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WATCH: This humongous pumpkin weighs half a ton

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Russian farmer, Andrey Gusev, has grown a pumpkin that weighs 500 kg. He says the secret to growing these gigantic vegetables, is all due to the amount of nourishment and love it receives. The pumpkin is just less than half the weight of the world’s largest pumpkin which weighs 1190,49 kgs according The Guinness World records

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Cranberry and pumpkin seed muesli

30 min Preheat the oven to 160°C and line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Combine the oats, mixed seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries and raw peanuts in a large bowl. Place the honey and apple juice in a saucepan over low heat.