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Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Every year, the race to grow the biggest pumpkin in the world draws a rowdy crowd of obsessive gardeners to county fairs and weigh-offs across the country. The competition is furious; there's sabotage and treachery and the heartbreak of root rot, and many a weigh-off ends in tears. This year, more than just the grand prize is at stake. The Holy Grail is within reach: the world's first fifteenhundred-pound pumpkin. And Ron and Dick Wallace think they have what it takes to get it.
Backyard Giants follows a tumultuous season in the life of a close-knit tribe of competitors as they chase down the ultimate pumpkin prize. In the grueling and gut-wrenching quest for truly colossal fruit,
Backyard Giants follows a tumultuous season in the life of a close-knit tribe of competitors as they chase down the ultimate pumpkin prize. In the grueling and gut-wrenching quest for truly colossal fruit,
256 pages, Hardcover
First published August 14, 2007
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Susan Warren
15 books4 followersSusan Warren is Deputy Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal in Dallas, Texas. She writes and edits news and feature stories related to oil and gas, discount retailers and airlines. The Journal also gives her freedom to pursue stories about other things she finds interesting for its famed "middle column" feature on its front page. She has written on such wide-ranging topics as people who buy Silly Putty by the pound, the dangers of frying turkeys in boiling oil, and the spring ritual of dewberry picking in the South. Backyard Giants grew out of Ms. Warren's October 2005 story about the trials of growing giant pumpkins.
Ms. Warren's roots remain firmly in Texas, where she was raised one of eight children in the oil town of Houston. She began her journalism career at the age of 8 when her father, tired of her constant questions, convinced her "Susan" spelled backwards was "Nuisance." She worked her way through college with various jobs at a liquor distributor, a produce wholesaler, an oil and gas company, and a law firm. She worked one year for the Houston Post (now defunct) and nine years for the Houston Chronicle where she was posted in 1991 to the Middle East for the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath. After completing a Reuters Fellowship in international studies at England's Oxford University in 1992 and 1993, she joined the Dallas bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Outside the office, Ms. Warren spends as much time as possible in her garden. North Texas has one of the more challenging gardening climates in the country: scorching hot and dry in the summer, and just cold enough in the winter to kill off anything that might survive the summer. She takes special pride in finding plants hardy enough to endure the weather, and to thrive under her survival-of-the-fittest growing style.
She learned to love gardening from her mother, and how to tell stories from her father. Now she lives with her husband, Tony, in Arlington, Texas, where she teaches gardening and storytelling to her two daughters, Christina and Amy, when they are willing.
Ms. Warren's roots remain firmly in Texas, where she was raised one of eight children in the oil town of Houston. She began her journalism career at the age of 8 when her father, tired of her constant questions, convinced her "Susan" spelled backwards was "Nuisance." She worked her way through college with various jobs at a liquor distributor, a produce wholesaler, an oil and gas company, and a law firm. She worked one year for the Houston Post (now defunct) and nine years for the Houston Chronicle where she was posted in 1991 to the Middle East for the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath. After completing a Reuters Fellowship in international studies at England's Oxford University in 1992 and 1993, she joined the Dallas bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Outside the office, Ms. Warren spends as much time as possible in her garden. North Texas has one of the more challenging gardening climates in the country: scorching hot and dry in the summer, and just cold enough in the winter to kill off anything that might survive the summer. She takes special pride in finding plants hardy enough to endure the weather, and to thrive under her survival-of-the-fittest growing style.
She learned to love gardening from her mother, and how to tell stories from her father. Now she lives with her husband, Tony, in Arlington, Texas, where she teaches gardening and storytelling to her two daughters, Christina and Amy, when they are willing.
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November 19, 2019
It's a very interesting, if totally off-the-wall hobby, growing these giant fruits. Half of the year is sitting around talking about last year's champions and what to do to produce an even bigger one this coming summer and just waiting for spring.
Come May it's all planting the seeds of the previous year's giants and selecting seedlings, mulching, watering, feeding with secret-recipe fertilizer, and totally absorbed babying of these huge fruits.
Until October.
That's when the grand weighing-competitions are held and the biggest, heaviest pumpkin which for days has had extra water in an effort to gain last-minute weight, takes home the prize. There are competitions up and down the country and as part of every agricultural show. This is what it has all been building up to!
But then it's over. Next is harvesting the seeds of the champions. These are valuable, there is a market for them amongst other competitive growers. But then it's back to the club house and bigpumpkins.com for another half of the year talking about how great their pumpkins were but for all except the winner, not quite good enough, and planning their strategies for the next year.
A young woman, Christy Harp, grew a 1,725lb pumpkin a blue-ribbon prize winner.
I loved the subject, the photographs and the writing. If you like quirky books about eccentric people, young women as much as crusty old men, gardening fanatics who are a small and further-fringes part of American culture you will like this book. If you suspect you might be one of the, you will also learn of the secrets for growing giant veggies yourself. Sadly, they aren't edible, great big woody things fit only for fertilizer after their day of glory, their day in the Judging Tent is over.
Since pumpkin are subject to bottom-rot, the moist ground of the rainforest means reading the book is as far it goes for me although I do throw out the seeds of pumpkins in the hope that the (wild) chickens won't eat them and I might get some free food. I do once in a while.
Read years ago, reviewed Nov. 2019.
Come May it's all planting the seeds of the previous year's giants and selecting seedlings, mulching, watering, feeding with secret-recipe fertilizer, and totally absorbed babying of these huge fruits.
Until October.
That's when the grand weighing-competitions are held and the biggest, heaviest pumpkin which for days has had extra water in an effort to gain last-minute weight, takes home the prize. There are competitions up and down the country and as part of every agricultural show. This is what it has all been building up to!
But then it's over. Next is harvesting the seeds of the champions. These are valuable, there is a market for them amongst other competitive growers. But then it's back to the club house and bigpumpkins.com for another half of the year talking about how great their pumpkins were but for all except the winner, not quite good enough, and planning their strategies for the next year.
A young woman, Christy Harp, grew a 1,725lb pumpkin a blue-ribbon prize winner.
I loved the subject, the photographs and the writing. If you like quirky books about eccentric people, young women as much as crusty old men, gardening fanatics who are a small and further-fringes part of American culture you will like this book. If you suspect you might be one of the, you will also learn of the secrets for growing giant veggies yourself. Sadly, they aren't edible, great big woody things fit only for fertilizer after their day of glory, their day in the Judging Tent is over.
Since pumpkin are subject to bottom-rot, the moist ground of the rainforest means reading the book is as far it goes for me although I do throw out the seeds of pumpkins in the hope that the (wild) chickens won't eat them and I might get some free food. I do once in a while.
Read years ago, reviewed Nov. 2019.
July 15, 2013
Let's face it, as far as hobbies go, gardening can hardly be considered glamorous.
It's hot, sweaty, back-breaking work. Weeding alone can be a full-time occupation. There are bugs. And really big spiders. How can you possibly make this drudgery fun? Throw in a little COMPETITION, and let the games begin!
Some men have poker. Some men have fantasy football. And some have pumpkins.
Really, really big pumpkins.
"I love pumpkins THIS much!"
For members of the SNEGPG (Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers) Club, giant pumpkin growing is a year-round obsession. In late January, they meet for a planning and strategy session:
The half-dozen growers were sitting in the formal living room on the upper level of Ron's house, where a picture window looked out onto the snow-whitened landscape of the Wallace homestead and pumpkin patch. In the middle of the yard, a six foot circular indentation in the snow marked the spot where the Wallaces' biggest pumpkin had grown, a reminder of what almost was.
Though these men are competitors, there's a delightful camaraderie between them. They share seeds, tips and growing hints, and help each other with some of the chores involved in raising these warty behemoths.
They're all working toward the weighing contests that are held in early October, so growers have around 90 days to coax their monsters to their full weight...and WEIGHT is the only thing that counts. Sometimes the biggest pumpkins are not necessarily the heaviest.
It's hard to imagine, but once these babies get going, they can put on 30 to 40 pounds A DAY, and will probably weigh OVER 400 pounds by the end of July. Luckily, looks don't count, as some of these pumpkins are pretty gnarly.
Cozier than a pup tent, but a little smelly.
The book follows several growers from seed selection through to the heartbreak of finding cracks and splits, an automatic disqualification at the weigh-ins. There are losers and there are winners at the nail-biting conclusion, but everyone ends the season in good spirits, with plenty of plans and dreams for next year.
This was a fun read and NOT JUST FOR GARDENERS. I love how hopeful these men are, how willing they are to try, try again in their quests to break the world's record. It currently stands at 1,818 lb 5 oz. Good luck, guys. Here's wishing you fine weather, good soil and some mighty big pumpkins.
It's hot, sweaty, back-breaking work. Weeding alone can be a full-time occupation. There are bugs. And really big spiders. How can you possibly make this drudgery fun? Throw in a little COMPETITION, and let the games begin!
Some men have poker. Some men have fantasy football. And some have pumpkins.
Really, really big pumpkins.
"I love pumpkins THIS much!"
For members of the SNEGPG (Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers) Club, giant pumpkin growing is a year-round obsession. In late January, they meet for a planning and strategy session:
The half-dozen growers were sitting in the formal living room on the upper level of Ron's house, where a picture window looked out onto the snow-whitened landscape of the Wallace homestead and pumpkin patch. In the middle of the yard, a six foot circular indentation in the snow marked the spot where the Wallaces' biggest pumpkin had grown, a reminder of what almost was.
Though these men are competitors, there's a delightful camaraderie between them. They share seeds, tips and growing hints, and help each other with some of the chores involved in raising these warty behemoths.
They're all working toward the weighing contests that are held in early October, so growers have around 90 days to coax their monsters to their full weight...and WEIGHT is the only thing that counts. Sometimes the biggest pumpkins are not necessarily the heaviest.
It's hard to imagine, but once these babies get going, they can put on 30 to 40 pounds A DAY, and will probably weigh OVER 400 pounds by the end of July. Luckily, looks don't count, as some of these pumpkins are pretty gnarly.
Cozier than a pup tent, but a little smelly.
The book follows several growers from seed selection through to the heartbreak of finding cracks and splits, an automatic disqualification at the weigh-ins. There are losers and there are winners at the nail-biting conclusion, but everyone ends the season in good spirits, with plenty of plans and dreams for next year.
This was a fun read and NOT JUST FOR GARDENERS. I love how hopeful these men are, how willing they are to try, try again in their quests to break the world's record. It currently stands at 1,818 lb 5 oz. Good luck, guys. Here's wishing you fine weather, good soil and some mighty big pumpkins.
November 13, 2008
This book is fascinating. You wouldn't think a book full of exhaustive details about horticulture and this obsession that is giant-pumpkin growing would be interesting, but it is! The author takes you into the lives of some of the world's best giant pumpkin growers and their achievements and heartbreaks. You find yourself cheering along with them and feeling their losses. Ever since Ashley's kindergarten class went to visit a man in Bountiful, Utah who grows giant pumpkins as a hobby, I have been somewhat interested in what possesses a person to devote their lives to such a pursuit, and what it takes to be successful. This book made me almost want to become a grower myself (except for knowing how much work and time it would take to actually be one)! The book is well-written, and, funny-but-true, a real page-turner. I found myself wanting to know whose pumpkins had survived the nail-biting growing season and if any of the growers, especially the father and son that the book hinges on, set the world record they were hoping to set. I actually cried at one point! I am such a sap, but this book is written in such a way that you totally empathize with the people in the book. I came away admiring their dedication and commitment, as well as their resilience and good sportsmanship. Note: the book does contain some swearing (grower dialogue) and some of the characters drink alcohol, but the book is a fairly clean read.
November 21, 2009
In short: a shockingly compelling story of a man and his pumpkins.
Wall Street Journal bureau chief Susan Warren follows one year in the life of father and son pumpkin growing duo Dick and Ron Wallace as they attempt to grow their local growers club and the hobby in general, along with the worlds biggest pumpkin. While the book is primarily concerned with the particulars of Ron Wallace's 2006 season, it also touches on the history of the hobby, many of its major players, and how giant pumpkins have changed their lives.
While the pumpkins themselves are giant to the point of unreal cartoonish-ness, the real marvel here is the level of dedication these people put into something that is almost soul grinding in its expense. Competitive pumpkin growers sacrifice time, money, and even relationships on a few pieces of fruit that they *know* will more likely then not end up a shattered, rotting, grizzly-bear sized pile of stink in their compost heap. They are constantly and painfully reminded of this, and yet even standing over the husks of their defeats they're busy figuring out how to do it better next time.
This is a story of hope, competition, sharing, purpose, camaraderie, community, and yes, if you are paying any attention to the interplay between father Dick and son Ron: love.
Wall Street Journal bureau chief Susan Warren follows one year in the life of father and son pumpkin growing duo Dick and Ron Wallace as they attempt to grow their local growers club and the hobby in general, along with the worlds biggest pumpkin. While the book is primarily concerned with the particulars of Ron Wallace's 2006 season, it also touches on the history of the hobby, many of its major players, and how giant pumpkins have changed their lives.
While the pumpkins themselves are giant to the point of unreal cartoonish-ness, the real marvel here is the level of dedication these people put into something that is almost soul grinding in its expense. Competitive pumpkin growers sacrifice time, money, and even relationships on a few pieces of fruit that they *know* will more likely then not end up a shattered, rotting, grizzly-bear sized pile of stink in their compost heap. They are constantly and painfully reminded of this, and yet even standing over the husks of their defeats they're busy figuring out how to do it better next time.
This is a story of hope, competition, sharing, purpose, camaraderie, community, and yes, if you are paying any attention to the interplay between father Dick and son Ron: love.
July 20, 2010
1500 lbs..... this was a good documentation of the world of giant pumpkins. I can't believe how much history my two giant seeds gained after reading this book. The author used a good narrative approach to the non-fiction styling. By the final weigh in, I was just as invested in the outcome as the entire RI Growers Club.
April 17, 2021
My partner has a habit of telling people that I will read a book about anything. It's true. The first time meeting his uncle Jeff, I learned that Jeff was a giant pumpkin grower. Thinking this was interesting I asked if he'd ever thought of writing a book. He told me someone had already done it. So I read it.
And LOVED it. It's a story about the 2006 pumpkin season - a tale of triumph and heartbreak. The characters are so endearing that I think I smiled the whole time I read. The ins and outs of growing giant pumpkins is quite fascinating and I wasn't bored for one second. It is a book I can share with my Grandpa, master gardener that he is. I'm very glad to have crossed paths with this one.
(P.S. My jaw DROPPED when uncle Jeff sent pictures of pumpkin seeds that he procured from the record setting pumpkins mentioned in this book. He has 1068 Wallace lineage- OMG!!!)
And LOVED it. It's a story about the 2006 pumpkin season - a tale of triumph and heartbreak. The characters are so endearing that I think I smiled the whole time I read. The ins and outs of growing giant pumpkins is quite fascinating and I wasn't bored for one second. It is a book I can share with my Grandpa, master gardener that he is. I'm very glad to have crossed paths with this one.
(P.S. My jaw DROPPED when uncle Jeff sent pictures of pumpkin seeds that he procured from the record setting pumpkins mentioned in this book. He has 1068 Wallace lineage- OMG!!!)
December 13, 2020
My grandmother passed away last year, but I found out recently that she was quite a fan of this book. She was right - it's pretty good! It's a high stakes story that has an element of the absurd and absolutely NOTHING to do with my life or the current pandemic, making it the perfect escapist read. It's not a gardening book - go somewhere else for the "how to" on giant pumpkins, but Warren did a great job keeping up the drama and the tension with a big drumroll finish.
September 28, 2022
I'm actually surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Picked it up thinking that it would be one of those nonfiction books that you browse through casually. Then I ended up reading from cover to cover while trying not to bite my nails down to the quick over the high stakes of giant pumpkin growing. Finished up just in time to go to the state fair. So I had a new appreciation for the giant pumpkin contests. Even though my state could only boast 700+ pound pumpkins.
March 10, 2021
The subject matter is one after my own heart; pumpkins! Unfortunately the author was unlikeable and the pumpkin growers themselves. The book was peppered with offensive profanity that I would dare never pass on to a true pumpkin fan.
October 30, 2020
Backyard Giants was a really wonderful and heartfelt story about growing giant pumpkins. It was written really well and provided great insights into the science, triumphs and trials of growing the large fruits. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this interesting book.
October 7, 2023
3.5 stars. Almost never reread but I was in the mood to read about Giant Pumpkins. Also crazy that in 2006 they were trying to get to 1500 lbs and now there are 2500 lb pumpkins.
January 9, 2010
Tales from a fascinating subculture--giant pumpkin growers. Warren follows a group of growers from the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers club through a full season, which literally begins soon after the last one has ended.
After a winter of planning and soil preparation, carefully selected pedigreed seeds are put into the ground, followed by hours and hours of back-breaking labor. Most of the growers have other day jobs. This is an after-hours hobby which quickly becomes an obsession.
The pinnacle of every season is the weigh-off. A pumpkin can be disqualified from competition for several reasons, each one of them enough to keep the growers awake at night. As the moment of truth draws near, tension builds. Every season, every grower thinks this will be the YEAR--the year he (or she, although most are male) will win big, and possibly even take a world record(then at just over 1400 lbs.)
Who will win the world record, and who will have a half-ton pumpkin to add to the compost pile?
Enjoyable read and surprisingly, a page turner.
Just a sidenote from bigpumpkins.com:
2009 saw another world record broken with Christy Harp's 1725 pounder at the Canfield, Ohio weigh-off.
After a winter of planning and soil preparation, carefully selected pedigreed seeds are put into the ground, followed by hours and hours of back-breaking labor. Most of the growers have other day jobs. This is an after-hours hobby which quickly becomes an obsession.
The pinnacle of every season is the weigh-off. A pumpkin can be disqualified from competition for several reasons, each one of them enough to keep the growers awake at night. As the moment of truth draws near, tension builds. Every season, every grower thinks this will be the YEAR--the year he (or she, although most are male) will win big, and possibly even take a world record(then at just over 1400 lbs.)
Who will win the world record, and who will have a half-ton pumpkin to add to the compost pile?
Enjoyable read and surprisingly, a page turner.
Just a sidenote from bigpumpkins.com:
2009 saw another world record broken with Christy Harp's 1725 pounder at the Canfield, Ohio weigh-off.
October 7, 2019
I was hoping this would be the type of quirky book that I enjoy, but it was more of a dud. Someone worked hard to prepare the pumpkin patch. There was bad weather or a fungus. Repeat again and again. There was enough material here for an entertaining magazine article, but not for a book.
May 25, 2017
This was a really pleasant, fast read; not too complicated for someone new to the world of gardening, but enough jargon for the familiar to follow along with ease. I found myself laughing at certain stories, like gopher assassination being described as homicidal fury, and a man essentially spanking a deer out of his patch. Sometimes it all seems too extreme for me to really get behind, but being a gardener, I can understand the passion behind it.
If you're the kind of gardener or farmer who appreciates organic, pro-animal rights stories, this might not be for you. There's some discussion on animal killing where not everyone wants to defend the rascal eating their pumpkins, and growers are notorious for layering on the pesticides and fungicides. If you can get past the methods, though, this is an entertaining read for anyone who wants to know just what is going on in the world of competitive giant pumpkin growing.
If you're the kind of gardener or farmer who appreciates organic, pro-animal rights stories, this might not be for you. There's some discussion on animal killing where not everyone wants to defend the rascal eating their pumpkins, and growers are notorious for layering on the pesticides and fungicides. If you can get past the methods, though, this is an entertaining read for anyone who wants to know just what is going on in the world of competitive giant pumpkin growing.
November 15, 2008
I was pleasantly surprised about how entertaining this book was. The book follows giant pumpkin growers through the 2006 pumpkin-growing season. The main focus is on hard-luck father and son team Ron and Dick Wallace. The writing is enjoyable and Susan Warren makes the most of the unfolding story: Will the pumpkins survive the weather, disease and their own enormous weight and make it to the weigh-in? Will Ron and Dick finally realize their dream of growing a world champion pumpkin? Or will it be another year of huge amounts of effort and planning come to naught? I was so riveted that I had to look at the end of the book to see how they did! I highly recommended this book.
July 9, 2008
This book was quite entertaining -- up to a point. I could understand (and sympathize with) lots of the problems these growers had -- bad weather, critters eating the plants, etc. -- but eventually became a bit tired of worrying about their pumpkins. I mean, these guys are not growing food for hungry people. They are investing great chunks of their lives and huge amounts of money to grow giant PUMPKINS, for pete's sake! They are trying to set a world record -- OK, that's fine -- but the lengths they go to are a bit crazy (even in MY perception, which means a lot!)
June 11, 2016
Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren (Bloomsbury 2007) (635+/-). It may not be common knowledge, but there is a niche group of competitive pumpkin growers at work in their backyards as I write this all trying to grow the world's largest pumpkin. When this book was written in 2007, the next great benchmark was for someone to grow a 1,500 pound pumpkin. This is a book about that fraternity of cucurbitans. My rating: 7/10, finished 10/8/14.
December 8, 2007
There's something awfully compelling about reading about people who are obsessed with something - particularly if the author is able to convey the incredible enthusiasm along with the peculiar wackiness that comes with such an obsession. Some parts lagged a little, but in general this was a surprisingly engaging story about growing enormous (I mean ENORMOUS) pumpkins.
September 8, 2012
(Wanted to give it 3.5 stars) -- an interesting, albeit sort of frightening, tour of the clubs and members who are in search of growing giant pumpkins. (Think: half a ton.) Learned a lot. Went to the book for a fun, fall-themed read. It didn't exactly disappoint, but wasn't in the top 10 books I've read in the year.
January 21, 2014
I think this book was very interesting. It's somewhat fascinating how much goes into the process of growing one of these monsters, and watch the emotional journey these individuals throughout the growing season. That being said, I don't think this book is for everyone, though. Many would just not be interested in the topic or the process, in which case it would be a very tedious read indeed.
October 31, 2016
I've been teasing around the edges of growing giant pumpkins for a number of years with a few edging toward 150 pounds. This entertaining chronicle follows a group of New England growers through the ups and downs of their season. A good primer on growing giant pumpkins that is entertaining. Maybe next year.
February 10, 2008
Good clear reporting couldn't redeem this for me. I just couldn't bring myself to care about the big pumpkins or their caretakers. It makes me feel somehow inadequate when a well-written book fails to move me, but this one left me cold.
April 8, 2008
This book was recommended by a friend from California upon hearing about my new passion for growing plants in my window sill. Funny, fun, and certain to please anyone who likes to watch things grow, this book about competitive pumpkin growers was both entertaining and enlightening.
May 3, 2011
Not at all what I thought it would be. But I did learn about pumpkin seeds on agriculture. If you have a green thumb or love gardening, this book definitely is for you. Unfortunately all my plants die.
December 17, 2008
Very interesting but strangely disturbing account of raising giant pumpkins. Giant pumpkin growers devote an enormous amount of time and energy into their hobby, for a little recognition and less money. Why? Book doesn't address this, but is a fascinating read nevertheless.
January 13, 2009
This was a quick, easy read. I really enjoyed this peek into the lives of a bunch of ordinary Joes, all trying to grow the largest pumpkin ever. Highly competitive but also very supportive of one another, these are folks you can't help but root for.
October 25, 2009
Surprisingly enjoyable and interesting. Learned a lot about growing pumpkins....in case I ever decide to do that?? But honestly, it was simply amazing the things that growers would do in their quest to grow a 1,500 lb pumpkin. you'll have to read it to find out if they succeeded or not!
January 14, 2011
Excellent book.
I recommend this book to all gardeners, not just those growing pumpkins.
Touches on many subjects such as soil amendments, fertilizers, irrigation, pest control, dealing with bad weather, etc.
Some of these growers add amazing amounts of organic matter to their gardens.
I recommend this book to all gardeners, not just those growing pumpkins.
Touches on many subjects such as soil amendments, fertilizers, irrigation, pest control, dealing with bad weather, etc.
Some of these growers add amazing amounts of organic matter to their gardens.
January 15, 2012
Great book and an interesting tale about gardeners gone wild. This is a tale of the guys, who grow those giant pumpkins you see at the fairs every summer. Their obsession and competitiveness makes an incredible tale. A great read for everyone especially gardeners!
June 10, 2012
I'd probably give it three & a half if I could. Some of the time it was a little slow as they kept describing sprayings, tapings, watering... etc. But that is what they were doing, so I guess it needed to be there. All in all, I enjoyed the book.
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