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Minnesota([email protected])

"less grass to mow" LOL!!!!

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=74947

9/19/2007 1:43:47 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Ya that is great. My wife "allows" half the backyard for pumpkins....she watched lord of the gourds show with me now she wants a porsche for the other half of the yard.....considering it!!

9/19/2007 2:46:38 PM

Georgia

Yeah I dont believe in cutting grass I cant stand people who thinks its a religion. Its a chore nothing more nothing less. If grass can grow there then Pumpkins and veggies can grow there.

9/19/2007 2:58:55 PM

Westford, MA

Not True.
As I dug up my grass/weeds this year, out about 8-10' beyond my original Patch,I found I needed extra Nitrogen and Iron to keep green leaves. I also had to amend w/manure and soil from my reg.garden.
I do agree on the Chore aspect.
kevin

9/19/2007 3:22:18 PM

Long Island,New York

Glad to see Don Young finally getting serious about giant pumpkin growing.

9/19/2007 3:37:16 PM

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Hey Don
I here back yards come at a price. Did this cost you a Van?

Eddy

9/19/2007 5:07:16 PM

lol g-eddy- ya theres always a cost a few years ago wife always said i was plain crazy to do all i do with pumpkins-now she;s crazy to cost me 2 spots lol she did good this year 1102 on my 1080 from last year- i got my eye on her flower bed now hmmm

9/19/2007 5:19:28 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

he he don them flowers will till under nicely! go for it my friend! keith

9/19/2007 6:19:45 PM

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This thread has turned hysterical.

I don't get it. My name is on the mortgage & I planted the grass. If it was all still grass, I'd be mowing it or paying to get it cut. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. She works too. If my wife wants a new car she's free to buy one just as sure as if I want to till up the lawn that's what I'm going to do.

You girls are killing me. I love my wife dearly but I'll be darned if I'd ask her permission to rip out the lawn. Back when the backyard was a 2 hole putting green you can bet your bottom dollar it was me out there with a greens mower every single day mowing the fool thing. Pumpkins are no less labor but a good deal more rewarding for me now. A dogs & a ten year old will do that for a lawn anyway; especially a real putting green. LOL

This from a guy who makes his living selling grass seed, fertilizer & chemicals no less. I really have to agree that besides the public side of my home where the turf is pretty sweet, grass in back is a fairly useless waste of resources & energy. Especially if the option is more Giant Pumpkins.

9/19/2007 11:51:52 PM

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Would someone please explain this to my husband? He thinks we still need grass! My dad is in agreement that the back yard would look nice with pumpkin leaves. It's an ideal spot too, privacy galore! I WISH! I would be in divorce court if I asked, as someone would have to till all that land, LOL!

9/20/2007 8:58:50 AM

Slough UK

Did she say Porsche or porch ?

9/22/2007 4:11:27 AM