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Published September 29, 2008 09:21 am - Brandon Bell has been growing pumpkins and vegetables for about 15 years. ’Tis pumpkin season round here By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times EDMONTON — Brandon Bell has been growing pumpkins and vegetables for about 15 years.
He began growing the produce as a high school student for a Future Farmers of America project. Over the years, pumpkins have become a lucrative business for him. He now sells them wholesale all across Kentucky and Tennessee. “We sell to roadside markets, nurseries and places that do group school tours,” he said. The size of the pumpkins he grows vary in size. “I’ve grown some that weighed 100 pounds,” Bell said. The smallest pumpkin he grows is of the Cannonball variety and weighs around 5 pounds. In addition to Cannonball, he grows Spartan, Alladin and Magic Lantern pumpkins. About six to seven years ago, Bell encouraged his good friend, Stevie Gibson, to join him in the pumpkin business. “One day he mentioned, ‘Why don’t you start doing it?’ and I did,” Gibson said. The two men have been partners in the pumpkin business for about three years and say they do turn a profit. “We make a little money,” Gibson said. “You don’t get rich.” Gibson said he prefers growing pumpkins over tobacco. With tobacco, there are more steps to the harvest than there are with pumpkins. Farmers who grow tobacco must set it, top it, cut it, hang it, strip it and bale it before they can take it to market. Pumpkins just need to be planted and picked, Gibson said. 
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