Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries. Tuesday, April 16 View Page Tilled the garden today. Added 200 pounds of dried kelp, 200 pounds of humic acid, 36 pounds of gypsum and 40 pounds of ironite. Put the greenhouses up to start warming the soil. 20 yards of cow manure (aged 5+ years) is coming this weekend. I'll start the seeds germinating tonight. 1121Kuhn (1810.5Stevens x 1818.5Bryson), and the 1614Watson (dmg)(est) (1566Rodonis x 1818.5Bryson). I'm staying all New Hampshire! Tuesday, April 16 View Page Gotta love the daffodils. Tuesday, April 16 View Page Looking good. Friday, April 19 View Page Kuhn1121 has germinated and will be put to soil this evening. NHGPGA seed swap tomorrow. Sunday, April 21 View Page My cow manure man showed up at 6:45 this morning with his first load. I spent the day spreading 20 yards of composted manure by hand. I need a tractor! Sore and achey now. I'll till that in with some grub beater on Tuesday. My Kuhn seed is just breaking the soil surface. My Watson seed isn't doing anything, so I got three more from Hiram and they are filed, soaked and awaiting germination. Tuesday, April 23 View Page 1121Kuhn is greening up under the lights. Two of my Watson seeds have germinated and are in the soil. Tuesday, April 30 View Page Soil test results finally came back. pH is low. Potassium is low. I tilled in 200 pounds of lime, 12 pounds of potash, and 5 pounds of Mycorrhiza. I'm having someone come by to power till this weekend, then I'll be ready to plant. Pic of my garden after tilling. Tuesday, April 30 View Page My Royal Star magnolia is in bloom- pretty tree. Tuesday, April 30 View Page 1121Kuhn with first 2 true leaves opening. Ready for the garden this weekend. Tuesday, April 30 View Page Two of the 1614Watson seedlings. I trimmed one. It was way behind. I'll have to pick between the reamining two. Tuesday, April 30 View Page My 17 year old cat got a haircut...isn't she purty!!?? Sasafrass Abagail. Sassy for short. Monday, May 6 View Page Added Grub Beater (merit), tilled a final time and finally got the plants in the ground. No heating cables, but I have heaters to keep them warm at night. Monday, May 6 View Page 1121Kuhn, after a feeding of 2 gallons of 10-50-10. Monday, May 6 View Page 1614Watson. I still have 2 plants going. I'll probable trim the one furthest away within a week. Monday, May 6 View Page Magnolia just opening. Monday, May 6 View Page Pear flowers. Monday, May 6 View Page Cherries in bloom. Monday, May 6 View Page My plum tree is flowering for the first time. Monday, May 6 View Page Peaches...I always seem to have a nice crop of them. Monday, May 6 View Page Tulip in bloom as well. Sorry...I had my camera out and everything is flowering. I love spring. Monday, May 13 View Page Feeding of 10-50-10 to each pumpkin yesterday and dusted with Sevin. Treated with Actinovate a couple of days ago. Frost warning up tonight...heaters don't fail me now. Wednesday, May 15 View Page Frost damage warning is over. My plants did well, but are still just creeping along. Maybe I should have use my soil heating cables, but it's too late now. Soil drench of Subdue Maxx given yesterday. Sunday, May 19 View Page This is my 1121Kuhn plant. You can see some yellowing occurring. I'm pretty sure it's because the soil is too cold. I'll have to buy a new soil thermometer to check the temperature. My plants are still growing, but not as vigorously as I'd like. Feeding of 10-50-10 with a fish and seaweed foliar spraying yesterday, and a soil drench of cygon 2E today (systemic pesticide). Sunday, May 19 View Page My 1614Watson looks healthier and more vigorous. Still not growing quickly, but I think it will when the weather warms up. Sunday, May 19 View Page My clematis is opening up. Sunday, May 19 View Page Wisteria... Sunday, May 19 View Page Double white lilacs, my mother's favorite flowering bush... Sunday, May 19 View Page Lilac again... Friday, May 24 View Page Cold and wet up here in NH. Hardly ideal growing weather. Applied a drenching of Alieete a couple of days ago. I got some Bhut Jolokia seeds today and I'm going to work on germinating them. Can anyone say HOT!!!!! Sunday, May 26 View Page Root Sheild with fish/seaweed drench and 2 gallons of 10-50-10 today. It's cold and wet... Thursday, June 20 View Page I haven't posted for weeks. I've been keeping up on my fertilizing/pesticide/fungicide spraying schedule. The weather has been less than perfect...wet and cold. The growing tip of my Watson plant stopped growing, shriveled up and fell off. I've had to train a secondary as a new main, but this has put me weeks behind. The Kuhn plant is 6-7 feet out, but showing yellowing leaves. I'm hoping this is just a reaction to the cold that will resolve with a much anticipated sunny and warm stretch. Not a promising start to the season but I'll keep plugging away. Pictures this coming weekend. On the brighter side, I'm going skydiving with the kids in 2 1/2 weeks..... OH NO MR. BILL!!!!!!!! Monday, June 24 View Page More disasters. Some critter got into my patch and chewed off the last foot of my 1121Kuhn plant....pumpkin and all! Now instead of pollinating next week, it'll be a few week before I can train a secondary and wait for another pumpkin to form.....arrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!! Monday, June 24 View Page 1121Kuhn just prior to being critter snack food. Monday, June 24 View Page 1614Watson. I'm trying to get the new primary heading in the right direction... all 3 feet of it. Tuesday, June 25 View Page Watson critter damage. Tuesday, June 25 View Page Kuhn critter damage is worse today. I'm losing 10% of my plant a day. I don't see any soil tracks....?crows. Season going down the toilet. On the brighter side, I now have a summer to actual spend doing things with people. I'm going skydiving in about 1 1/2 weeks... Tuesday, July 9 View Page I got nothing! Deer are feasting faster then the plants are growing. Coyote urine and "Deer off" are doing absolutely nothing. Looks like no pumpkins for this year. I'm on the verge of pulling them (what's left of them) and putting down a cover crop. My tattered plants are the size you would expect at the beginning of June, with no pumpkins in sight!!! I need a new hobby. Tuesday, July 9 View Page My new hobby!!!!!