Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 45 Entries. Saturday, February 17 View Page I was terrible about keeping my diary up last year and hope to do better this year. Not pumpkins but green plants. The geraniums at the school greenhouse I help at are looking good.   Sunday, March 10 View Page Greenhouse is filling up   Sunday, March 10 View Page On a pumpkin note I had composted horse manure delivered from a neighbor with Clydesdales   Sunday, April 14 View Page Decided to subsoil my patch’s since my tractor rotor tiller tends to develop a hard pan after repeated use. I think I have enough tractor for the subsoiler :)   Wednesday, June 12 View Page Money saving tip. I use pampas’s grass stems cut to shorter lengths to pin my pumpkins down.   Saturday, June 15 View Page Lots of updating to do. Going to keep it to one entry per day. Yes my plants are behind. Main patch. 2560 Geinger, 2376 Stelts, 2360 Montana, 2350 Geinger, 2245 Andria’s, 393 House, 326 Ritter   Monday, June 17 View Page Row 1 commercial plot 2140 Pritchcord, 2088 Casper’s, 2024 Bongers   Monday, June 17 View Page Row 2 commercial. 1965 Casper’s, 1935.5 Casper’s, 1917 Wolf, 1878.5 Lear   Tuesday, June 18 View Page Row 3 and 4 commercial Row 3. — 1853 Stelts, 1849.5 Adkins, 2803 Hazeltone, 1802 Wolf Row 4 — 1782 Montsma, 1461 Rodenbaugh, 1398 Janowick, 1145 Pritchard   Thursday, June 20 View Page Commercial rows 5 and 6 Row 5 - 1113 Goldfyn, 1080 Moser, 500 Wolf, 403 Wolf Row 6 - 393 House, 905 V/ M, 146 House, 146 House, 284 House Cinderella, 85 Rosquita Cinderella.   Sunday, June 23 View Page Commercial plot 2 Row 1 - 2876.5 Adkins, 393 House, 326 Ritter Row 2 — 171 Hebb Lunga, 284 House Cinderella, 85 Rosquita Cinderella, (2) 18 Rosquita specialty pumpkin, 393 House   Sunday, June 23 View Page Specialty area Assorted tall and giant head sunflowers, giant Amaranth, giant marigolds Long gourds. 140.2 Checkon, 152.45 Yohe   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Bushel gourds (2) 308.5 MacDonald, (2) 320.5 Conally (1) 470.5 Conally   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Watermelon 356 Vial, 253.5 Lindsey   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Giant cucumbers (2) 12.9 Brown, 1 38 Barry Sorry if I’ve gotten some names wrong or misspelled. Can’t read my writing on the flags sometimes   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Misc. 1.18 MacDonsld Giant Pepper, 4.72 Brown Giant Eggplant, 7.28 Young tomato, 7.88 Butler tomato   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Photo for last entry   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Corn Giant white corn, giant ear Indian corn, yellow popcorn, white popcorn, glass gem corn, pod corn   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Misc 1335.5 Butlet squash, 71.6 English cantaloupe, 82 Hebb butternut   Tuesday, June 25 View Page Misc 168.5 House pear gourd, 130 ?AG x Butternut   Tuesday, July 16 View Page These storms need to stop. Around 7 inches of rain from 3 storms in last week. They all had 40-70 mph winds with them. Played havoc with tall corn.   Tuesday, July 16 View Page Worse on popcorn   Tuesday, July 16 View Page Any vines not butted got rolled. Tall sunflowers were broke off and I have a winters worth of work cutting up all the trees that have fallen   Tuesday, July 16 View Page On the brighter side I planted a bunch of different seeds from the seed exchange. Didn’t know this eggplant from the 4.72 Brown was even there until it broke the bucket I planted it in.   Tuesday, July 16 View Page A cucumber on the 12.9 Brown plant with my size 17 shoe next to it.   Tuesday, July 16 View Page A butternut on the 82 Hebb. This one is never going to come close to 82 lbs.   Tuesday, July 30 View Page Even with all the winds tall corn is getting some height.   Wednesday, July 31 View Page 6.0 House 2024 uow eggplant off the 4.72 Brown.   Wednesday, July 31 View Page Another tall corn picture   Wednesday, July 31 View Page Commercial giant   Wednesday, July 31 View Page Another commercial giant   Wednesday, July 31 View Page Giant watermelon. Nothing special but caterers love them to use as fruit bowls.   Monday, August 12 View Page Pulled sheet off and found this. If you are going to have a BES it might as well be a big one.   Friday, August 16 View Page Getting tired of the high winds that come with every rain. Indian and tall corn flattened again   Friday, August 16 View Page Blow giant sunflowers out by the roots.   Thursday, August 29 View Page Sold my first 3 AG’s of the year. 550, 510, 490. 300- 500 pounders are most popular for me.   Friday, August 30 View Page Not as many pumpkins as Andy but I have more weeds. :)   Tuesday, October 15 View Page Freeze tonight so picked squash today. Lots of good eating during the winter months.   Tuesday, October 15 View Page Going to have to cover the pumpkins in the front yard also.   Monday, October 21 View Page A PB on long gourds. Don’t have a exact measurement yet. Have to board it.   Monday, October 21 View Page Giant amaranth around 16 foot tall.   Monday, October 21 View Page Didn’t get many pollinations to stick this year so keeping seeds from only one pumpkin. Small but good color and genetics. 368.5 UOW House 2014. ( 1917 Wolf x 1803 Hazeltone.   Wednesday, October 23 View Page Long gourd measured 115 inches   Wednesday, October 23 View Page Biggest bushel gourd at 229 lbs.   Wednesday, October 23 View Page Another long gourd picture