Armstrong encourages pumpkin preparation

May 16, 2020 | 8:52 AM

If you’re trying out new things now, why not try growing a giant pumpkin?

It may not be pumpkin time quite yet, but it is time to start thinking about growing your ‘great pumpkin’ if you are planning to enter the 20th Annual Harvest Pumpkin Festival’s Great Pumpkin contest in October.

Presented by the Armstrong Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce and Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, the Great Pumpkin Weigh In contest will be held Saturday October 10.

Weigh-in will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and there are categories for adults and children 12 and under.

“This year we will again have a cash prize to the largest pumpkin grown by an adult and the largest pumpkin grown in the 12 and under category,” said Patti Noonan, executive director with the Armstrong Spallumcheen Chamber of Commerce. “The 2020 weigh-in has been sponsored by Valley First who encourages everyone to grow with them.”

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The winner in the adult category will get $400, and the children’s winner will take home $500.

Children 12 and under can stop by the Armstrong Farmers Market this weekend to pick up complimentary seeds from Marni at Edge of the Earth Winery.You can also purchase seeds at Shepherd’s Outdoor Living Centre.

Entry forms will be available online beginning July 15 or by emailing staff@aschamber.com.

by Vernon Matters Staff

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