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Monday, February 18 View Page these are some turkeys here Monday, February 18 View Page Hi Lonnie Bourne here good luck to everyone in 08 grow em big Monday, February 18 View Page this is what I will be targeting soon turkey season is coming soon Monday, February 18 View Page here a big one Monday, February 18 View Page I want to grow one this big that would be cool Tuesday, February 19 View Page this is my first turkey I ever shot 16lbs 10 oz Tuesday, February 19 View Page this is the 125 Bourne 07 Tuesday, February 19 View Page these are my kids Kaila and Ryan we are setting up our autumn scene Tuesday, February 19 View Page this is the top 3 at Port Elgin Pumpkinfest Tuesday, February 19 View Page pumpkin heading to the scales EW 283 Tuesday, February 19 View Page Me and the 291 Bourne Tuesday, February 19 View Page this is the bourne clan at Halloween pretty scary kids LOL Tuesday, February 19 View Page jackolanterns on Halloween Tuesday, February 19 View Page I was bored so i am doing some germ testing on last years seeds 291 on the left and the 125 on the right Wednesday, February 20 View Page this is the scariest one LOL Thursday, February 28 View Page this is a pic of my greenhouses I am building for the pumpkins Thursday, February 28 View Page this is the 125 Bourne it is growing quite well for being in a little container, I was bored so I figured what the heck Thursday, February 28 View Page these are some Wild Turkeys in my back yard Thursday, February 28 View Page these are the seeds that i am thinking about growing, I dont know if there is to much of a glare in this pic to see them all, It will be hard to choose from this lineup Monday, March 10 View Page this is Me and Bob Mackenzie at Niagara Monday, March 10 View Page this is the 1400 lb club at Niagara Monday, March 10 View Page this is the 1500 lb club at Niagara Monday, March 10 View Page this is the 1600 lb cub along with Joe Jutras the world record holder Monday, March 10 View Page nice pic of the falls from our room Monday, March 10 View Page sorry this is the 1500 lb club Thursday, April 24 View Page I filed and soaked the 1689 Jutras, 1524 Starr, 1093 Hunt and the 1039 Leonard on april 23rd,soaked for 16 hrs. April 24th I put them in moist paper towels and put them in zip lock bags. I have now got all the seeds on the heating pad, good luck everyone Bourney Saturday, May 3 View Page this is the 1093 Hunt Saturday, May 3 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard Saturday, May 3 View Page this is the 1689 Jutras first plant up Saturday, May 3 View Page this is the 1248 Ford it was a later starter because the 1524 Starr didnt germ so the 1248 is a backup Sunday, May 11 View Page I got my soil test back from A @ L here are the results Tuesday, May 20 View Page this is the 1093 Hunt planted in hoop house may 19 i hope it is ok Tuesday, May 20 View Page this is the 1689 Jutras the first true leaf have pale spots on it can anyone tell me what this is??? Tuesday, May 20 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard I hope it does good Tuesday, May 20 View Page this is the 1248 Ford I am looking foward to seeing what this guy will due good luck Tuesday, May 20 View Page this is the patch and these are my hoop houses Sunday, June 1 View Page this is the 1689 Jutras slow start but is picking up the pace very cold spring here Sunday, June 1 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard it is my best plants so far I hope this one does good Sunday, June 1 View Page this is the 1248 Ford from Mr Ford himself I met him at niagara thanks again Jim Sunday, June 8 View Page this is the 1248 Ford it is doing pretty good but the leaves are wilting a bit. I just took the hoop houses off because of the heat, so I wonder if it was just to hot. I have been giving water everyday now just until soil is moist, I hope I am giving them enough water Sunday, June 8 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard this is my best plant to date but the oters are close. Same problem with the wilting here I think they will be fine now that the hoop houses are off of them. I am building wind barriers as we speak Sunday, June 8 View Page this is the 1689 Jutras up front and the and the 985 Pukos behind. I hate like heck to chop the 985 but I think it will have to go soon. I have the same wilting problem??? Sunday, June 8 View Page to the left is the 1319 Greene and to the right is the 1093 Hunt. The 1093 got hit by frost some how and looked really bad a week ago, but now it is turning on. the 1319 is really starting to turn on. I just dont know which on to cull any info guys?? Saturday, June 14 View Page this is the 1248 Ford it is doing well it is about 3.5-4 ft long now and it is starting to shoot out side vines I hope this one does good Saturday, June 14 View Page tis is the 1039 Leonard this is my best plant I would say we got some hail on sunday so a few of the leaves are damaged but other than that it is good Saturday, June 14 View Page this is the 1689 it is really starting to bulk up I have very high hopes for this one if it doesnt due well my wife will kill me LOL it was $125.00 Saturday, June 14 View Page to the left is the 1319 Greene and to the right is the 1093 Hunt I still cant decide which one to go with here I really want to grow the 1093 Hunt but it needs to start taking off soon I already got rid of the rest of my backups so this is the only decision left good luck everyone Saturday, June 21 View Page this is the 1248 Ford I started to bury side vines it is 7 ft long and it has a female at 6.5 ft to close to the main but in a week it will be out 8 - 10 ft hopefully Saturday, June 21 View Page this is the female on the 1248 Ford Saturday, June 21 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard I really like this plant I hope it does well starting to bury side vine on this plant also Saturday, June 21 View Page this is the 1689 some of the side vines were growing funny so I had to cut some of them off. this plant is really taking off Saturday, June 21 View Page on the left the 1319 Greene and on the right is the 1093 Hunt I just cant decide which on to go with Saturday, June 28 View Page here is the 1248 Ford it has been a good plant so far it is now 10 ft long and has 3 Females 2 of which I had just noticed this morning Saturday, June 28 View Page this is the female on the 1248 Ford excellent position on the vine, there are also 2 new Females I have discovered this morning 1 is at 10 ft and the other is on a side vine Saturday, June 28 View Page here is the 1689 Jutras this thing is going nuts it has put on so much growth this week it is unreal. I hope I get a big one on this guy,we had a big rain fall last night so I dont need to water today Saturday, June 28 View Page this is the 1093 Hunt I decided to cull the 1319 Greene, Sorry buddy I really wanted to grow this one and I also wanted to have 2 US plants and 2 Canadian plants so that is what we got Saturday, June 28 View Page this is our sunflower garden it is doing well we also have caster beans in the east and west ends of this garden.there are 6 varieties of sunflowers here it will really look nice once they all bloom Saturday, June 28 View Page here is my best caster bean plant so far I guess they are suppose to get up to 9 ft at mature age I think they look neat Monday, July 7 View Page this is the 1248 Ford it has 12.5 ft side vines now I will start to terminate the ends as they get out to the desired length. It is 14 ft long it has a female at 12 ft and 14 ft in the tip I hope I can pollinate this week hopefully wednesday. Monday, July 7 View Page this is the female on the 1248 Ford at 12 ft Monday, July 7 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard it is doing well after I lost the main, I trained a side vine to take over as the new main and there is a female at the tip at 15 ft Monday, July 7 View Page this is the 1093 Hunt I have had alot of trouble with this plant, I know it is a good seed but I have had alot of problems this year such as frost and a whole lot of rain in the early spring I hope it takes off soon Monday, July 7 View Page this is my garden in the end closest I have all my field pumpkins squash and watermelons and in the other end are my giant pumpkins.I also have sunflowers down the north and south ends of the garden I have to due a bit of weeding but other than that it is all good Monday, July 7 View Page this is the 1689 I finished burying all the vines tonight I added Mycrohuzal fungi to each leaf node and then buried the vines and gave them a good watering with my new gas powered water pump it works sweet Thursday, July 10 View Page on thursday july 10th I pollinated 7 pumpkins 2 - 1248 Ford one at 12 ft and one at 10 ft one first side vine both 5 lobers pollinated with the 1689 Jutras 4 - 1039 Leonard all 4 were on side vines 2 were pollinated with the 1248 Ford and 2 were pollinated with the 1689 Jutras since then I have cut off 2 of them I now have 3 pumpkins on the main so I will cull the rest on the side vines. 1 - 1689 Jutras 12 ft out I pollinated this one with the 1248 Ford 4 lober. Monday, July 14 View Page this morning I pollinated 1 on the 1689 Jutras 14 ft out I pollinated this one with the 1039 Leonard this one was a 4 lober nice position. I will pollinate 2 more tomorrow morning 1 on the 1039 Leonard and 1 on the 1093 Hunt Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the 1248 Ford I have 2 pumpkins set on this one one at 12 ft and one at 14 ft the one at 12 ft looks a little weird though Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is a better pic of the pumpkins on the 1248 Ford Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the pumpkin that I said looks weird just behind the blossom there is a dry ring around the pumpkin is this normal???? any coments Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard I have 2 pumpkins on side vines that are going to get culled and i pollinated one at 14 ft out on the main this morning Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the 1689 Jutras I have 2 pumpkins set on this plant one is at 10 ft and the other at 12 ft out Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the pumpkin that i pollinated this morning it is 12 ft out and I pollinated it with the 1039 Leonard it was a 5 lober Tuesday, July 15 View Page this is the pumpkin that is at 10 ft on the 1689 it was a 4 lober and I pollinated it with the 1248 Ford nice and round Sunday, July 20 View Page this is my pumpkin on the 1248 Ford this is my first measurements of the year this one measures 32 inches at 10 days Sunday, July 20 View Page ok for some reason my pic of the 1248 didnt come up but here it is Sunday, July 20 View Page this is my pumpkin on the 1689 its 10 day measurements are 25 inches this pumpkin has a perfectly round shape Sunday, July 20 View Page this is my pumpkin on the 1039 Leonard it is on a side vine it measures 32 inches for its 10 day measurement Wednesday, July 30 View Page here is the 1248 Ford on day 20 it measures 176.5 OTT and is 126lbs Wednesday, July 30 View Page here is the 1689 I really like the shape of this one it measures 171 OTT 116 lbs Wednesday, July 30 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard it is at day 20 also it measures 171 OTT 116 LBS this pumpkin is on a side vine Wednesday, July 30 View Page Correction on the 1689 it is 20 days old it measures 167.5 OTT and is 110 LBS Wednesday, July 30 View Page this is Kaila in the sunflower garden the biggest one in the middle is her sunflower. She brought it home from school on earthday Wednesday, July 30 View Page this is Kaila and Ryan in the Sunflower Garden Wednesday, July 30 View Page this Dolphin is getting some serious Air at Marine Land at Niagara Falls we were ther on the weekend Wednesday, July 30 View Page this Killer whale has a baby it was really neat to see these creatures I have never seen them before we had a great time Wednesday, July 30 View Page these Baluga whales were huge the baby already was 1500 lbs also very cool to see Saturday, August 9 View Page here is the 1248 Ford on day 30 247 OTT 325lbs I hope it keeps going I now have a new personal best Saturday, August 9 View Page here is the 1689 Jutras on day 30 226.5 OTT 254 lbs I really like this one Saturday, August 9 View Page here is the 1039 Leonard I like the shape of this one it is also at day 30 230 OTT 265 lbs Saturday, August 9 View Page here is a mammoth russian sunflower head that opened yesterday my sunflowers are not doing as well as last year though Tuesday, August 19 View Page this is the 1248 Ford at day 40 it measured 276 Ott 448 lbs I am happy with this one Tuesday, August 19 View Page this is the 1689 on day 40 this pumpkin is a very nice one it measured 253 OTT 349 lbs Tuesday, August 19 View Page this is the 1039 Leonard I have 2 pumpkins growing on this plant the biggest one is 253 OTT or 349 lbs and the other one measures 237 Ott at 289 lbs my pumpkins have nearly stopped growing I hope they hold on for another 30 days Saturday, September 6 View Page this was my biggest sunflower head at the Petrolia Fair I won third Place Saturday, September 6 View Page this is a blue moon field pumpkin I entered it in Ryans name he got 2nd place Saturday, September 6 View Page thes are 2 field pumpkins I grew the one on the left is an Aladdin and the other one is a Conneticut I got 2nd place for them Saturday, September 6 View Page this is Kailas Sunflower that she brought home from school on earth day it was almost 10 ft tall she got third place Saturday, September 6 View Page this is the 377 Bourne F 1039 Leonard by M 1689 Jutras at the Petrolia Fair I took 1st place but I was the only one with a giant pumpkin also I gave out my email address for free seeds to promote the sport Saturday, September 6 View Page This is Kaila and I in the local paper I thought that was pretty neat Saturday, September 6 View Page this is my good looking side I am retrieving the seeds great seed count at least 1000 seeds Saturday, September 6 View Page this is my 1st 377 lb jackolantern pretty neat hey Saturday, September 6 View Page I figured I would carve this baby tonight because I didnt figure it would last until halloween I really like it it was 7 - 8 inches thick Saturday, September 6 View Page this Pic might be a little bit better Monday, October 6 View Page here is the 559.5 Bourne 1248 Ford by 1689 my Personal Best to Date Monday, October 6 View Page me and the 559.5 Bourne Kaila took the pic pretty good for a 5 year old Monday, October 6 View Page here is Kaila and her 475.5 Bourne she won in the Junior class and was 9th overall on sunday at Port Elgin she won $500 and also won the mystery weight she won herself a lazy boy chair Monday, October 6 View Page here is the turtle pumpkin pretty cool looking Monday, October 6 View Page here is the 475.5 Bourne in the Chevy Monday, October 6 View Page here is Kaila in the LazyBoy she won pretty good day for her and the Bourne Family Monday, October 6 View Page this is Ryan aka Junior on a tractor he really love these machines Monday, October 6 View Page her is Kaila and her pumpkinfest friends Monday, October 6 View Page here is the VW Pumpkin I really like this one Monday, October 6 View Page here is Junior and a tractor he took a liking too it was hard to get him away from this one maybe Santa will be good to him Monday, October 6 View Page here is the pond that I put in for the kids I still have to make the waterfall I dug it all by hand and I was really tired after that Monday, October 6 View Page I have one more fall fair to go to it is in Brigden Ontario I will bring 2 pumpkins to that fair I will enter both of the kids in it Sunday, December 21 View Page here i am with the 559.5 Bourne on Oct 4th my new personal best a bit late with the post camera was broke Sunday, December 21 View Page here is a pic of the 480 Bourne and the pumpkin lifter I made it worked great Sunday, December 21 View Page here is Kaila at The Brigden Fair she won first for the best looking pumpkin and 2nd overall good job honey Sunday, December 21 View Page here I am at the Brigden Fair 480 Bourne to the left and the 475.5 to the right at the back, the pumpkin on the right at the front was grown by my buddy Jesse Powell his weighed in at 411 lbs good job Wednesday, December 24 View Page Here is my pumpkin hat i got from OkieGal thanks alot Deb and merry Xmas Wednesday, December 24 View Page here are some Santa cookies my wife made she is a great wife Merry Xmas to all Wednesday, December 24 View Page here is Bob MacKenzie and his Squash at the pumpkin fest 08 really nice looking hey