Re: LOST THE PATCH
Never say never Mike, maybe you have a friend,cousin,uncle, brother or
whatever, that has a small piece of garden to lend. The bigger the better,
but you don't really need a big garden...remember Gary Burke's 1092...
Good Luck
Till next time...
Rock jenaipas@netrover.com
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Envoyé : lundi, mai 31, 1999 11:57
Objet : LOST THE PATCH
> HI TO ALL LIST MEMBERS
> It is with great sadness that I have to report that I will no longer be
able
> to grow Giant Pumpkins, Squash or Marrows in what was my Pumpkin Patch. On
> May 26 1999 I was informed that the landlord, to whom we pay rent to for
our
> house, will be moving in to the hose next door and taking over the land
that
> was once my Pumpkin Patch.
>
> Of all things, he intends to grass down the area and his decision is final
> and no negotiations about his decision can be made. We have not paid rent
for
> the area that was my Pumpkin Patch but had an agreement that we looked
after
> the ground and maintained it. As a result of being too busy to grow Giant
> Pumpkins in 1997/8 The Pumpkin Patch was not maintained and admittedly got
a
> little out of hand.
>
> I made the decision in January to get the Patch in shape ready for the
2000
> Growing Season and spend time on it when weather permitted. It has only
been
> over the past 4 weeks that the Patch had dried out enough and I had
sprayed
> all weeds off ready for working over and I had booked a rotavator to till
the
> Patch this coming weekend.
>
> I am devastated by our landlords decision but I guess that it is my own
fault
> for not maintaining the Patch in recent years and had allowed the Patch to
> become untidy and unmanaged and out of production. I have no alternative
but
> to come to the conclusion that I will have to give up any ideas of Growing
> any Pumpkins etc in the future and have decided to give away or sell some
of
> the equipment that I have acquired for Growing them.
>
> I also have a very large collection of Giant Pumpkin Seeds that I will no
> longer have a need for and may make them available to List Members
sometime
> in the near future. I am not exactly sure of the exact quantity of Seeds I
> have in my collection but I do know that there are some Seeds that have
been
> mentioned on the Pumpkin List and are regarded as high value Seeds.
>
> I think that I will have to do an audit on my Seed Collection and make a
list
> of all the Seeds I have in my collection and then decide how to make them
> available to List Members or non List Members. I remember seeing the Seed
> Auctions on the list a Month or so ago but I understand that it may not be
> legal to accept payments for Auctioned Seeds etc and I do not want to get
> tied up with legalities etc.
>
> Although I have had to retire from Growing Giant Pumpkins in the
foreseeable
> future I will continue to stay contact with everyone that I am in touch
with
> and continue to support the Sport/Hobby of Growing the Giants.
>
> I do hope that you are all successful with YOUR own Pumpkins in 1999 and I
> look forward to reading the many interesting e mails posted on the List.
>
> HAVE A GREAT SEASON
> BEST WISHES
> MIKE TURNER
> ENGLAND
> UK
>
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