(Blog author just shaking his head; if they will lie about pumpkins.... what are they NOT lying about?)
Please see: Hollow Halloween in New England as Pumpkins Aren't Pollinated
"Wait 'til next year: Great pumpkin springs leak; Sharon man's entry disqualified" by Matt Collette and Terri Schwartz, Globe Correspondents | October 12, 2008
WARREN, R.I. -Steve Connolly, a 53-year-old mechanical engineer from Sharon, Mass., grew his pumpkin to such an extreme weight by watering it constantly with a garden hose and feeding it a diet of ground bone, blood, fish, molasses, and cow and chicken manure. In 2000, he became the first pumpkin grower in New England to break the 1,000-pound mark. He also benefited from the wet weather this summer, which is ideal for giant pumpkin growing. --more--"
So which item is the lie, Globe? (Sigh)
