Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 25 Entries. Wednesday, March 21 View Page With the recent weather, my rye has been out of control here. Unfortunately, no matter how much I hate to say it......I'm just not feeling the whole "gardening" thing this year :( Saturday, March 24 View Page All tilled under before the rains came last night. Trying to get in some type of mode here. Monday, April 16 View Page Nice little surprise in the mail today. Guess I don't have a choice wheather Im growing this year or not..... Saturday, April 28 View Page The electric has been turned on. Gonna try to give my only plant about 650-700 sq ft. I'm almost ready, I hope my competitor is also. Friday, May 4 View Page As I stated at the end of last years diary…..Ready to Go Green in 2012. 996 Haist* Like you said Nub, "Game On". Sunday, May 6 View Page Different Shades of Green, in their Halfa$$ed cold frame. 51 Wolf and 267 Edwards Monday, May 14 View Page Not a good start North of Buffalo here. Melons are growing slow. Lost 1 plant already due to hunger. Hopefully this will give some halfa$$ daytime protection, atleast for a couple weeks. Tuesday, May 22 View Page 51 Wolfs Wednesday, May 23 View Page Pulled my first terrible, yellow, wilted looking 996* Nub plant out last Friday and replaced her with the smaller potted backup along with a small dose of calcium nitrate. This one looks "Much" better and she's just starting to vine. Only a few days behind previous years..... Tuesday, May 29 View Page Wolf Plant Sunday, June 10 View Page 996 - It's never an easy year here. Monday, June 11 View Page 51 Plant Tuesday, June 12 View Page I put a trap out this morning......didn't take long. Tuesday, June 19 View Page Loving the heat Monday, June 25 View Page Some agressive vines, some slow growers, and some stunters. What a difference from last year. Friday, July 6 View Page My melon plant is out of control...... Friday, July 6 View Page Unfortunately, 3 polls did not take last week and after searching for almost an hour last night through the thick layers of vines and leafs and 100's of Male Flowers, I could not find 1 single female. I sprayed good with Recover 3-18-18 tonight......I won't give up. Sunday, July 8 View Page 996...Plenty of space to fill in still. Tuesday, July 10 View Page Day 4 - 996 x 1125 Haist, 20 feet out. I don’t think this one took either Paul. I’ll have 1 last attempt about 24 feet out very soon here. Damn these Greenies are fussy….. Sunday, July 15 View Page I got many babies appearing now. They are all open pollinated. This one seems to be the fastest growing and I am guessing about 5-6 days old. Monday, July 16 View Page In the last couple days I have found multiple long thin splits/cracks on the tops of my melon vines. Any ideas what causes this? Dryness? Heat? Normal? Thursday, July 26 View Page Day 27, area should be filled in by next weekend. Monday, September 17 View Page Day 80 for my Squampkin (996 Haist* x 1807.5 Stelts). View from her stump....also a nice view of her tiny stem ;) Thursday, September 27 View Page This picture is just a reminder to all the Growers with Small Gardens anything is possible. 1 day prior to Harvest. Sunday, September 30 View Page I really don’t know what else to say (it still hasn’t sunk in yet), but the sign says it all. I would like to thank Karl Haist and Andy Wolf for all their help/advice and responding to all my “Panicking” emails throughout the entire season (I know I can be a BIG pain in the a$$ guys). Thanks ! 1221.5* Robinson (996* Haist x 1807.5 Stelts)