The hope was a few pumpkins. Instead, they got gourds galore.
By Brian Gioiele
on September 29, 2020 11:01 AM
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Jack Fahey lifts the 109 plus pound pumpkin he grew in his backyard.
Entering this past weekend, Jack and Debbie Fahey’s backyard garden at the rear of their Misty Lane home had nearly two dozen sizable pumpkins, one weighing as much as 109 pounds, with a dozen or more vines, some reaching 40 feet in length. One of the largest pumpkins was 5 feet in circumference.
“We started in May with pumpkin seeds in six small dirt mounds and expected to get a crop of handful of small pumpkins for the grandkids to carve,” Jack Fahey said. “Well, it grew massive, and we are amazed at the size and quantity that grew.”
lessPhoto: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaJack Fahey lifts the 109 plus pound pumpkin he grew in his backyard.
Entering this past weekend, Jack and Debbie Fahey’s backyard garden at the rear of their Misty Lane home had nearly two dozen sizable
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Jack Fahey poses and granddaughters Alexis, 5, and Kate Lamb, 7, with his 109 plus pound pumpkin.
The Faheys said they plan to keep a few pumpkins — perfect for their grandchildren Katherine and Alexis, who now happen to live with them — to carve.
“We will donate the rest,” said Jack Fahey, or PaJack as his grandkids call him.
Fahey recently retired, which has left him plenty of time to spend on his gardening hobby. This year, he said his wife recommended growing pumpkins, so he took the seeds and planted them at the rear of his property, near a stream where he regularly dumps mulch.
lessPhoto: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaJack Fahey poses and granddaughters Alexis, 5, and Kate Lamb, 7, with his 109 plus pound pumpkin.
The Faheys said they plan to keep a few pumpkins — perfect for their grandchildren Katherine and Alexis, who
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Jack Fahey checks on the pumpkins in his backyard pumpkin patch.
“We knew the area was good for growing,” Fahey said, “but what we got here is incredible. Next thing we know, there are vines … 5, 10, 15 feet long, some as long as 40 feet. And huge pumpkins. Never expected this.”
This makes a perfect Halloween happening for the Fahey’s daughter, Renee Fahey-Lamb, who, along with her daughters, now live with her parents.
“We just moved out here from San Diego … and we have never seen anything like this out there,” Fahey-Lamb said.
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lessPhoto: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaJack Fahey checks on the pumpkins in his backyard pumpkin patch.
“We knew the area was good for growing,” Fahey said, “but what we got here is incredible. Next thing we know, there are vines … 5, 10,
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Jack Fahey lifts the 109 plus pound pumpkin he grew in his backyard.
Entering this past weekend, Jack and Debbie Fahey’s backyard garden at the rear of their Misty Lane home had nearly two dozen sizable pumpkins, one weighing as much as 109 pounds, with a dozen or more vines, some reaching 40 feet in length. One of the largest pumpkins was 5 feet in circumference.
“We started in May with pumpkin seeds in six small dirt mounds and expected to get a crop of handful of small pumpkins for the grandkids to carve,” Jack Fahey said. “Well, it grew massive, and we are amazed at the size and quantity that grew.”
lessJack Fahey lifts the 109 plus pound pumpkin he grew in his backyard.
Entering this past weekend, Jack and Debbie Fahey’s backyard garden at the rear of their Misty Lane home had nearly two dozen sizable
... moreThe hope was a few pumpkins. Instead, they got gourds galore.
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