Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 23 Entries. Friday, January 1 View Page Polarbear plunge oh ya baby. 10th yr. Saturday, January 2 View Page 2010 will be like any normal growing yr I hope. Hopefully my plants wont get dug up/stolen and I wont loose my seeds to water damage.(ARG) Thursday, January 7 View Page Neg 12 last night. I start the yr off in the garden, behind. Mainly becuz of the early snow we got in Nov 2009. Heard it may be 50 by Monday. Sunday, January 10 View Page I talked to a grower from Northern Cali yesterday. It was nice made me feel great. Gave me some motivation and possitive vibes. Thanks Friday, January 22 View Page Snow is melting. Is spring near? Tuesday, February 2 View Page Ground hog day. 6 weeks till I plant potatoes in the garden. This yr I will nearly double the amount of potatoes I will be growing. Still debating on types. Tuesday, February 2 View Page Snow still covers most of the patch, I was hoping to have all the manure laid and tilled by now. In yrs past I could work the patch oh well. Tuesday, February 2 View Page Debating how much radishes and lettuce I will plant. hmmmmm Monday, February 15 View Page We got 4 inches of more snow sat night into sun morning. I am happy to see the snow, but I really hope that the mountains can get alot more snow. We are behind the snowfall average up there. Thats how we get our water, to water the pumpkins. Saturday, February 20 View Page Well were going to put up a fence yaaa. just need to raise the money wich we are doing. Instead of inclosing the garden, We decided to fence in the property and put up a gate with signs. Monday, February 22 View Page well this weekend I got about 6 plus inches of snow at my house making feb snow total to about 13-14 inches and the total this winter so far of 57-58 inches of snow. more than our average for the whole yr. Monday, February 22 View Page I doubt I will be ready to till by march 1st. I always try to till the garden in feb to start working the potato beds. But this snow may still be on there. Oh well glad to see the mositure Monday, March 8 View Page Well I finally was able to till the patch this weekend. First till of the yr. I also started to remove some excess leaves and debris. Monday, March 8 View Page Didn't see many worms when I was tilling. Not sure if I should be worried, but I hope they are just delayed because of the cold weather. Wednesday, May 12 View Page well today we got 2 inches of snow at my house. Luckily the 22 plus tomatoes were in walls of water. Tuesday, June 29 View Page Picked our first ripe tomato. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Thursday, July 1 View Page Garden is doing pretty good. This yr I gave up the pumpkin patch spots to vegies. And hopefully I will be rewarded with a lot of produce. Thursday, July 1 View Page Went out this morning and I can proudly report that I have eggplant, summer sq, and peppers on the plants. Thursday, July 1 View Page My poor Elephant Garlic is struggling. But I have some really nice tall hard neck Garlic. Some taller than 5 ft. yaaa Thursday, July 1 View Page Having picked one ripe tomato(It was planted really early) I do have green tomatoes on the vines. The plants are rebounding from being sick and are starting to look much better. Still watching them.Hoping its not anything to worry. Thursday, December 30 View Page Bring on 2011. I do need advice on what pumpkins to plant. I want heavy pumpkins. Any advice? Friday, December 31 View Page 5 inches snow today. Biggest snow and only snow so far this yr. Friday, December 31 View Page AS I relfect back to this yr. I grew a 179 17percent heavy pumpkin. But our farm did well. We will have 4 acres for 2011 and an area for AG's On this new land I will not miss the theft and vandalism. I am hoping to get a 500 pounder for 2011. I want to thank all those who have given my advice. Thanks.