Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 41 Entries. Monday, January 30 View Page I will not boar growers with non pumpkin stuff this year! Mafia folks, I'll not be able to attend our semminar March 3(bummed). Big dog show in Hot-Lanta! Sunday, February 26 View Page Put in heating cable yesterday, revived the hot house and set it up today. I'll attempt to start an early plant again this year. I hope to have better luck with cables and heat lamp to speed things along! PS, Red Bull is ranked number seven Saint Brenard!!!!! Sunday, February 26 View Page Can't even spell my dogs breed! Saint Bernard! Wednesday, March 28 View Page Turned compost on Saturday, tilled the main patch today. Must get the deep till and lime done this weekend. Hopefully we can tend to the other ammendment needs before the season is too far along, Best to all! Tuesday, April 3 View Page Once again falling behind on Photos! Set out my first of this year, a 289Boyd est.(1036 Slone X 1110 Krause). Various germinations underway. Friday, May 4 View Page Pictures will be coming soon... batteries purchased!!! My 289 Boyd* is out about 2 1/2 feet and looking good. Hoping this one produces an early prize winner! Two weeks behind it is a 216 Boyd* and looking well! Germinated this week a 1476.5 Delatas 11, 1180 Krause 10. For green this year we have a 1132 Vincent- McGill 08 germinated this week. I have two Hoosier melons from my 67 Boyd* already out in the garden. Also germinated this week are four 134 Crosby 05 heavy melons. One is very nice looking plant the others are a bit week. My only Mudd Melon seed failed to germinate:( No dog shows this weekend or next, so I'll be up early with camera in tow. Saturday, May 5 View Page Camera Failier:( We'll drop back 10 and punt! We'll go back on offence tomorrow with another camera! Saturday, May 5 View Page Correction to may 4 entrey, 1180 Krause should be 1184 Krause '10 Sunday, May 6 View Page One of 2 67 Boyd 11 Mt. Hoosiers. Sunday, May 6 View Page Two of 2 67 Mt, Hoosier. Don't know the producer of the 76# mt. hoosier seeds I cllected last year, but it's marked (103 Masterson X open) Thanks :) Sunday, May 6 View Page 289* Boyd 11 is ready to drop down. Right at four feet tonight. Sunday, May 6 View Page The 289 is a F 1110 Krause 10 X M 1036 Slone 10(?) Off to a great start, and hope for an early competitor! Sunday, May 6 View Page Set in dirt today is a nice 1132 V-M 08 Squash. Saturday, May 26 View Page Pollenated 289 Boyd X self, 6 AM, 9.5 feet on main today. Saturday, June 16 View Page 289 Boyd 11 est. 14 days. Plant is badly damaged from roundup overspray. Saturday, June 16 View Page Overall plant, major roundup damage thanks to the neighbor! Saturday, June 16 View Page 289 under the shade. Saturday, June 16 View Page 216 Boyd 11* est. Day 7 Saturday, June 16 View Page 67 Boyd 11 Hoosier Mountain Melon. One of two plants. Saturday, June 16 View Page 1184 Krause 10. Saturday, June 16 View Page Custom shade cover, idea inspired by Lucas Technologies! Two sterilte lids zip tied together! Saturday, June 16 View Page Posted this pic of my rubarb. Any thoughts? Saturday, June 16 View Page At least my glads brighten up the place a little! Saturday, June 16 View Page My two best friends! Red Bull currently number two Grand Champion AKC Saint Brenard! Saturday, June 16 View Page Having a good start to the season, despite roundup damage, and a very busy dog show season. Thrilled to have a seed request from Ben in Australia. I was very slow in getting it sent:( Sorry Ben. Best to all! Sunday, July 1 View Page Baked Potayoe weather. No doubt, I could fry an egg on the blacktop, nut, it's the getting it there before it's cooked! Fourth straight day of 100 - 108 degree temps. Operating without any shade cloth! Makes it hard on the growth. I'll try to get some measurements this evening on the 216 Boyd 11* crossed with the 1476.5 Delatas 11. Monday, July 2 View Page Abortions at 32.4 lbs. should be ILLEGAL!!! No extra kiddie pools to make shade with :( Fierce callenges with this heat and limited budget. Hope the late pollenations will be good enough. Saturday, July 28 View Page Still tring to get a real set on the pumpkins. One at 7days just shy of soccer ball size, and several others. Setting out ice jugs every mornig before work. Have a couple melons of descent size, nothing noteworthy. The skunk cap is getting very tight! Friday, August 3 View Page OK, I think it might be safe to crank up the camera.... I have two sets on the 1476.5 Delatas. Both are on either rear secondaries. One has made it to 20 days today, will measure and photo tomorrow, second one is at 14 days and will must likely die tomorrow <- 216 Boyd est is a beast of a plant having made mockery of the scoarching heat, it consumes 1000 sq. ft. and currently sits with five little sets on it! It will lose three by the end of the weekend<- 1184 Krause'10 had a very rough start but has two sets on it now, none on the adopted main -> A couple of nice melons are coming along very nicely. I may have to study how to measure one of the 135 Crosy'05s' It's imperresive! Monday, August 6 View Page I didn't make it with the tape measurer!I must confess, I lied in ignorance, my dog has not reached Platinum, but he did reach Bronze ( first level of three). Currently stands at number 3 in Grand Champion Points for Saint Bernards! Monday, August 6 View Page 1476.5 Delatas 21 days, Saturday. Paranoid to take any measurement! Monday, August 6 View Page 216 Boyd* X 1476.5 Delatas thirty five or more feet on main. !4 days Saturday. Oh, yeah, the Delatas set is a X self. I have a restart 289 Boyd* that will be Producing females in a week or two. Also a nice set on the 67 Boyd Mt. Hoosier melon! Monday, August 20 View Page I'm down to the 1184 Krause plant with two nice sets on it. Yeaup, I'm gonna leave them both on, all the way to whatever ends there growth. 135 Crosby melon has stopped and will get pulled and weighted on bathroom scale soon. I Hope to Change my out come for next year, provided I get some Financial Aide! The heat was a major factor, but, with out shade cloth up I don't think I'll be able to get a large pumpkin. I 'll have to wait and see if there is anything to take to Bear Wallow. Not looking good at all. Congradulations to all those who suffered through the weeks of brutal 100+ temps and kept anything alive, and hats off to those who actually have a contestant to bring to a weight off! Saturday, September 15 View Page Bear Wallow Day! Enveious of all who have a Pumpkin to bring! I'll bring a nice little melon and a Skunk cap for someone other than me!!! Hope to take a small pumpkin to Allardt, TN in a few weeks... maybe! Wednesday, October 3 View Page Oh, Yeah, my puppy compleyed his platium level of his Grand Championship! Two and one half years old today! Go Big Red Bull! Tuesday, November 13 View Page Finally getting around to posting a few pics of my seasons best! Had it weighed on a certified scale at a nearby crop sevice ( Thanks, Sanders Of Richpond) 368 lbs. 1184 Krause 10 X 1476.5 Delatas 11. Tuesday, November 13 View Page 368 Boyd 12 Tuesday, November 13 View Page We took the 368 for a one day visit to the community my wife had been working, took this small one to decorate the PO with! The local paper was a bit confused1 Tuesday, November 13 View Page I call this The One Man Show! I set up and moved my Pumpkin all by myself! Tuesday, November 13 View Page Just in case you want to see how it's hooked together. 5/8 All thread. Sunday, December 30 View Page Made it to Eukanuba Dog show! If your not interested STOP HERE! Red Bull showed great, placed third, not bad! We're the first ones in the ring. http://www.dogchannel.com/akc-eukanuba-videos/saint-bernard-best-of-breed-video.aspx