The local paper got the photo I was hoping for ... so I'll share it with you. :) All pumpkins over 900 pounds. |
The lumberjack show; not unique to Alaska, but not seen in most fairs farther south. |
The blue ribbon winning reindeer at the fair, and the lovely young lady who raised it. |
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I almost had a Sunflower as big as the one in the top pic this year.
I remember you mentioned that your big sunflower was knocked down or broken by ... was it the wind?
No I think some borer worm got in the trunk about 6 inches from the bottom it got a brown spot and then began weeping fluids then the wind did indeed finish it off. Yet I had countless others that were not far behind that one and two that were certainly rivals and managed to surpass it before reaching their limit. I would say I got two that reached the 17 foot mark but I had several others that had heads so big the stalks couldn't keep them up as well.
I planted about half an acre of sunflowers just for my bees.
Thank you! I was waiting to see these. We have big pumpkins....we have loggers...but reindeer not so much.
Thanks for the update, Preppy - I only remembered that you had a tall one which fell in the wind, but not the details.
You're welcome, threecollie. I knew there'd be something new. :)
Love the pics! No lumberjacks at our fair, but a chainsaw carver auctions off all his work on the last day. He is really very good and makes a nice deserving profit.
Nice pics, and I think that is a first for me on the Reindeer!
Thanks, Chickenmom.
NFO, that surprises me - thought you'd been everywhere & done everything! :^)
Ha - I didn't know people raised reindeer, but I guess on thinking about it, I shouldn't be surprised by this... just never thought about it.
Looks like great fun!
Teresa, they raise all sorts of northern/high altitude animals up here: Tibetan yaks, llamas, reindeer, and musk oxen.
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