Firefighter grows Colorado's second-biggest pumpkin in Fort Collins front yard
After months of tending to the ever-growing pumpkin in his Fort Collins front yard, Brad Bledsoe admitted he was nervous as the moment of truth arr...
After months of tending to the ever-growing pumpkin in his Fort Collins front yard, Brad Bledsoe admitted he was nervous as the moment of truth arrived Saturday. The behemoth Atlantic Giant pumpkin — which Bledsoe's wife and daughters named Greta — seemed to be neck-in-neck with another gargantuan pumpkin at Fort Collins Nursery's annual Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off event Saturday. But, after officially clocking in at 1,729 pounds Saturday afternoon, Greta solidly took the crown of the event's biggest pumpkin and the title of second-largest pumpkin ever grown in Colorado.