Charlie and Ben Carbonell of Old Mill Road submitted a giant zucchini and cucumber as the first entries in this year's Garden Game contest. Their mom, Carolyn, attributes their success to good soil, lots of water, and Miracle Gro.
Ben Carbonnel, left, with a 13-inch cucumber, and Charlie Carbonell with a zucchini that measured about 16 ½ inches. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
Charlie Carbonnel, left, watches as his brother Ben measures a very impressive cucumber. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
Do you have what it takes to be a gardener extraordinaire: A perfect tomato? A killer zucchini? Enter it in the Harvard Press weekly garden contest, the Garden Game. Eight categories of vegetables will be judged according to overall appearance as well as size:
- Beets (biggest circumference)
- Broccoli (largest diameter)
- Cabbage (biggest circumference)
- Carrot (longest)
- Cucumber (longest, and biggest circumference)
- Eggplant (biggest circumference)
- Garlic (biggest circumference)
- Onion (biggest circumference)
- Pumpkin (biggest circumference)
- Tomato (biggest circumference)
- Zucchini (longest, and biggest circumference)
Entries must be brought to the Harvard Press office, on the third floor of the General Store, on Mondays by noon. A staff member will measure the entry and photograph it. Winners for the week will be selected and featured in the Garden Game column. The contest ends at the first sign of frost.
Winners get bragging rights (until next year’s contest) and photos of their winning entries in the Press.
Good luck!