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I know its a little late but only just worked out how to get pictures from phone onto computer.

Here I am with my 8 year old son showing our prized pumpkin thats now in the big compost bin in the sky.

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Now these aren't pumpkins we grew, but I thought you'd like to see them.

OH designed this Pumpkin Man, which is still on display at Kew Gardens at the moment, even though he was only supposed to be there for their autumn festival.

Apologies for the late upload, but OH has only just handed over his pictures!

that deserves some sort of award, outstanding !!

He's seven metres high -- taller than our house   ;D

... a real 'Atlantic Giant'!

oh that's brilliant :D

amazing - deserves a movie to itself, something between the Wicker Man and the Nightmare Before Christmas! :o what a clever OH, what did the tiny triffs think? ::)

The little triffs love him to bits.
In fact the grass in front of him has been entirely worn away by children hopping up and down and adoring him!

In daylight he's really very amiable, you know...
and no one's seen him at night since those first pictures were taken of him 'coming to life'...
(Kew is really, really dark at night, so who knows where he gets to then  :o ;) )

big friendly  giant pumpkin  :)

Wow!! Fantastic Triffid.

Ted He is one good looking youngster!!

One day I figure out how to post a picture. In the meantime all my squash grown this year are in my user icon.

I noticed Kea and wondered if they were all yours! :o :D
SSx

They'd look better in full size but I'm rubbish at posting photo's just can't work it out! :-[

i should add that the 'marrow' is the courgette that grew while i was on holiday!

tee hee ;) what varieties are the others? ::)

Better late than never...

The flat-ish bright orange ones are Vif Rouge d'Etampes
The upright orange one is Quintale
The 2 yellow ones are spaghetti squash
The dark green round ones are Marina di choggia
The long green one and the speckled round one are overgrown courgettes
The narrow yellow one is an Unidentified Italian Squash
The curly haired one is my daughter.

Great crop there Dandelion... even the red-haired one!
8)

she looks like she's going to start drumming at any minute  :)

Better late than never! Visitors to other sections of A4A but have seen my first attempts at posting pics - but I'm still trying to get it right.

This pumpkin was my first ever effort (2005) and weighed exactly 70 lb. This years one only made 62lb. I didn't take a pic but it looked much the same as this one!
Really enjoyed looking at all your growing successes, wonderful! Thank you.

Great fun, Grandma!

This year's pumpkin may have looked much the same as the one in your picture,
but I bet the boys have grown out of all recognition!

 ;D just lovely to see kiddies thrilled by giant vegetables ;)
are those your complete credentials for grandmahood grandma (the sprogs not the punkin), or are there more? ::)