Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 30 Entries. Saturday, April 19 View Page What are these guys eating my vines last year? please email me Saturday, April 19 View Page Here is my soil test. patch is only 500 ft2 how do i add that little bit of nitrogen and sulfur. how do i add sodium Friday, April 25 View Page It appears we have penetration :-> the line up is the 1502 Wallace 06 1068 wallace X 1154 checkon 1314.8 Beauchemin 05 500 beauchemin 04 X 898 Knauss 01 1097 Mombert 01 723 Bobier 99 X 866 mombert 95 965 Morthrup 04 810 Dill 99 X 801.5 Stelts The 1502 will get the prime spot. I managed to kill last years 1502, that will not happen again Sunday, June 8 View Page This is very disturbing luckily this is not my prize plant but something is eating the crown, and i need to find out what it is before they get to my 1502 pics of the suspect bug to follow Sunday, June 8 View Page this guy was inside the root cavity with a buddy. I found quite a few millipedes in the dirt, none seemed to be eating my plant Sunday, June 8 View Page last pic of the suspect please email me if you have any idea of what to do to keep this from happening to my other plants Saturday, July 19 View Page our new family members Leeloo and Ruby, Ruby is the darker one Saturday, July 19 View Page another shot Monday, July 21 View Page Holy Cow a 29" Male Monday, July 21 View Page 965 Northrup 15 days old- grown in a small spot just outside our rear patio door. Growing just for some large Jack-o-lanterns Monday, July 21 View Page 1502 "right" this is on a side vine open pollinated about 7-4 about 17 days old we were on vacation so i let it grow.You will see more of this later Monday, July 21 View Page 1097 Mombert. This plant is for Carvers, just like the Northrup. Monday, July 21 View Page 1502 "left" another open pollination on a side vine about July 7 Monday, July 21 View Page Inspired by Mike Frantz here is a shot from the roof of my garden shed. Tomatoes on the left and cucumbers at the back Friday, July 25 View Page a shot through the coop the pvc you see in the coop I hope will be a roost for the chickens Friday, July 25 View Page The girls first time out in the garden Monday, July 28 View Page 1502 problem child, she is an upside down bird bath. I have seen this happen on peoples diaries in the past years and said "how could they let this happen?" "stupid is as stupid does" How does one fix this mistake. CAUTION::: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME all you have to do is keep slack in your vine, dummy Monday, July 28 View Page piece of cake, just dig under and let it down. this is easy, except that you have pumpkin vines everywhere oh yeah and a pumpkin about 150 lbs in the way Monday, July 28 View Page so just dig and put some sand, then let er down. EXCEPT i didnt dig enough so it just landed on the dirt....lol On to Plan B Monday, July 28 View Page 1502 "Right" 57.5ss 56fb 77cc ott190.5 --149 lbs Tuesday, July 29 View Page just get out the saw horses, and ratcheting straps, should be a cake walk HAHAHA, yeah right Tuesday, July 29 View Page yeah easy EXCEPT one of the straps slipped off- shit- only dropped a little- vine and stem still ok Tuesday, July 29 View Page Rigging---note to self...next time don't let there be a next time KEEP SLACK IN THE VINE but if you have to strap one again, use a cross strap so the main ones don't slip off Tuesday, July 29 View Page I was going to set it on this 4X4 with that piece of blue foam but thought better of it Tuesday, July 29 View Page oh yeah, add more protection Tuesday, July 29 View Page now pull straps and slowly rotate pumpkin stem up, fill with sand and release straps. Tuesday, July 29 View Page now bird bath wont hold water Tuesday, July 29 View Page shot from the top Wednesday, July 30 View Page That was fun NOT but i can dig some sand out if i need to reposition in the future Wednesday, July 30 View Page 1502 "Left" 47.5 ss 48.5 fb 68 cc 164 ott 98lbs