Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 1 Entries. Friday, February 27 View Page Welcome to my 2126 Pumpkin diary! My name is Russ Pugh. I'm an old guy who lives in Eugene, Oregon. This is my 25th year growing big pumpkins and my personal best is 2301 pounds. This year I have a need to grow one over 2400 pounds. I also feel like I need to have a year where I get three good ones to the scale, maybe for a total of 6500+ pounds. That would feel good!