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Murrayville man grows hundreds of pounds of pumpkins

Mike Nepereny's backyard full of gourds

Mike Nepereny loves growing pumpkins. The former Illinois resident said he thinks the large fruit is more celebrated in the North than in Murrayville, where he has started a pumpkin patch.

0924PUMPKIN 1 — Mike Nepereny loves growing pumpkins. The former Illinois resident said he thinks the large fruit is more celebrated in the North than in Murrayville, where he has started a pumpkin patch.

Mike Nepereny is already planting seeds for his retirement. Pumpkin seeds, to be exact. When the Murrayville resident ends his career as a writer of bank software, he plans on satisfying a lifelong dream and opening a pumpkin patch.