How a trampoline will help carry my giant pumpkin
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Linh here! I'm back with Hope the Pumpkin — my plant that I hope to grow big and strong for a chance at getting shown at the Iowa State Fair.
Last week, I shared that I'm planting Hope in my backyard on May 10.
- But if the growing season actually goes well, getting a forklift up a hill and over my deck seems next to impossible.
What's new: Seeing my struggles, Iowa State Fair pumpkin expert Don Young sent me a Facebook Marketplace listing for a trampoline tarp.
- He explained that if a trampoline tarp can hold the bouncing weight of many small children, surely it can hold the weight of a potentially 600-pound pumpkin.
So, after some haggling, I am the proud owner of a $15 trampoline tarp and springs.
By the numbers: By my calculations, I just need to roll the pumpkin onto the trampoline tarp, and then find enough people to carry it over the deck somehow.
- Pumpkin + tarp + forklift + pickup truck = Iowa State Fair?
The bottom vine: Oh, Hope. We will find a chariot worthy of you.
Countdown: 105 days until judgment day.
