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Friday, January 4 View Page happy new years folks,, our best from last season,,, best to all,, may your new pb's,, increase ,, Sunday, January 27 View Page backfire pit and patch in the back ground, almost gives you spring fever,, lol, but alas,, more snow coning to us tonight,, 2-4 inches Sunday, January 27 View Page the little scorpion-t peppers i have growing,, approx 6 weeks old Sunday, January 27 View Page here's the afternoon shot of the patch,, 6 hours later,, snows all but gone ,, raining big time now ,, snow coming after midnight Saturday, March 30 View Page our brandywine heirlooms tomatoes,, starting to grow good now,, Saturday, March 30 View Page the scorpion trinidad pepper plants are looking nice as well, Saturday, March 30 View Page well got vegie patch tilled over today,, need to get some onion starts and a few other early crops going next weekend ,, can you feel it ,, planting time is near ,, lol Saturday, April 6 View Page well winter was long,, but i did manage to graft a squash plant of my 597 sq*,, its about 2 months old now Saturday, April 6 View Page here's the graft clamp i used ,, seemed to work pretty good ,, plant has grown about a foot the last 2 days,, its getting some sun every day now ,, weather is getting better ,, lol Monday, April 15 View Page west end of vegie patch.. ran tiller thru it again,, need more depth fer the LG trellis.. wife in the background Monday, April 15 View Page small spring compost pile,, lol,, 4 wheel barrels of horse manure,, a bucket of kitchen scraps.. some fertizer,, and grass clippins,, get the brown going ,, use as start fer the rest of season Tuesday, April 16 View Page glad we did some patch work yesterday.. woke up to white nitro,, 2 inches this morning Tuesday, April 16 View Page the garlic patch.. planted in october last fall Tuesday, April 16 View Page look a blossom on the brandywine hierloom mater still in the basement window,, lol,, i'm so ready to get things outside Tuesday, April 16 View Page since we had a snow day.. we did 3 quarts of pickled asparagus.. 2 bottles of mild,, 1 bottle with some serious peppers in it fer our quests,, lol,, should go well in a bloody desert drink Tuesday, April 16 View Page SNOW DAY Thursday, April 25 View Page here is the LG seed selection fer this year,, soaked over night in H2O and H2O2,, in the germ chamber now Thursday, April 25 View Page 4 brandywine mater's in the back,, 4 scorpion trinidad peppers in the fore front, in the hoop,, ok,, so the games are offically open fer us Thursday, April 25 View Page slowly but surely we are getting patch ready.. probably be around 5th or so of may,, before we plant seedlings Thursday, April 25 View Page hoops are up,, a few maters and peppers are out in the lil hoop,, Monday, April 29 View Page here's my squash seed selection,, the 1221 robinson,, and the 1040 van rompeay will seed the germ chamber in a few days ,, ran out of room,, lol,, all three chambers are full as of now , Tuesday, April 30 View Page this is the area fer the 1221 robinson*,, pollinator plant to go in, 10 x 15=150.. just fer fun,, lol Tuesday, April 30 View Page here's the mega on my mater,, see what it does this yr.. early season,, mater .. haha Sunday, May 5 View Page all but the 881 beauchimen have germed Sunday, May 5 View Page all LG,s cept the 129 young are up.. and a few sasha altai maters may start a few more of them today Sunday, May 5 View Page giant maters are doing good .. need to up pot,, them, Tuesday, May 14 View Page LG's in the dirt,, 54 at 7 am,, planted at 9 am was 64,, Tuesday, May 14 View Page all 3 squash plants .. all 9 LG's and all 9 Giant Maters got planted today.. offically.. game time at the saxton residense.. lol Friday, May 17 View Page well got the kins seeds filed, soaking,, will go in soil before dark tonite,, the 1799.5 will be in soil inside the hour,, as per instruction,, lol Friday, May 17 View Page windy, blustery day here gust over 50 mph,, 60's fer the highs next couple days .. Saturday, May 18 View Page the triticale cover crop in side the hoops,, all look like this .. we till them down before we plant seedlings Saturday, May 18 View Page the wifes. 693's in the dirt.. the red hue is from the shade cover ,, trying a little different style this season,, lol Wednesday, May 22 View Page 1799.5 daletas on the left,, 1168 clernix in the center.. 1140 finders on the right, a lil behind on the kins this season,, but greenie's have been in the ground 9 days,, and growing good,, 1789 wallace and 1678 hunt still in the germ chamber,, opened yesterday.. just not quite up Sunday, May 26 View Page the last 3 kin hoops open and tilled .. plants go in tomorrow Sunday, May 26 View Page 93.5 offerman 11 ,, african kettle gourd, put in germ chamber thursday.. opened today,, figured it would take longer ,, the giant pear gourd isnt up yet Monday, May 27 View Page 1001 berard.. growing but slow as are all the plants at the moment 14 days in the hoop Monday, May 27 View Page 903 gaboury Monday, May 27 View Page 996 haist Tuesday, May 28 View Page the saxton patch is complete, kins n squash are growing ,, notice we added a silt construction barrier,, fer wind protection,, seems to be working good so far,, best to all growers ,, the games are upon us now,, lmao,, Tuesday, May 28 View Page pics of the 89 Scherber 10, giant pear gourd didnt work,, next time when in patch,, Friday, May 31 View Page cover crop in between the the hoops.. weed wacked it down today.. spray a good dose of permithrim on top,, will till under tomorrow Friday, May 31 View Page watermelon/fieldkin/marrow area in vegie garden,, damn weeds Friday, May 31 View Page couple of hrs later .. no more weeds ,, sprayed a good dose of imidaclorpid on the top. fer soak,, will finish preps tomorrow,, Friday, May 31 View Page been a busy day Saturday, June 1 View Page almost dun an ran out of gas.. cover crop is tilled under Saturday, June 1 View Page over view of vegie area,, spuds lookin good.. onions a bit slow but growin Saturday, June 1 View Page another busy day in the patch,, but dang it nearly finished and ran plumb out of gas Thursday, June 6 View Page caught the wife tilling.. lol Thursday, June 6 View Page scherber 89 giant pear gourd on the left, offerman 93.5 giant african kettle gourd on the right,, hope these babies take.. would like to see them make full term, Thursday, June 6 View Page the 3 sisters as the old north american natives called them,, corn (no see lee's 1400 yr old corn seeds) beans and squash on the outside,, this is in the front lawn spot,, fer decoration,, and neighbors ask alot of questions but it ,, lol Tuesday, June 11 View Page marrows planted.. carter yellow marrow 60 est,,, 84 wild,, 1st time at growing these ,, will post pics if they grow Tuesday, June 11 View Page the garlic patch Tuesday, June 11 View Page potatoe plants are looking great,, a couple of grey stripe, sunflowers in the background, upper left Tuesday, June 11 View Page early tomatoes.. brandywine's and 2.02 helgessons,, lotsa blossoms on all plants Friday, June 14 View Page planted 91 lyons and 91 strombeck fieldkins this morning Saturday, June 15 View Page planted cucumbers, added more corn,, planted watermelons,, 184 mudd and 154 P sweet.. hope they grow,, Saturday, June 15 View Page been 8 hrs,, melon seedlings shrivelled up,, and didnt make it,,, will try more seeds ,, damnit Sunday, June 16 View Page started more melons seeds today,, see if i can do better this go round Tuesday, June 18 View Page the lg's are starting to look good.. growing again,, cold,, mornings been a lil tough on them Friday, June 21 View Page the stump on the 1140 finders,, critter eaten,, dressed with captan,, 2 days still alive,, and green Tuesday, June 25 View Page 1st off,, I would like to thank,, mr> Tim Pennington,, for allowing us this product, to test in our climate,, been holding off because of high winds the last few days,, followed instructions, spray after sundown, only hit the eater maters tonight, pics will follow,, ,, will hit the competion maters in a few days , so there is no mix ups,, again tim,, thx,, Tuesday, June 25 View Page the ramapo's maters .. also recieved from tim,, they like this area so far,, time will tell, 3 weeks in the dirt, approx, Tuesday, June 25 View Page here's the early plants,, 2 brandywine hierlooms ,, and 2,, 2.2 helgesson mater plants,,i believe they are a big zac,, cross,, ,, never did get any size off the 2.2's,, but hvy fruit growth, nice eating fruits,,so this is 1st install,, will post every 2 weeks or so, thx tim, Sunday, June 30 View Page 996 haist * started vining last week, 4.5 ft as of today Sunday, June 30 View Page 903 gaboury*.. started vining thursday,, go baby go,, she's wanting to come on Sunday, June 30 View Page comp maters.. front to back, ,, 3.93 marley,, 4.46 marley, 3.67 ruegger,, 4.52 ruegger,, 5.03 menting Sunday, June 30 View Page got a quart mixed up and ready to spray as soon as the sun goes down,, on the comp maters, thx tim Monday, July 1 View Page sunflowers on the southeast corner.. id u look close u will the leather straps . i put on them to bring them back upride.. winds had them leaning over at close to 30 degrees,, they seem to be working, Monday, July 1 View Page note to self.. read what u type before hitting submit.. geez. Monday, July 1 View Page kinda looking like we got a foamer ,, starting on the wifes 693,, ground level,, at the right side will watch close next few days ,, post pics ,, if required, Monday, July 1 View Page 1001 berard ,, looking pretty good after the split stump, issue of 2 weeks ago, hope she can keep it up.. Monday, July 1 View Page applied dunkels last nite to comp plants,, this blossom looked folded like a mega ,, but now it open,, i believe ,, just a very nice big blossom,, going to watch close see if a meha comes on,, this is the 4.46 marley plant,, approx 17 inches tall Wednesday, July 3 View Page the spuds are looking great Wednesday, July 3 View Page the tall corn,, not looking to bad Wednesday, July 3 View Page the 60 est carter ,, marrows ,, growing nicely,, Wednesday, July 3 View Page wifes trying to tell me something , i think Friday, July 5 View Page for the first time in 39 days.. we got some rain last night ,, not much,, but it did settle the dust,, brought humidity up as well, 34% this morning,, its been 4 to 11 the last month or so,, feels nice,, Friday, July 5 View Page the 1789 wallace.. decide to grow vine wrong direction,, so been slowly in the afternnon heat moving it into proper place,, today is 5th day at it ,, will be there today,, so vine burying can begin Friday, July 5 View Page 1799.5 daletas.. growing finally.. had a slow start on this plant Friday, July 5 View Page 1140 finders,, slow as well but i believe it was do to stump damage,, nice thick vine Friday, July 5 View Page wifes 693 saxton,, from last year.. this is the 1 we kept,, other had double vine and foaming stump, Sunday, July 7 View Page had a real rain storm move thru this morning .. lasted about 40 minutes,, it felt good ,, some lightning as well, had to shut every thing down,, till it pasted over,, maybe .20 inch,, better than nothing ,, lol Tuesday, July 9 View Page found a real mega blossom on the 4,46 marley,, last 1 aborted ,, heat related most likely, taken precautions with this 1 ,, shade ,, and such Tuesday, July 9 View Page not a great pic .. all but the 1140 finders is at end of frames ,, and covered for protection, 6 to 7 feet now on most,, several females ae there .. Tuesday, July 9 View Page caught the wifey,, pulling weeds .. while i was moving water around,, what a lucky man, i am,, she's in theisfull bore ,, just like me ,, no WR's here this year ,, but we will have a fruit or 2 on the 8 plants we got growing,, Saturday, July 13 View Page the 60 EST Carter marrow plants starting to run Saturday, July 13 View Page lg's finally looking good . left to right 129 young, 113 K Starr, 129 young 40 inches today. not great growth.. but coming on Sunday, July 14 View Page 5 lobe female.. on the 996* haist.. pollinate x self this morning Tuesday, July 16 View Page 1 ofsee, dragonsas,, meetsa , a fatalse, demizee,, thisee dayza.. Saturday, July 20 View Page pollinated the 1799.5 daletas x 996*haist this morning,, was only males available.. 7 feet on main,, nice 4 lobe female,, another about 3 feet out on main,, a week or so out,, hope fer some kin males fer that poll! Wednesday, July 24 View Page due to major,, wind dmg,, we pulled the 996* haist today.. had to let stay 2 day as there was a few males on it that managed to survive,, polled the 1001* berard x 996*.. then culled plant,, Saturday, July 27 View Page the long gourds are growing good,, might be only thing that gets it done here this season,, lol Sunday, July 28 View Page well we finally got a good rain,, last night,, 2.20 inches in 20 minutes and a total of 3.08 overall between 6 pm to 7:10 pm,, was very muddy doing the polls this morning,, but hopeful some good cross',, 1799.5 daletas x 1140 finders,, 1789 wallace x 1779.5 daletas,, 1001 berard* x 903 gaboury*,, 2 more polls mid week,, 1140 finders finally has a female and wife's 693 saxton from last yr,, we're way behind this season,, but hoping fer some good fruits and genetics,, best to all growing ,, that struggling .. never surrender ,, never give up,, till plants dead or not setting fruit,, Monday, August 5 View Page decided to take day off ,, went fishing ,, with nieghbor,, dave in red shirt,, next to me,, very good day.. we all caught limit of 4 fish each.. average wieght was 2.3 lbs each,, all trout,, but a great day Monday, August 5 View Page this is a mess of fish.. all fileted up.. n in the freezer Monday, August 5 View Page best in patch as of today.. approx dap 10/11,, 903 gaboury* x open,,,, 23.25 circ.. ever present picante dingo,, sits in watch Friday, August 9 View Page found this today while doing a few pollinations on a late female lg. Friday, August 9 View Page it has both the male and female on it,, sterile. is my guess,, oddity.. probably.. never seen 1 before Monday, August 19 View Page ok,, the greenies a done fer this yr,, not enuff time to start a new one,, best to all, still growing them,, Tuesday, August 20 View Page was a long work end, went fer a ride,, wild horses,, wow,, getting very rare, Tuesday, August 20 View Page the little 1 on the 4.46 marley,, had to choose 1 to stay Tuesday, August 20 View Page this is the ruegger plant,, 4.59 mater i believe Tuesday, August 20 View Page here's the fruit,, 15.75 inch circ,, not very old,, hang on baby,, keep growing Thursday, August 29 View Page well here's whats left of the saxton patch.. plants look great,, kins are finally coming on,, but nothing great, Thursday, August 29 View Page you may need to look hard,, but this is best lg growing at moment,, 60.5 inches as of last nite,, on the 113 starr plant Thursday, August 29 View Page biggest marrow in patch.. 84 wild x self,, end to end is 33.25 inches,, circ is 16.5 inches,, dont know how to measure these,, so that the ones I took, a little over 3 weeks old Thursday, August 29 View Page that shouls have read 26.5 circ on the marrow,, bad me Saturday, August 31 View Page well the nose was in the dirt,, so it got cut,, new PB fer lg,, 66.75 inches,, cross was 113 starr x 129 young. old pb was 62.5 from last year,, moving up,, lmao Saturday, August 31 View Page blurry pic.. but 66.75 inches Friday, September 6 View Page misshapen marrow off the 60 est carter plant,, according to chart approx 52 lbs,, still got 3 good ones growing thats bigger,, Friday, September 6 View Page this the 693 saxton x 1140 finders,, smallest in patch,, 162 ott,, dap 37 Friday, September 6 View Page 1140 finders x 693 saxton,, 185 ott.. dap 33 Friday, September 6 View Page 1789 wallace x 1799.5 daletas. 234 ott,, dap 40 Friday, September 6 View Page 1799.5 daletas x 1140 finders, dap 40, 241 ott, well thats what we still got growing in kin patch.. maybe better luck next season,, lol Saturday, September 7 View Page the marrow i cut yesterday on scale,, 40.0 lbs, est 52 according to chart Saturday, September 7 View Page marrow still on vine,, est 46 lbs and growing,, we have achieved this years goal, for a 45 lbr Saturday, September 7 View Page lg, 129 young x 113 starr,, still on trellis 79.25 inches this morning Saturday, September 7 View Page the big mater still growing, 20.50 inches Thursday, September 12 View Page got a lil stem stress on the 1799.5 cleaned with bleach water,, adjusted main vine, fer relief.. added a captan paste,, and opened to air fer a bit today, Sunday, September 15 View Page harvested onions today,, on table drying fer 2 days before they get hung up,, 4-5 gallon buckets,, Sunday, September 15 View Page (shorty).. low growing LG.. had to add slant board to get its nose out of the dirt,, 78 inches today Monday, September 16 View Page cut the marrow hadnt grown in 5 days,, Monday, September 16 View Page uow 40.6 lbs,, grown on the 84 wild x self Monday, September 16 View Page certificate stamp on scales at local IFA store Monday, September 16 View Page new PB mater for the wife and I.. 2.98 lbs.. grown on the 4.59 ruegger x self, we are happy Sunday, September 22 View Page marrow off the 60 est carter, quit growing Sunday, September 22 View Page 45.4 lbs,, a new PB again,, lol,, still more to come, as season goes on,, hehe Sunday, September 22 View Page wife with the 1140 x 1779.5, dap 50, ott 238, est 304, very nice colour Sunday, September 22 View Page 1779.5 x 1140, (big-D), cc 169.25 ss 75 ee 81.25 OTT 325.5 EST 770 we measured this twice.. wanted to make sure,, lol, its going to be a new PB for us,, 13 days to weigh off,, hold on baby, hold on,, lol Sunday, September 22 View Page sorry folks we just triple checked numbers,, not to be,, cc was only 129.25,, my bad,, cant do math Sunday, September 29 View Page the only pic we got of the 509 saxton 2013, (1789 wallace x 1799.5 daletas) we sold almost at leaving time.. est 488 on new chart. Friday, October 4 View Page the 1799.5 daletas x 1140 finders, nice colour,, est 298 ott, side view Friday, October 4 View Page stem end Friday, October 4 View Page blossom end, loaded and ready to go to vernal Sunday, October 6 View Page well 627 lbs,, good enuff for 2nd place at the uinta basin land of giants WO,, thanks for a great time ,, Lee,, appreciate all you did out in vernal,, also we won prettiest pumpkin at the show,, wahoo,, and congrats to ralph and juany luab,, 1st place winners, well done you two Sunday, October 13 View Page well here's the marrows, on right 76 saxton 13 dmg, (60 est carter x open),, on the left 55 saxton 13, (84 wild x open) thes was the best, 76 stem split night before we loaded for WO,, hate when that happens,, got seeds out, and drying Friday, November 8 View Page east side of mineral mtn's where i was hunting this last week,, very rugged country Friday, November 8 View Page this is one of the oddist cactus clusters i have ever came upon,, approx 2 feet wide x 3 feet long x 1 foot high,, very strange,, but required a picture to share Friday, November 8 View Page 3 seedling's that literally came out of the 1140 finders x 1799.5 daletas cross.. put in the soil and germ station, all had germed in the fruit, curious to see how they fair fer a few weeks Friday, November 29 View Page meesa gungin to asee thee darksidey Wednesday, December 4 View Page we got 12 inches of snow over night,, sux'd as i had a huge snowdrift in driveway as well, shovelled for 4 hrs to get car out,, winter arrived,, finally, Saturday, December 28 View Page transplanted the seedlings today 597 saxton 12 squash on the left, 634 vanuk x self 509 saxton 13 on right,, 1789 wallce x 1799.5 daletas this is the start of experiments,, hehe Saturday, December 28 View Page the new toy.. 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