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The garden's in: tomatoes, peppers, carrots, pumpkins, squash, beets, broccoli, spinach, chard and assorted herbs, plus heirloom gourds. I'm heavily invested in the pumpkins, a variety called Big Moon that can grow to 200 lbs. My goal is for Ruby & Shep to have one 30 pounder apiece to carve/make pies on their birthday, as well as one insanely large heap of pumpkin that passersby will want to photograph with their kids in the foreground. Probably entirely unrealistic but what the hey. These are heavy feeders however and will need more than rain and sun to reach anything near prize-winning size. Fish emulsion anyone? Below, one week's harvest from last year's garden.