Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 78 Entries. Tuesday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year to everyone and may the Lucky number "13" bring everyone a new PB...:) Saturday, January 5 View Page Just a short post to pay hommage to our patch dog Lucky who has passed on. Altough he was not ours and we only spend time with him at our patch, he will be missed dearly. Many many hours we spend togheter. He was there in scorching sun or terrential rain. No matter how grim or how good the situation, all he wanted was to be our friend, play fetch. I dont think i will ever grow again without remembering this wonderfull animal. Rest in peace Lucky, we will miss you dearly..... Saturday, January 19 View Page :) Sunday, January 27 View Page Spent the day in Charleston at the Oyster Fest. The day started off chilly but ended perfet....:) Sunday, February 3 View Page Growing season starts tonight. Homemade starter mix, added some coffee grounds and some egg shells in here too. Tomatoes and Peppers going in. Ment to start last weekend but didn't get a chance. Feels good to have dirt under my nails again :) Saturday, February 9 View Page Spring is in the are along with the smell of some of Nippers Patch Gold. :) Saturday, February 9 View Page We think these guys migrate South for the winter but most of them forget to go back home when it is time leave. Gonna have to start a year round spray program for them. Saturday, February 9 View Page Patch prep is coming along. Down here in the South we have time to grow a SECOND cover crop. So here is our SECOND cover crop tilled under. Plans are this year for 2 pkn, 1 sq, and 1 or 2 melons. :) Saturday, February 9 View Page The 5.07 Boudyo :)5.41Harp x Self Saturday, February 9 View Page rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, Sunday, February 24 View Page Transplanted tomato and peppers into bigger pots. These babies are growing like crazy. After only 4 days in 4inch pots the roots were already expanding out. Seeds were started Feb. 4th. Sunday, March 10 View Page Ok,,,its time to really get started. After tilling in the rye for second time several days ago,,its time to get the plastic down for a month of solarizing. Why? well..we have pathogens that we know will hit us. The solarizing will kill some of the pathoghen and slow down the rate of infection. Wich means that we will have nice big healthy plants before we start to see issues. A good start is essential if we want to grow a personal best. Monday, March 11 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DVz05gqv8g&feature=youtu.be Friday, March 15 View Page Time to transplant the tomato seedlings. Friday, March 15 View Page And this is why. The 7.33 Hunts are some of the most aggresive tomato plants we have grown this early on. Seeing that they are germed and grown next to several other seeds and varieties, its by far superior in leaf growth, root growth and overall appearance. Four of them will hit our patch later on. They look very promising... Friday, March 15 View Page And this is why. The 7.33 Hunts are some of the most aggresive tomato plants we have grown this early on. Seeing that they are germed and grown next to several other seeds and varieties, its by far superior in leaf growth, root growth and overall appearance. Four of them will hit our patch later on. They look very promising... Friday, March 15 View Page And after all is done,,they rest on our balcony. We been harding them off for several days and with 48f for the night,,its time to sleep outside for the first time for our little green friends. Friday, March 15 View Page Bell, Sweet Italian, and Pimento pepper doing well also. No more hot stuff this year. Atleast nothing over 500.000 scoville. (unless we need to make pepper spray or remove paint from old metal) Saturday, March 16 View Page First bass of the year....love it!! Sunday, March 31 View Page Planted peppers and sunflowers into the patch today. It was really windy so had to protect them a bit more then normal. Radishes are coming up and Cauliflower is looking nice also...:) Sunday, March 31 View Page Thanks to my wife we had a wonderful Easter Dinner. She even made the ham look like a pig...lol Sunday, March 31 View Page Spring is here in SC...:) Monday, April 1 View Page Tomatoes are in...:) Sunday, April 7 View Page Temps will go up into the 80's next week...Everything around here is blooming and bees are a buzzzzing... Monday, April 8 View Page Update on our patch, solarizing part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIlsNFvTRxk&feature=youtube_gdata enjoy! Saturday, April 13 View Page First megabloom of the season...:) Saturday, April 13 View Page Heavy carrot,,, Sunday, April 14 View Page Found this Megabloom coming up on the 5.07 Boudyo..:) Saturday, April 20 View Page Solarization of soil is done, amendments are in, almost go time...:) Sunday, April 21 View Page Shade Net up...:) Sunday, April 21 View Page Another view of the Shade Net..:) Wednesday, April 24 View Page 5.07 Boudyo :) Friday, April 26 View Page Ok wind fence is up and this pic shows you what the differance the shade net makes...:) Sunday, April 28 View Page Seeds are soaking. Our season has begun...Planting two this year...Our own 1140 Finders and 1385 Jutras. Back ups are 1140 Finders and 1843.5 Geddes.:) "Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." Hele Keller Sunday, April 28 View Page Heavy Carrot.... Monday, April 29 View Page 5.07 Boudyo :) Monday, April 29 View Page Sunflower and Potatoes... Monday, April 29 View Page Radishes.. Monday, April 29 View Page OOps that wasnt radishes..lol...Here they are..lol Monday, April 29 View Page Cabbage and Califlower... Friday, May 3 View Page Radishes from the garden...:) Monday, May 6 View Page Just like every grandparent that is proud of their grandchild, we are proud to grow the offsping to our 1140 Finders. So far the 1843 Geddes is our most aggressive plant..she is purdy one....:) Plants will go in the ground tomorrow... Tuesday, May 7 View Page Plants are in the ground. Let the fun begin...:) Saturday, May 11 View Page 5.07 Boudyo..pic is of a 1/2 dollar..Come on new PB..:) Saturday, May 18 View Page A double on one of our 7.33 Hunt plants... Saturday, May 18 View Page A megabloom that just took on our other 7.33 Hunt plant... Saturday, May 18 View Page A megabloom that took on our 5.07 Boudyo plant... Friday, May 31 View Page 5.07 Boudyo...:) Sunday, June 2 View Page Just put up the trap two days ago and already 6 in it..yaahooo :) Tuesday, June 4 View Page 5.07 Boudyo....:) Tuesday, June 4 View Page 5.07 Boudyo....:) Thursday, June 6 View Page Tropical storm Andrea has already dumped substantial ammounts of rain on us. Tommorow it will pass thru SC, more rain, more problems. We love growing ;) Friday, June 7 View Page Picked first big mater tonight. It weighed in at exactly 2 pounds off the 7.33 Hunt. The 5.07 Boudyo on the left is still growing..:) Sunday, June 9 View Page Large Sweet Italian Peppers. From Shannons Seed Exchange..:) Sunday, June 9 View Page Heavy Carrot ....:) Thursday, June 13 View Page http://www.pillsbury.com/BakeOff/Voting-Home/Voting-Gallery This is to all my BP Friends... I have made it into the Pillsbury Bake Off Semifinals. Which has been a long time dream of mine. I am pleading for votes so I might have a chance to go to Vegas and compete with others for 1,000,000. I have been trying for 10 years to get into this contest and this is the first time I have made this far. Voting started today and runs for two weeks. 1. You have to sign up for free on Pillsbury first.(It is a great site for recipes and stuff like coupons off Pillsbury products) 2. Then you can vote. "Caf� Mocha Nut Fudge" Thank you for helping my cooking dream come true... Tina Finders http://www.pillsbury.com/BakeOff/SemiFinalist-Recipes/Appetizers-and-Sweets Saturday, June 15 View Page Please take some time to vote for my recipe cause every vote will count because you can only vote one time. Thank You Tina :)http://www.pillsbury.com/BakeOff/Voting-Home/Voting-Gallery Sunday, June 16 View Page We are in the compeitition zone with the 5.07 Boudyo...:) Tuesday, June 18 View Page Large Sweet Italian Peppers. From Shannons Seed Exchange..:) Tuesday, June 18 View Page Marigolds are reaching the 4ft mark..:) Thursday, June 20 View Page And it is official..You are looking at the 4.61 Finders Tomato. It was grown off the 5.07 Boudyo. We were hoping for a 5 pounder but we will take a new PB- Personal Best, and New SC State Record. We would like to thank Fabrice Boudyo for such a great seed. Tina and Frank :) Thursday, June 20 View Page Happy with a new PB...:) Thursday, June 20 View Page The scale inspection certificate...:) Thursday, June 20 View Page TOMATO ON THE VINE weight printout. A $9.17 price in the store but priceless to us for the new PB...:) Saturday, June 22 View Page I'm asking all my BP friends to please post/share this. Voting ends this Thursday. Please vote for me at http://www.pillsbury.com/bakeoff/?WT.mc_id=vanityurl_web_bakeoff&esrc=607. Only 34 with the highest votes get to move onto Vegas and compete for the $1 MILLION DOLLARS. "Caf� Mocha Nut Fudge"...Thank You Tina Wednesday, June 26 View Page Large Sweet Italian Peppers. From Shannons Seed Exchange..:) Friday, July 5 View Page WEATHER ALERT: National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood WARNING for Eastern Lexington County until 11PM. Heavy rain along with excessive runoff will cause flooding on many area streets. Water depth may be too great to cross in some areas. This pretty sums up our growing season so far..pfff Tuesday, July 9 View Page rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, Tuesday, July 9 View Page rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, Tuesday, July 9 View Page tropical storm coming,, Tuesday, July 9 View Page more rain,,, Sunday, July 14 View Page Plain and simple this Pumpkin growing season here in SC has sucked... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVIM1w2QTaE&feature=youtu.be Tuesday, July 30 View Page Season over for us. Best of luck to all that are still in the game..:) Thursday, August 8 View Page Well gonna give it another shot at the maters. This plant was grown from a clipping off the 5.07 Boudyo plant that produced our 4.61 Finders from this season. :) Thursday, August 8 View Page Here are some little buds coming up already on it. Looks like a double under that single but too small to really tell :) Thursday, August 8 View Page Heavy Carrot...Still putting out new growth each day...:) Saturday, November 16 View Page Heavy Carrot is still putin out new green growth. The pics show a 3 month differance in growth. The carrot has been growing now for 7 months. The WR Carrot grew for 14 months..:) Saturday, December 14 View Page Heavy Carrot is now 8 months old. I just measured it and since the temps outside have gone down it has started growing. It has grown 1 1/2 inches in one month, it is now 8 1/2 inches around at the top. And look real close, now I've never grown one of these before but hoping that tiny little thing startin to poke out is another carrot starting to grow and wrap around the other one. I know from pictures of the Heavy Carrots they look like several carrots fused into one. So keepin fingers crossed that this is the start of that on this one. If anyone knows about these Heavy Carrots please email me and let me know if that is the start of the wrap around I see in pictures. [email protected]