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    POWER OF THE pumpkin

    Aug 24, 2021 4 minutes

    Rather typical you might think, talking about pumpkins in October but hopefully you might learn something new still, or at least have a giggle with me over my pumpkin mishaps and adventures.

    I will never forget carving into my first allotment-grown pumpkin! Knowing I had grown it from seed with no experience of a huge beautiful rich orange delight, it gave me so much excitement and a really proud feeling. Such selfpride kept me growing them every year and even secured me a third place in 2016 and a first place award in 2017 at my local autumn show for the heaviest pumpkin. I was so chuffed (and not competitive about

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