Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 24 Entries. Tuesday, June 10 View Page My season is over folks....in a matter of 4 days a woodchuck has distroyed all of my plants. Have a great season. Grow em big. Thursday, June 12 View Page This is what is left of one of my plants Thursday, June 12 View Page here is yet another plant......... Tuesday, June 17 View Page I had been able to spark some nice green growth on the plants, things were certainly looking up..... Last night we had dime sized hail (I guess it's better then the golf ball size they were calling for), 40 mph+ winds, tornado warnings and another inch of rain in a matter of 30 mins...... This is almost feeling like a sure sign to me....he he he I couldn't make this stuff up. Wednesday, June 18 View Page Plants are coming back after giving them a nice organic mix....no....not all nitro....lol Friday, June 20 View Page The battle continues......there I was minding my own business when I saw this huge ground hog try to sneak past me and go into the hole where I thought I removed the last one in the most humane of manners, I promptly ran over and asked him very politely to move to another garden, I did not by any means put a poison gas bomb in his tunnel. This isnt a lie, maybe strectching the truth a little....dang that makes me a ground hog sandbagger... Tuesday, June 24 View Page 1068 Wallace Plant today Tuesday, June 24 View Page 1096 Privitera Plant today Tuesday, June 24 View Page As I was doing a little patch prep I noticed that the woodchuck had got past all of the implements of destruction that I had put into place to deter and/or stop him/her.....this prompted me to sight in the scope on my air rifle while I await my conibear 220.... when low and behold I saw two little new woodchucks, the beast that tore my season apart must have been a mamma, how nice it was for one of them to then pop its head out of its hole as I was looking through my scope at approx. 5 ft away... it gave me the chance to have a heart to heart with it and use my power of persuasion to suggest that it leave.....buh bye.... Wednesday, June 25 View Page Damn it! The damn woodchuck got in again....they like that one spot......no obvious damage...dug a trench and layed another piece of fence in it, moulding it around the inside of the trench and up the fence posts....I dont think Houdini could get through this. oh where oh where is my conibear.... oh where oh where could it be... Saturday, June 28 View Page The conibear works well.....mamma is officially gone....I reset it, hope to give them the family plan. Friday, July 4 View Page July 2nd - 1096 Privitera x 1041 McKie 5 lober 20 ft out 1068 Wallace x 1041 McKie 4 lober 19 ft out July 4th - 1041 McKie x 1068 Wallace 4 lober 17 ft out The 1096 and 1068 fruit have doubled in size since pollination and both are long shaped fruit. Friday, July 18 View Page I would like to thank those of you that suggested getting a conibear 220. Nailed another season buster today!....muhahahahahah! Friday, August 15 View Page One of the early "Big Boys" from Mike Parentys plant. Friday, August 15 View Page Another shot, I picked it before it ripened too much so I could enter it into a Big Mater Contest Saturday, August 16 View Page We finally cut the Big RI tomato today, these are hands down the sweetest (flavor) tomato that I've ever had. I grow several varieties of heirlooms each year, These will be a constant in my garden from here on out. Big thanks go out to Mike Parenty. Thursday, August 21 View Page I harvested 4 more huge maters off the RI plants, one weighing 2.2 lbs and 18 inches in circ and the others between 1.6 -1.8 lbs Saturday, August 23 View Page Todays Harvest from the RI tomato plant Saturday, August 23 View Page She's a big one Saturday, August 23 View Page Yep, she sure is... Sunday, September 14 View Page well a few weeks of luke warm days and cold nights, we had 2 days of rain, 2-3 inches conservatively, we now are supposed to get up to 90 degrees today with a heat index of 99, 72 over night and 80 percent humidity.... I have this uneasy feeling......the sounds of fruit popping......... Fingers are crossed Friday, September 26 View Page Here is a shot of my 1096.5 fruit. It's going to be a rainy weigh off! Friday, September 26 View Page Here is a shot of the 1041 McKie fruit. Sunday, September 28 View Page I had a great time in Cooperstown! The 1096.5 fruit weighed in at 895, the 1041 weighed in at 722.