GVGO

The membership seed packs for all paid up to date members went in the mail yesterday. If you haven't renewed your membership or paid for a new one yet, now is the time. We still have great seed packs left with 25-30 great world class seeds. The longer you wait, the less seeds we have left for the packs and eventually we run out completely. Follow the link below for membership information. Please note that UK and EU seeds can take a month or more to arrive (some last year took over six weeks!), US and Canada should only take a week or two at the most.

Here is your chance to get some great seeds and help support the GVGO. Our annual fundraising silent auction is now up and running on Big Pumpkins message boards. Follow the link to all the lots (35 of them) and bidding information.

You can now pay for your 2019 GVGO memberships. Follow the link below to the membership page. Despite what it says, most seed packs have contained at least 20-30 seed packs for each member. It all depends on what gets sent in but there should be some really nice seeds coming your way this year.

I'll be putting together the GVGO membership packs again this year. I hope everyone enjoyed them and put them to good use this past season. The weigh off season is over so that means the seed harvesting season has begun. This is a great way to get your seeds out there to other growers. Last year I think I did up about 240 packs so if you want every pack to have your seed please send in 240-250 (It really helps if you include a note with how many packs are included). We really... need more of the "other" giants like Long Gourds, Tomatoes, Watermelon, Field Pumpkin, Green Squash, Bushel Gourd as well as the "other other" giants like carrots, beets, cabbage, rutabaga, cucumber, and others. So once you get the seeds harvested, dried properly, packaged and labelled (individually is preferred but bulk seeds will be packaged as time permits) please send them to me; John Nieuwenhoff 37 Stewarttown Road Georgetown Ontario L7G 4S5 I plan on putting together the packages the same way as the last couple years, and it went as follows; Everyone that sent in seeds was given pretty much a complete set of everything that was sent in (except their own). After that, I started filling the seed packs weekly as I got an update on memberships paid. So the earlier you paid your membership, the better selection you got in your seed pack. That being said, last year the selection was great so everyone got a great pack but if you are paying your membership in March instead of January there may be a few seeds that we have run out of by then. Also, if you have any special requests (certain vegetables you are looking for or certain vegetables you will never grow) just send along a note or email me pumpkin1088 at outlook dot com.

Congratulations Harley Sproule on winning the Giant Pumpkin class at Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest with a 1761.5 pound pumpkin and to Carter Black for weighing a new Ontario Record Bushel Gourd at 240 pounds. Follow this link to the other GPC results from the weigh off http://www.bigpumpkins.com/WeighoffSiteList.aspx If anyone has other non GPC results or pictures please post them in the contents.