Zombie Pumpkins!

by **GUS** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:15 pm

http://twitpic.com/6xtawy WEIGHT: 36 lbs

http://twitpic.com/6xttnb weights left to right

39 lbs, 36 lbs, ...& the small one 28 lbs

http://twitpic.com/6xtxbt WEIGHT : 38LBS
so 177 lbs total

(that wasn't all of them just the pictured ones)

small? compared to last year yes, though these are a good size, the uk supermarket crop will be dire this year & they'll be paying £2.00 for something that weighs 5 or so lbs...
early bird n'all that!

by **Zombie Pumpkins!** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:25 pm

Those look to be some big monsters! Great choices to be victims of your carving tool. Also, one of the pictures reminds me of that scene from Twilight Zone with the gremlin outside the window on the plane wing.

by **GUS** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:29 pm

small this year ryan, the largest are only as big as my small ones last season! ...no i'm not kidding.

That's monkfish in the photo gurning as usual pulling the sort of face that normally infers she's got her hair caught up in the pumpkin gutter again!

by **MooBoo** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:31 pm

Wow those are some beauts! :shock:

Did the patch turn out better than expected then?

by **GUS** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:37 pm

No, very poor this year they're only mostly that size :cry:

there are some extra large supermarket ones that are smaller, check out Lidls shortly.
i'll pick up a bag of throw aways next time i'm there.
saw a squash that must have been 2 foot tall though! ..BIG, that's fen soil for you.

(incidentally those sweetcorn are humungeous, not tiddly ones & the boot is a merc A class, we went to pick them up in a Landrover & 6 filled the boot arranged carefully)

another few trips to go, PB best be quick!

by **monstermash** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:52 pm

They do look nice Gus. Think of it as cutting down on waste. If they are too big I always feel bad that i'm only carving a couple of patterns into them. Do you have any idea of weight?
Just think of the people who have no choice but to get supermarket kins. Maybe all us UK forumites should set up a pumpkin farm.

by **GUS** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:55 pm

people only go to supermarkets as that's what they are used to doing, (dumb humans).
There are plenty of pumpkin farms about if we bother to research.
i'll weigh the kins & report in another day, ..the only time i'll go near a set of scales is for my pumpkins ((coward))

by **paddy_babe** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:58 am

GUS wrote:another few trips to go, PB best be quick!

since I got off the phone, I spoke to John and we are looking at either tomorrow after 6 or Wednsday after 12 to have a look. Will only pick up 3 or 4 first trip but its also to scope out the bins you said about ready for a visit on Friday

by **GUS** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:59 am

monstermash wrote:Gus. Do you have any idea of weight?.

http://twitpic.com/6xtawy WEIGHT: 36 lbs

http://twitpic.com/6xttnb weights left to right

39 lbs, 36 lbs, ...& the small one 28 lbs

http://twitpic.com/6xtxbt WEIGHT : 38LBS
so 177 lbs total

(that wasn't all of them just the pictured ones)

by **S.A.M** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:47 pm

Very nice Gus, you'll have no trouble fitting patterns on them, you might even need to enlarge some of the patterns for a good fit, imagine that

by **GUS** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:03 pm

yes i'm speed ((bad)) carving one of my favourites as it requires a wide kin, ..i'd take more time but it's needed in a hurry to get the ball rolling..

"dark imaginings"..

love the logo, love the gothika!

CB that's one for you I think! esp with your tombstones.

(and they never rehydrate them so)...

by **GUS** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:16 am

This one is especially for the Scottish contingent.
(Izzy is pretty tall)

http://twitpic.com/703wh3

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A small corner of a yard, of pumpkins

http://twitpic.com/703xyd

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A small pile in a small corner, ...in a yard full of pumpkins

http://twitpic.com/7041qm

by **zombombie** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:30 am

GUS wrote:This one is especially for the Scottish contingent.
(Izzy is pretty tall)

http://twitpic.com/703wh3

I saw that on your Twitter - super jealous! That 'kin is a monster!

by **GUS** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:34 am

Edinburghzombie wrote:
GUS wrote:This one is especially for the Scottish contingent.
(Izzy is pretty tall)

http://twitpic.com/703wh3

I saw that on your Twitter - super jealous! That 'kin is a monster!

Job done then! :lol:

.shall i weigh it?

..& it was ALL FREE!!!! that should have all good & true Scots reaching for the bottle! :lol:

by **zombombie** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:02 am

GUS wrote:
Edinburghzombie wrote:
GUS wrote:This one is especially for the Scottish contingent.
(Izzy is pretty tall)

http://twitpic.com/703wh3

I saw that on your Twitter - super jealous! That 'kin is a monster!

Job done then!

.shall i weigh it?

..& it was ALL FREE!!!! that should have all good & true Scots reaching for the bottle!

As if I need an excuse to reach for a bottle

Zombie Pumpkins!

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been to my local patch this Morning (update).

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