Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 56 Entries. Thursday, April 4 View Page I'm not liking spring much so far. Sunday, April 14 View Page Guess what today is Sunday, April 14 View Page Its patch tilling day Sunday, April 28 View Page Seeds are in the germination chamber Saturday, May 4 View Page patch is coming along slowly due to the cool spring weather Sunday, May 5 View Page Plants are about ready to go. High of 43� today. Hopefully I can get em in patch by mid week. Wednesday, May 22 View Page Rye is coming along nicely. Plants are doing well. 10" of rain in the last 2 weeks. Tuesday, June 4 View Page I think its time to mow the rye Tuesday, June 4 View Page I let it get a bit too tall Tuesday, June 4 View Page All mowed might as well try to till Tuesday, June 4 View Page All mowed now lets try to till Tuesday, June 4 View Page Thick rye doesnt till too well Sunday, June 9 View Page 1725 Harp Sunday, June 9 View Page 1125* Jutras Sunday, June 9 View Page 1676 Daletas Sunday, June 9 View Page 1770 Leiber Sunday, June 9 View Page 1649 Lancaster Saturday, June 29 View Page 1st pollination of the season today. 1649 Lancaster x 1676 Daletas 5 lobe at 13 ft. Then I decided to take a little hike. Saturday, June 29 View Page I went to Mt. Mitchell State Park and hiked part of the Deep Gap/ Mountain Crest Trail which begins just below the summit of Mt. Mitchell. The Hike included hiking the summits of Mt. Craig ( 6645 ft ), Big Tom ( 6562 Ft ), Balsam Cone ( 6611 Ft ), Cattail Peak ( 6583 ft ) Saturday, June 29 View Page Lots of rocks to climb up and down on the trail Saturday, June 29 View Page Some awesome views along the way. Saturday, June 29 View Page more views Saturday, June 29 View Page The trail Saturday, June 29 View Page another view Saturday, June 29 View Page up among the clouds Saturday, June 29 View Page awesome views today and perfect weather Saturday, June 29 View Page here you can see some of the dead trees caused by acid rain and the Balsam Wooly Aphid Saturday, June 29 View Page The rhododendron were still in bloom Saturday, June 29 View Page another view Saturday, June 29 View Page After hiking about 8.5 miles I headed home on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Here is the view of Mt. Mitchell from the Parkway Sunday, June 30 View Page Another pollination today 1770 Lieber x 1725 Harp 5 lobe 12 ft. No hiking today lol Tuesday, July 2 View Page Plants are doing ok with all the rain we have had. A record 18" of rain last month and another 1.6" last nite with showers off and on all day. This is the 1649 Lancaster ( front ) and 1725 Harp (back) Tuesday, July 2 View Page Here is 1770 Leiber (front) 1135* Jutras (back) Thursday, July 4 View Page Todays pollination 1135* Jutras x self 12 ft Thursday, July 4 View Page 12.6 inches of rain since sunday and more on the way. Friday, July 5 View Page Another 2.25" of rain since 4 pm yesterday Woo Hoo Saturday, July 6 View Page pollinated another 1770 x 1725 5 lobe Tuesday, July 9 View Page 1649 Lancaster day 10 28.5" circ. Tuesday, July 9 View Page Two more pollinations today 1725 Harp x 1649 Lancaster 4 lobe at 14 ft. and 1676 Daletas x 1725 Harp 4 lobe at 17 ft. Sunday, July 14 View Page Patch is holding up well despite having over 20" of rain since June 30. Our average yearly rainfall is 55", as of this moring we are at 56" for the year. Pollinations have been tough. I pulled the 1770 today, didn't want to waste anymore time on it. Friday, July 19 View Page 1649 Day 20 74.5 - 53.5 - 50.5 = 178.5 OTT Friday, July 19 View Page 1676 Daletas day 10 23" circ Sunday, July 28 View Page Here a pic for the Mickey Mouse Club. 35" circ. Sunday, July 28 View Page 1676 Daletas 61" circ. Sunday, July 28 View Page 1649 Lancaster 236.5 OTT day 29 Wednesday, August 14 View Page Well its been a challanging season. I have never had such trouble pollinating as I have this year. I have 1 remaining fruit and its growing slow but still looks good. I hope it makes it to the scale. Wednesday, August 14 View Page My lone remaining pumpkin. Sunday, August 25 View Page Frank Mudds big melon at Cullman Sunday, August 25 View Page Frank Mudd after weighing the New Kentucky stat Record watermelon 276 lbs. Congrats Frank Great job Sunday, August 25 View Page Trent Boyd and family after weighing the new Alabama State Record pumpkin at 903 lbs. Congrats awesome job. Monday, September 2 View Page 1649 hanging in there Saturday, September 28 View Page Chris Kent With his 297.1 lb melon a New Tennessee and United States Record Saturday, September 28 View Page 566 lbs of melons in the back of this little car lol Saturday, September 28 View Page We had our best turnout of pumpkins ever this year even with all the crappy weather. Saturday, September 28 View Page Beautiful weather today for our weighoff Saturday, September 28 View Page Here I am with my 830.6 ( 1649 Lancaster x 1676 Daletas ) 14% heavy. A good ending to a very challenging season