"The Great Pumpkin" arrived early at Ken Finley's garden
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Ken Finley poses by a pumpkin with a name etched onto it. Finley used a small screwdriver to scratch the name about 30 days before the pumpkin was to be harvested. "Next year," he said, "I hope every student at Meadowlark can come out to etch their name on a pumpkin, then later pick their own personalized pumpkin for Halloween."
Ken Finley raises produce in an area along the Milk River near the Chinook Water Treatment Plant. The last day of September he held a Customer Appreciation Day. It was a near perfect fall day with mild temperatures and sunny skies. Finley said, "I've been wanting to give back to the folks who support my vegetable stand all summer. This seemed like a good weekend to do it and pumpkins are the seasonal vegetable of choice this time of year."
Weather forecasters were predicting a dramatic cold snap during the next few days, not good for pumpkins in the field. Once already Finley had covered t...
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