JUNE 30,2000

THE WEATHER IN NORFOLK COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN TO KIND TO LOCAL PUMPKIN GROWERS. WE HAVE HAD TO MUCH RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEAVING MANY PATCHS LOOKING LIKE A MUDHOLE. DAYTIME AND OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN BELOW NORMAL AND THIS COMBINED WITH NOT ENOUGH SUNLIGHT HAVE GOT SOME AREA GROWERS OFF TO A SLOWER THAN USUAL START.

A FREAK HAILSTORM ROLLED ACROSS PARTS OF NORFOLK COUNTY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,JUNE29. DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED BUT SEVERE. A FEW AREA TOBACCO AND GINSENG FARMERS WERE WIPED OUT.
ONE MEMBER OF THE NORFOLK GIANT GROWERS SAID HIS PLANTS LOOKED LIKE SWISS CHEESE WHEN IT WAS OVER.CLICK BELOW FOR PICTURES.

HAIL PICTURES

JULY 16

LOCAL GROWERS , GARY&MARYLOU DOUGLASS RECENTLY DISCOVERED THEIR PATCH WAS INFESTED WITH GRUBS. THEY DUG A PILE OF THEM OUT .CLICK BELOW TO SEE THE LIL BUGGERS.

GRUB PICTURES

JULY 17

THE NORFOLK GIANT GROWERS WILL BE HAVING A PUMPKIN PATCH TOUR ON SUNDAY JULY 23 STARTING AT 10:00 A.M . WE WILL BE VISITING VARIOUS PATCHES IN THE AREA AND WE WILL BE ADDING NEW UPDATES TO OUR WEB PAGE SHORTLY AFTER THE TOUR.