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 20:00:31 -0600

What a difference a year makes.  On this day last year I posted an
update to the pumpkin list.  My garden had just been hailed on and the
plants were shredded.  My giant squash plant had a vine 2.5 feet long
and the pumpkin 1.5 feet long.

This year I put up a shelter to protect against wind and hail, but there
has not been a hailstorm yet.  My main plant has a 12 foot vine and the
secondarys are up to 10 feet across near the base of the plant.  There
are a lot of male flowers but none have bloomed yet.

Even with my dismal start last year the plants recovered and I still
managed a 341 squash and a 200 pumpkin. I hope to do much better this
year.

Bill Kournikakis
Medicine Hat, Alberta

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