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The Show => Pumpkin 'tastic => Topic started by: Andy H on August 15, 2005, 20:01:33

Title: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 15, 2005, 20:01:33: Grown a pumpkin for showing in local competition but they only did it last year and have quit already!!! Anyone know of heavy pumpkin comps sort of near to Gatwick area????
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 15, 2005, 20:17:07: (http://publish.hometown.aol.co.uk/andya2b/myhomepage/one.jpg?mtbrand=AOL_UK)

The baby one
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 15, 2005, 20:18:24: The first bigger one

(http://publish.hometown.aol.co.uk/andya2b/myhomepage/big%20un.jpg?mtbrand=AOL_UK)
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: wardy on August 15, 2005, 21:53:53: No idea about pumpkin compies. You'll have to Google or keep an eye on the local press. Failing that you'll have to content yourself to the A4A virtual lotty show ;D
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 15, 2005, 23:49:38: thanks, googled and googled and got all sorts of rubbish!!!

Will keep eye on press etc nothing so far....... :'(
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: westsussexlottie on August 16, 2005, 09:28:36: isn't there a pumpkin festival at slindon in west sussex?
perhaps they have a competition?
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 16, 2005, 19:58:41: Just rung them, they have fest but not comp but they said they would ring us if they find out anything....
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: BAGGY on August 16, 2005, 20:04:07: andy - how's scooby ?
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 16, 2005, 22:54:35: cuddly last night funny tonight!
Keeps telling me to Shhhh!
tearing apart half a cucumber as I type!
Preparing him for his first holiday with strangers!
I will have to ring him every night and talk to him.......! :D
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: wardy on August 16, 2005, 23:02:42: Can't you take him with you ;D It's like going on hol and leaving the kids behind ;D
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on August 16, 2005, 23:31:50: Its really difficult but could take him and get him his sea legs for a week! The problem is security on the boat when we pop to the pub for grub in the evening! :-[
Would be a good laugh if we took him in his transportable cat box each evening though! :D
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: wardy on August 17, 2005, 09:43:30: Are you leaving him in the house on his own or is someone staying with him or going to stay at someone's house? I ask this as when my ma went on hol she thought it best to leave her beloved cockatiel in the house (less disturbance for him she thought) It didn't work! He pined on his own and I went to see him one day (as I did daily) and he was in the bottom of the cage and one of his wings was hanging limply by his side :( I was terrified he'd broken it! Rushed off to find a vet that was on duty in the evening and she gave him a tonic (he drank it right up bless him) She said that he was depressed because he'd been left and was getting no stimulation so I took him home with me, gave him a fly out etc and he was absolutely fine. It was a real scare though so we made sure he was never left alone after that :)
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: Andy H on September 02, 2005, 10:37:16: Scooby was great with friends.
Big pumpkin got rotten bit on it and smaller one catching it up!

Still no sign of any localish competitions :-\
Title: Re: Help! Pumpkin Competition?
Post by: wardy on September 02, 2005, 12:03:52: Glad to hear your pet was happy with friends :)