Brenda Krauss poses with her 84-pound “Dill’s Atlantic Giant” pumpkin in her Juneau greenhouse on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Krauss started with four plants, and the vines of three took over her greenhouse. After cutting the pumpkin off the vine on Wednesday, Krauss drove the pumpkin to Alaska Marine Lines to have it weighed on a certified scale. <ins>Watch the video below.</ins> (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Brenda Krauss poses with her 84-pound “Dill’s Atlantic Giant” pumpkin in her Juneau greenhouse on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Krauss started with four plants, and the vines of three took over her greenhouse. After cutting the pumpkin off the vine on Wednesday, Krauss drove the pumpkin to Alaska Marine Lines to have it weighed on a certified scale. Watch the video below. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

‘Guerrilla gardener’ in Juneau grows giant greenhouse pumpkin

It was kind of by accident.

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