Hello from the Hydro Allotments in Blarney,Co Cork.I have an allotment here with my daughter Kathryn since April of 2007, we started growing our own as we wanted to taste some real vegetables that had not travelled half way across the world or been treated with shedloads of preservatives! It has been a learning curve so far, we have had surprising successes and some dismal failures.We have met lots of people also interested in growing and have pooled resources and advice. The pumpkins have been grown on a heap of horse manure,we have an endless supply of it for our allotments, right on site. Our allotment owner is Zwena and she grows them every year.Believe it or not these are not the biggest she has grown! The big one here weighs in at 30 kgs and measures 61 ins around the middle. We had to roll it down the bank as it was too heavy to lift. A few have been left on the plants until Halloween to see if they grow any more.The biggest one went in to the Good Food stall in the English market and the others are probably soup by now!