{"id":7507,"date":"2010-10-29T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T15:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2010-11-05T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T20:46:33","slug":"let-the-carving-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/10\/garden-programming\/let-the-carving-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Carving Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><em>Ann Rafalko is Director of Online Content.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/10\/garden-programming\/carving-the-great-pumpkin\/\" target=\"_self\">Scott Cully<\/a> was out at the reflecting pool in front of the Leon Levy Visitor Center bright and early this morning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/10\/garden-programming\/three-its-a-magic-number\/\" target=\"_self\">begin carving<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/10\/garden-programming\/worlds-heaviest-pumpkin-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Stevens&#8217; World Record-breaking giant pumpkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some shots (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/10\/garden-programming\/inside-the-giant-pumpkin\/\" target=\"_self\">and a short video!<\/a>) from our early morning rendezvous.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Head below the break for some exclusive shots from this morning's seed harvesting and carving extravaganza! --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125588387\/lightbox\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting to Work\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1343\/5125588387_9aa9cd60c9.jpg\" alt=\"Getting to Work\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant pumpkin carver Scott Cully sets to work on the 1,810.5 lb World Record holder grown by Chris Stevens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5126195084\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Design\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1323\/5126195084_d0f0a72fdd.jpg\" alt=\"The Design\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant pumpkin carver Scott Cully sets to work on the 1,810.5 lb World Record holder grown by Chris Stevens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125589199\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Giant Pumpkin Carving Begins!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1340\/5125589199_41ac3be615.jpg\" alt=\"The Giant Pumpkin Carving Begins!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant pumpkin carver Scott Cully sets to work on the 1,810.5 lb World Record holder grown by Chris Stevens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125588299\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Great Pumpkin\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1254\/5125588299_34bea8a41a_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Great Pumpkin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representatives from the Southern New England Giant Pumkin Growers association pose with grower Steve Connolly and pumpkin Carver Scott Cullyl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125589283\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside the Great Pumpkin\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4112\/5125589283_fbb51273fc.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the Great Pumpkin\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew DeBacco from team-pumpkin.org inside Steve Connolly&#39;s 1,674.5 lb pumpkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125588835\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1098\/5125588835_d4df0f398b.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creator of the Great Blaze, Michael Anthony Natiello observes the seed harvesting process of the pumpkin he will be carving today and tomorrow that was grown by Ken Sweet in Michigan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5125588897\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4071\/5125588897_4e6a4a64e8.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first step to harvesting seeds is getting through the foot-thick rind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5126194898\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4125\/5126194898_14c717ce1b.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Pumpkin Seed Harvesting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first step to harvesting seeds is getting through the foot-thick rind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5126194806\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Seeds\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1141\/5126194806_7040ea466c.jpg\" alt=\"The Seeds\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From grower Steve Connolly&#39;s 1,674.5 lb pumpkin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Cully was out at the reflecting pool in front of the Leon Levy Visitor Center bright and early this morning to begin carving Chris Stevens&#8217; World Record-breaking giant 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