Giant Pumpkins A "Little-Bigger"

July 5th 2013

What a nice surprise to come home this morning after work and see that "Farmer Steve" had been out working hard burring vines and making new white covers for the babies. 

The white covers are what Cecil and Teresa (giant pumpkin experts in Circileville, Ohio) recommend to shade the pumpkins from the hot sun. As the pumpkins grow larger they need to be protected from the sun so that the otter shell won't become hard and firm. If this happens they can split open because of their rapid growth rate. 

The Giants love the rain! Look how they have grown

Here is Baby today. He is about the size of a golf ball or maybe a little bigger. Humm... that gives me an idea about naming him... Maybe I'll call him "Little-bigger". There is a story behind the name "Little-bigger." 

The Story of Little bigger

When Rosie our grand daughter was around 3 years old she didn't want us to say that she was too little to do what she wanted to do. She would say no I'm "little bigger". At that time when visiting she still slept in a pack-n-play. One night we decided to use a big air mattress instead of the pack-n-play.... This did not go over well with Rosie. She cried and cried and said "no Lucky I'm a "little-bigger" sniff ..sob... sob .."I'm a Little-bigger". So out came the pack-n-play and Rosie slept with her feet pushing out on the side netting. She was a truly  happy "little bigger" that night.

The Little kid's Tee Pee is taking shape

The Tee Pee looks great. The rest of the garden is drowning. The tomatoes still look pretty bad since Katie our dog dug them up a few weeks ago. I'm still hoping for some garden fresh tomatoes. In the picture you can see the Giant pumpkins in the background with their new white sun shades.

Thanks "Farmer Steve" You Rock!