Re: Can I touch your pumpkin?!

My pumpkin patch is located in the country right beside a heavily used
gravel road. Everyone waves and/or stops and talks about the pumpkins as
they are easily seen from the road. I cannot do too much to keep people
out, so I do not do anything but hope. Over the past few years I have not
had many problems with people, but I worry about it. I have had more
problems with cows or horses on the loose and early frosts.

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn.

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 carlson@sanasys.com wrote:

> steve
> It's always on everyone mind at this time of year so don't feel alone!!
> 2 years ago when we had our 662# I was scared to death. the last 2 weeks
> I put up our tent right next to it and ran a cord out and played a
> radio. I don't know if this helped but nothing happened to the pumpkin. 
>             the Carlsons Dan and Beth
> 
> 
> 
> SteveS012@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > Hey, my pumpkins are starting to attract attention from people. The patch is
> > hidden into a wooded area and away from streets, but the few people that pass
> > through (one guy comes and dumps hundreds of pounds of grass clippings there
> > from a lawn mowing company every couple days), are starting to ask a bunch of
> > questions on what the h*ll I was doing to it to make it get so big, etc.! It's
> > pretty cool. Heh heh!
> > And the biggest is only 88 inches in circ., what will they say if it gets to
> > be 400 pounds? 700? 1200? (HEY, I CAN DREAM)! Now I am also wondering what
> > would happen if vandals spotted it....so here is another subject for
> > everyone....!
> > Has anyone had problems with patch security and vandalism? And what measures
> > do you take to protect against it?! Up to this point, the only vandals I had
> > to worry about were furry and walked on four legs!
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