Re: I'm Back


Well, lessee, it's been quite a season.  Since you left...

I thought about building a pumpkin sling to keep the pumpkin airborne 
and dry and rot-free, though Wayne talked me out of it.  He'd been 
there, done that (as usual) except his goal was for the pumpkin to have 
a round bottom.   

You might ask Dan Shapiro about his robotic pumpkin tender with built-in 
leaf turgor sensor, and also ask him how many are in an "omigod" of 
pumpkins.  I believe he is thinking of adding a lightning generator to 
his system for next year, though his neighbors may have gotten an 
injunction against him in that regard.  (I'm not sure if the lightning 
was to experiment with its effect on pumpkins or to zap the squirrels.)

This year we've also heard tales of a tree pumpkin that insisted on 
growing up, and a very large pumpkin grown with no main stump (Beth 
Carlson, that's your cue...  How big was it again?)

George Brooks can give you an update on his barking pumpkins...  I think 
you were still on the list when that topic was introduced.

Tooger continues to wrestle with the mystery pumpkin disease...  Rick, 
that might be a good area for you to apply your talents...  Tim, what 
were the details again?

There's been some chat on the subject of colchicine - I know you are 
quite knowledgeable about that.  Someone has suggested blenderizing 
crocus roots to achieve some mutations.  Who's doing this?  Rick, 
comments?  Would this be effective and perhaps safer than the medical 
grade stuff?

Lubadub is working on some kind of patented varmint control system...  
The SPGA guerilla team sneaked a groundhog inside his armored compound.  
It couldn't get out and thus the SPGA successfully diverted Lub's 
attention from the pumpkin to the groundhog.

Lessee, ZooDoo is in pumpkin detox, but that didn't keep him from 
beating out Lubadub (it's hard to tell whether to credit Joe's growing 
techniques or the groundhog)......  PumpkinWitch had some hard times; 
she says she is recuperating, but sadly we don't hear much from her.  A 
delightful new pumpkin poet has surfaced to keep Tony Hickman on his 
toes.    And I think Barbara Kincaid has a new recipe for pumpkin soup, 
if you've got a good supply of clothespins and a pot that can hold 220 
pounds of the stuff.

And now we are in the post pumpkin depression stage...  or is it 
post-pumpkin delirium?  Boats and bobsleds are everywhere, and POV has a 
flying pumpkin that could probably get better altitude with a rotor 
attached.  Listers have put Atlantic Giants everywhere from China to the 
Vice President's residence (now THAT's a Gore-y story!).

Come on folks, help me update Rick!  What highlights of the season have 
I missed?

Beth

(That may have been more than you asked for, Rick, but you DID start a 
conversation, no??)

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