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October on the smallholding

Posted on 4:00pm Thursday 30th September 2010

There’s a new crop to be seen in the fields of Fenland that has grown in popularity in the last few years - pumpkins for the Halloween market. The soil here (reminiscent of a giant gro bag), seems to be ideal to produce large quantities of round, perfect pumpkins, glowing gold in the autumn mist. On my smallholding we have also joined in the fun and it has been one of the most successful crops I have ever grown. When I say, “I’ve grown”, I’m think that might be overstating my case a bit as it was more a question of putting them in the pot, transplanting them to the veg patch and letting them get on with it, noting from time to time how well they were doing.