Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 268 Entries. Thursday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year, Gulliver here is going to help me grow big. Sunday, January 4 View Page The Jolly Green Giant will also be helping me this year. Tuesday, January 6 View Page I have recruited yet another giant, ogre help. Tuesday, January 6 View Page Paul Bunyan will be there to clear any area I may need. Tuesday, January 6 View Page The Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk will be there. Tuesday, January 6 View Page Jesus will be there over looking everything. Tuesday, January 6 View Page King Kong I'm hoping to have contribute to the manure pile. Tuesday, January 6 View Page Security by clifford the big red dog. Thursday, January 8 View Page In my laboratory/Dungeon today I made seaweed fertilizer. I went to the oriental grocerie store and bought a pound and a half of seaweed, I put it thru a commercial paper shreder I have, I baked it at 200 degrees for ten minutes, I then turned the oven off, the seaweed sat in the oven for 45 minutes, long enough so it turned crumbly. I then crumbled it, put it in a gallon milk jug, poured in a bottle of mollases and filled to top with water. Experiment is under way, with Mr. Whoopie's guidence. Monday, January 12 View Page Bike made of Bones Monday, January 12 View Page Excited about my 1367 Rose x 1314 Beauchemin Tuesday, January 13 View Page Cold Cold Cold, 17- zero, with out the windshield. Wednesday, January 14 View Page Waiting for a 1314 Beauchemin & 1367 Rose from the Canadian Iceman. Wednesday, January 14 View Page A big dog to go with my big pumpkin Wednesday, January 14 View Page The Ten Ton Crock plant from last year wishes me the best this year Wednesday, January 14 View Page As did Two Scales pumpkin from last year Sunday, January 18 View Page Taking forever for spring to get here. Sunday, January 18 View Page Special top secret weapon if all else fails. Thursday, January 22 View Page An extremely ugly dog. Thursday, January 22 View Page And a ugly cat to go with the ugly dog. Monday, January 26 View Page All American Girl. Thursday, January 29 View Page The celestal universe knows what I plan on planning, and is making adjustments. Thursday, January 29 View Page The Celestal universe knows what I plan on growing this year and is making adjustments. Thursday, January 29 View Page From 237 pb to 1690 is a long way butt, stranger things have happened. Thursday, January 29 View Page From 237 pb to 1690 is a long way butt, stranger things have happened. Sunday, February 1 View Page It's me, your seening me, its going to be a great pumpkin growing year. Monday, February 2 View Page Ordered some sea agri today. Wednesday, February 4 View Page Looking forward to spring. My patch will be small, what most growers use for genetics or a test patch. Thursday, February 5 View Page Neighbors cat ate the Dunkel's. Thursday, February 5 View Page I bought some worm castings, Dunkels, superthrive & a garden sprayer today....I might as well start trying on orange jackets for this fall, find the right size,,,,well o'k, probably not,,I want bigger then last year's pb 237. Friday, February 6 View Page Don't no what happened to the seeds that iceman sent, should of been here by now, checked the post office. My pumpkins from my secret Pumpkin patch. Sunday, February 8 View Page Waldo visits and offers encouragement before getting on his way. Monday, February 9 View Page Im working on a cow that sts manure with all the benifits fish emusion. Wednesday, February 11 View Page Not taking any chances this year, I installed one of these's. Wednesday, February 11 View Page I got my ten pounds of sea agri (sea minerals) today. I will test it out on house plants and pumpkin seedlings that I just started. I tasted it, one teaspoon in one gallon of water, it really did'nt taste salty at all. Thursday, February 12 View Page I Like Cheese. Saturday, February 14 View Page It's been a good valentines day, I got a free garden sprayer off freecycle. Sunday, February 15 View Page I tested ou my sea agri-ocean crystals on some seedlings, so far so good, it has'nt efected them, there still growing right along. Monday, February 16 View Page The sea 90/agri has been a total success, it did not efect the seedlings one bit, it helped, exactly what I wanted, all systems go. Monday, February 16 View Page This sea 90 could be quite the catch, does'nt harm the plants like they said salty ocean water would, (as long as I don't over apply it) every mineral thats in the ocean, even gold. Tuesday, February 17 View Page I bought some agro cal phos today at the agro k store today, it is calcium. Wednesday, February 18 View Page "I found it" I bought some urea, great price on it, now to find some potasium. Thursday, February 19 View Page I might alphalpha to help the pumpkins. 3 degrees in mn this morning. Friday, February 20 View Page I got most of my amendments, seeds, just waiting for spring. I had a se3curity guard posted by the seed vault. Monday, February 23 View Page The last seedlings came up with the sea agri sea crystals having no ill efect on them. I doubled the strength and am trying again, they were soaked, throughly watered in sea agri, with a stronger than the regular amount. Tuesday, February 24 View Page I went and got 8 pounds of fish from the fish market today, cut the fish up, filled half way up with water, 1 bottle of mollases, my own home made fish mollases, I plan on drenching with it, along with my homemade seaweed fertilizer. for foliar I plan on buying a small bottle of fish/seaweed from neptunes harvest. (they sell it at a local nursery) the fish I got looked like 7 or 8 pound salmon or trout, they were filleted, so I bought fish heads, tail, bones, with out the meat (fillets) but, there was some meat on them. (fun stuff maynard) Wednesday, February 25 View Page My tomatoes that I planted to early inh the season are growing good. I have never planted tomatoes from seeds before. These are seeds that were givin to me when I ordered the 1689 jutras x 1631 Mckie seeds from Don Langavin. They are giant tomatoe seeds. Thursday, February 26 View Page To reserve my garden plot today. I'm hoping to get the one closest to the water, last year I had to carry 100 gallons 150 feet to water the pumpkins. Friday, February 27 View Page Don't make the pumpkin gods mad! came one step closer to joining the army, had the pysical part of the test to get in today, passed everything. Little tomatoe seeds I planted are still growing. Saturday, February 28 View Page Well I had a idea, why not add tomatoe growing forum to all the forums that are available, Don Langavin, who has written books about giant pumpkins now has giant tomatoe books and seeds available at his site. I am for the first time growing giant tomatoes, I hope to have some giant tomatoes in mid summer. Sunday, March 1 View Page My mycro is here, thanks to the st' croix growers association. I drew this today. Monday, March 2 View Page My pumpkin crosses I plan to do this year, and art work. That is if everything germinates and I have a great year. Monday, March 2 View Page My pumpkin crosses I plan to do this year, and art work. That is if everything germinates and I have a great year. Monday, March 2 View Page My pumpkin crosses I plan to do this year, and art work. That is if everything germinates and I have a great year. Thursday, March 5 View Page I went out and bought a bottle of neptunes harvest fish emulsion/seaweed to be used for foliar feeding, I have my own homemade fish emulsion, seaweed for drenching. Still trying to find potassium, maybe some bat guano. Thursday, March 5 View Page Good news for tomatoe growing enthusiest, bigpumpkins has a tomatoe forum now. Monday, March 9 View Page I ordered 2 pounds of myco from st croix growers association today. Tuesday, March 10 View Page Joined the army reserve today, thumbs up. Wednesday, March 11 View Page Standing Ovation,,I'm excited to. I bought some Potassium Nitrate, I have almost all the amendments I want now. Bravo...three cheers...hip hip horay. Wednesday, March 11 View Page Your royal humble, sir Richard B. has found yet another amendment. Cheesecloth, it will be used to strain some of the mixtures. aplaud clap. O'k, thats actually Sutherland's castle in northern Scotland, my grandma was a Sutherland. Thursday, March 12 View Page Thanks to Auston Rivers for answering my posting request, I will be getting some of his Cherokee long corn and giant & colorful sunflower seeds to plant. Saturday, March 14 View Page Bought some bat guano today, decided to add the bat guano and worm castings together in a 5 gallon container and fill with water. Tuesday, March 17 View Page Happy St'Patrick's Day, from the Byrne, Conlon, Brennen & Gilmore in me. Wednesday, March 18 View Page I got my 2 pounds of myco today, should help me beat my pb of 237. Thursday, March 19 View Page Bought some molasses today (from a farm feed store), 1 dollar a gallon, can't argue with that, it was 3 dollars for a small bottle for the kind you cook with. Thursday, March 19 View Page I just started reading backyard giants, so far it should be called "Wallace's", Backyard Giants, I'm really getting to know the wallaces in these first few pages, good book. Sunday, March 22 View Page Thanks Auston who sent me 4 different kinds of sunflower seeds, and cherokee longear popcorn. Monday, March 23 View Page Looking for a few jala maize corn kernels to plant along side my 16 foot sunflower seeds. Tuesday, March 24 View Page I found some giant corn to plant, I sent a bubble today. Thanks again to Auston in california for the sunflower seeds and cherokee longear popcorn. (Bush ain't all that bad) Thursday, March 26 View Page The Iceman sent me the seed I wanted to plant, the 1367 Rose, it was in a block of ice, but what the heck's a little chiseling, he was nice enough to give it to me. Thursday, March 26 View Page These four frolicing mailman dressed in I don't know what kind of garb delivered my seeds today. Thursday, March 26 View Page Did you hear Mrs. President is having a garden this year at the white house for the first time in like 60 years at the white house. Today I sent her a bubble envelope with giant pumpkin seeds inside, I told her people, kids love them, and encouraged her to start a new tradition...you never know. Wednesday, April 1 View Page I have a 5 gallon container filled with fish emulsion, fish chopped up in water, some mollases, today I strained it, put any undisolved fish in my blender and blended it up put back into container to desolve it even more, I also did that with my 5 gallons of seaweed. Thursday, April 2 View Page I bought a garden claw today off Craigslist, I hope its easier than a shovel for tilling. Tuesday, April 7 View Page I got the SNEGPGA newsletter today. I'm ready to start my pumpkin growing engine. There was also hot house info with diagram, bug pesticide info, Drikus from S. Africa, a interview with Jake VanKooten and more. They have'nt started handing out the 1068 wallaces yet but I'm glad I joined. (joking about the 1068) Wednesday, April 8 View Page I went out and got some soil for a soil test. I know I should of done it in the fall and earlier in the spring, but this should help a little. Thursday, April 9 View Page Thanks to Brian Moore I can plant some Jala Maize corn, I posted a request for 6 or 7 seeds, he sent me alot of corn and many other kinds of seeds. I'm going to have a giant garden, along with longear cherokee popcorn corn. Sunday, April 12 View Page Happy Easter, I had the worlds best carrot cake. Monday, April 13 View Page Today I mixed my home made fish emulsion, seaweed together. First I strained it, I got about 5 gallons of it. Sunday, April 19 View Page My soil test sure does'nt have much info, don't know what else I was suppose to ask for. Any hwlp, advice on what to add would help me out alot, thanks Sunday, April 19 View Page My soil test sure does'nt have much info, don't know what else I was suppose to ask for. Any help, advice on what to add would help me out alot, thanks Wednesday, April 22 View Page bought some peat moss I plan on putting around the planting area. Filed, soaked seeds, sitting in baggie on cable t.v box, also bought some gypsum yesterday. Thursday, April 23 View Page I bought some peat moss & gypsum, the two seeds, filed, soaked, in baggie. Monday, April 27 View Page One seed is breaking thru the soil, shell falling off, the other I peaked at and is on his way up, amazing, last year I had the worst time starting seeds. Wednesday, April 29 View Page My 1314 Beauchemin died,it was a slow starter, it grew a little out of the soil and then it died. I have a 500 Beauchemin replacing it now. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Beauchemin 1314 & 500 did not grow, pollinate, now germinating Connely 1568, the 1367 Rose is doing just fine. dug 7 foot circle, 1=1/2 ft deep, filled with horse manure and compost, added some bone meal, peatmoss, gypsum. Made hoop house, I made up the design, more of a square one. Spread gypsum, fish emulsion, seaweed, mollasses, bat guano, worm casting all over the patch, flipped every foot of the garden with a shovel, now will go over with a garden weasel. Wednesday, May 6 View Page My 1568 is germinationg, I think, I peaked and it looks like it is sprouting, celebratation. Went and got some more manure and compost for corn and sunflowers. I shoveled 500 gallons of dirt out of the garden and went over it with a garden claw (poor mans tiller) spread some worm castings, bat guano, mollasses, fish emulsion,seaweed all over the garden. now toplant corn and sunflowers. Thursday, May 7 View Page small hoop house I made to go along with my genetics=test size pumpkin patch. Thursday, May 7 View Page Another view of hoop house. (square house) Friday, May 8 View Page Smooth Sailing now (I hope) Planted sunflower different kinds, corn, giant, 3 different kinds. Now,just waiting for the 1568 to grow, it has sprouted its first root, now its slowed to a snail, molasses pace. Friday, May 8 View Page Or this, but I think its going to be a good year. Monday, May 11 View Page 1367 is doing fine, 1568 is doing well, closer to being put outside, 340 beauchemin & 1128 beauchemin I started today for pollination. Sunday, May 17 View Page 1367 Rose growing right along. Sunday, May 17 View Page 1568 Connelly starting to take off. Tuesday, May 19 View Page Fed pumpkins, compost tea, later I gave them calcium. Hot, in the 90's, only to windy. Tuesday, May 19 View Page Fed pumpkins, compost tea, later I gave them calcium. Hot, in the 90's, only to windy. Thursday, May 21 View Page Hoping the hoop houses hold out a little longer,weather wind is taring them apart, 43 mile per hour winds. Pollinating plants are growing good. I'm thinking of naming the 1367 wide load. Thursday, May 21 View Page And the 1568 Helicopter transport. Thursday, May 21 View Page Or maybe the 1367 Dills and the 1568 warnock,,,,I took one of the hoop houses down, I built up the walls around it, looks like its sitting in a volcano. The 1568 has a ways to go. Monday, May 25 View Page The 340 Beauchemin (503 Beauchemin x 898 Knauss) 503 is a 898 Knauss remake. All plants are now outside, planted, protected by a wind break. Monday, May 25 View Page Compost tea, 8 cups of mushroom compost with a 1/2 a cup of mollasses, bubbly. Tuesday, May 26 View Page 1128 Beauchemin, growing really good. Tuesday, May 26 View Page Giant sunflower & corn comming up. Tuesday, May 26 View Page 1568 Connelly growing right along. Tuesday, May 26 View Page 1367 Rose growing. Tuesday, May 26 View Page 340 Beauchemin Tuesday, May 26 View Page The whole garden, I know small, genetics, test size. Fed them compost tea today, 5 gallons at 5 to 1 (5 parts water to 1 compost tea equaled out to 5 gallons, everything got well watered. Wednesday, May 27 View Page Added more compost, we needed to fill 3 pots for soil, it was either 3 dollars for a bag of store compost or 12 5 gallon containers that I shovel my self for 3 dollars and 26 cents, I chose the 12 containers and did it myself. Sunday, May 31 View Page Fed plants some miracle grow, its the only thing I have with high phosphorus. Tuesday, June 2 View Page 1568 truckin right along Tuesday, June 2 View Page The leader 1367 Rose. Tuesday, June 2 View Page 340 Beauchemin Tuesday, June 2 View Page 1126 Beauchemin, pollinator plant Tuesday, June 2 View Page Cherokee longhorn popcorn growing. Tuesday, June 2 View Page Giant sunflower, giant corn, giant theme this year. Compost tea & calcium folliar fed also, some leafs are split, holes could be from bugs or wind, maybe to much fertilizer. Has been chilly, no rain. Thursday, June 4 View Page Foliar fed with calcium, some of the leafs don't look healthy, tear easy, some look good. 1367 is laying down its main vine. Friday, June 5 View Page 1568 growing just fine Friday, June 5 View Page 1568, decided to lay back a little on the ferts. Friday, June 5 View Page Main vine on 1367 Rose heading out. Friday, June 5 View Page Another view of 1367 Rose, gave them just a little water today, Minnesota for the month of may has'n had this little water since 1934. Sunday, June 7 View Page Somebody stole my garden claw. hoe, and watering can, I notified the keystone cops, and learned not to get to trustworthy at a public garden site. Plants look good, I can see the main vine on the 1568 Connely and the main on the 1367 Rose is half way to the ground. Monday, June 8 View Page Been cold, rainy, thats a good thing, there has been no rain for the last month. Fed the plants a slurry consisting of, fish emulsion, seaweed, worm castings, bat guano, liquid 10-10-10, miracle grow, sea 90, I watered 3 feet out from the plants, none of it touched the leafs, foliar fed the leafs with calcium, and bought a new watering can, I put alot more holes in the end of the can to make it pour out faster. Picture is a farmer spreading slurry. Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1126 Beauchaemin looking awesome. Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1126 Beauchaemin looking awesome. Going to sprout me some pollinating flowers. Wednesday, June 10 View Page 340 Beauchemin (530 Beauchemin knauss remake x 898 Knauss) pollinater. Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1568 Connely, going to grow me a giant. Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1367 Rose, growing its main vine, half way to the ground. Wednesday, June 10 View Page Indian corn Sunday, June 14 View Page 1367 is 3-4 ft long, 1568 is 1 1/2 feet. amazing what a little sun can do, they really grew. Now I have to learn about flatvine, I'm almost certain I have on on the 1568 Connely. Monday, June 15 View Page Flatvine, more people than not have said it will grow a pumpkin, I'm some how hope it fixes itself. Monday, June 15 View Page Me, using skewers to hold down a vine. Monday, June 15 View Page Sunflower and corn. Monday, June 15 View Page 1367 Rose, just burried the main vine, it is 4ft long or so. Monday, June 15 View Page Cherokee longear popcorn. Monday, June 15 View Page 1568 Connely, no shelter, just wind breaks and skewers to hold them down. Monday, June 15 View Page laying tracks like a locomotive. Monday, June 15 View Page Almost forgot, the 1367 Rose has a pumpkin at 4 feet, a good sign. Tuesday, June 16 View Page Green ferrari with the number 1367 tradin paint with the green 1568 Porsche. Tuesday, June 16 View Page 1568 flatvine, now it looks like it might leave the flat vine and keep growing the way it should. Tuesday, June 16 View Page vine looking the way it should,,its from tradin paint with the 1367, banging into each other. Tuesday, June 16 View Page come on plant, you can do it. Tuesday, June 16 View Page With wind breaks and shish kabob skewers holding them down. Tuesday, June 16 View Page Pumpkinmania. Wednesday, June 17 View Page Looking more like a regular vine, time will tell.....psst I listened closely and the 1568 said to the 1367, flatvine, that was nothing, spit and went back to growing,,I'll call 1568 wr for world record if it makes it thru the flatvine stage if there is such a thing, I hope I just invented it. Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1367 lightening up the garden. Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1367, about 5ft out. Wednesday, June 17 View Page Both giants, these are the pumpkins the giants in the bible, thousands of years ago used to grow for there halloween. Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1568 that started normal, kinked, went flat vine, now looks like it might be returning to a normal main vine. Wednesday, June 17 View Page More of the vine end. Wednesday, June 17 View Page Vine becoming a regular mainvine again. (I hope) Wednesday, June 17 View Page Flatvine....looks like a fireengine ran over it and it continued growing. Wednesday, June 17 View Page On its way to giving birth to a giant pumpkin....were talking 2,000. Wednesday, June 17 View Page Well after feeling the flatvine end, it looks like it is suppose to but it is still flat, I don't know what kind of pumpkin it sprout. Saturday, June 20 View Page Burried vines on 1367 yesterday, growing quite well. 1568 I don't know what to think, it is flatvined, now it is double vined, not much growth in it in the last few days,,it aint over tell its over. Saturday, June 20 View Page 1367 Rose is growing great, 1568 has'nt sprouted those little white roots that grow out under a leaf under the vines. they finnaly get some sun today, 1367 grew 8 inchs last night. 1367 about 1 1/2, burried vines with mycro. The two pollinating plants may be to far behind to grow flowers to pollinate. Saturday, June 20 View Page 1568 1 1/2 inchs not 1367 Saturday, June 20 View Page Well it looks like the cross I make will either be 1367 Rose by itself, pollinated with its own flower or pollinated with 1568 Connely & 1568 Connelly x 1367 Rose, my 2 plants for pollinating are so far behind I don't think they will be around for pollinating. The 1568 is double vined, can you grow two pumpkins on it if it shoots out 2 pumpkins at once. The 1568 is just now starting to get those little white roots under the leaf stems. Saturday, June 27 View Page Been on vacation this week, fog over lake superior. Saturday, June 27 View Page hi falls, pigeon river, grand portage,mn Saturday, June 27 View Page Camp fire Lake Superior Saturday, June 27 View Page gooseberry falls. Saturday, June 27 View Page Waterfall pigeon river, grand portage,mn. Fun little vacation, plants grew alot in three days, spent alot off today burring vines. Saturday, June 27 View Page Kids at the Foshay Tower, downtown mpls,mn, fun week. Sunday, June 28 View Page The Horror....my main vine snapped, it is about 3 inchs wide (flatvine) and it split about a 1/4 inch. Will it take along time to heal up? should I prepare a sidevine. Never move a vine when it is'nt warm, lesson of the year so far. Other than that everything is growing great, I can't keep up with burring the side vines. Monday, June 29 View Page 1367 is growing great, burried vines today, finnaly caught up. 1568 is growing well, except the main flat vine is twisted and now has a cut crack in it. Went out and got a 1/4 more of compost to burry all the vines, still have half of 1568 to go. Its looking like a jungle. Tuesday, June 30 View Page flat vine Tuesday, June 30 View Page 1367Rose 12 ft out. Tuesday, June 30 View Page 340 Beachemin might be around to pollinate the 1128 Beauchemin. Tuesday, June 30 View Page 1128 Beauchemin, could be some great genetics. Tuesday, June 30 View Page View of garden Tuesday, June 30 View Page The Richard B. Jungle Wednesday, July 1 View Page Fed the plants, watered alot for the first time this year, suppose to be sunny tommorrow, plants need it. Friday, July 3 View Page "Pulling, hair out". 1367 Rose that was growing so perfectly, end of main vine at 12ft or so snapped in half, I took it off. Now how to grow on a side vine. &%$#*&#$% Saturday, July 4 View Page Happy 4th of July. Working on training a side vine, and the 1568 with the flat vine to do something, growing slow, might have to work on a side vine with that one also. Sunday, July 5 View Page Its a new season, "season of sidevine grown pumpkins" I still want to get some great crosses out of this season. Monday, July 6 View Page I was thinking...its not all bad..my broken tipped 1367 main is starteing to adapt the side vine as its main, sunflower, one is 7ft. tall, the german sunflower are blooming, cherokee longear popcorn is growing great, Jala maize is growing no speed record but its growing, the 1367 is the best plant I have ever planted (o'k, this is only my 2nd year real serious at this) it has that total christmas tree shape, I have to beat it back it is growing so good, I hope the pumpkin is that way also, 1568 I should have something with dynamite genetics, 340 & 1128 whould also get me some supurb genetics also. Wednesday, July 8 View Page 340 Beauchemin growing, for pollination. Wednesday, July 8 View Page German sunflower, lots of flowers blooming on one plant, first of the sunflowers to bloom. Wednesday, July 8 View Page Murders row, waiting on one of these to grow, they are all about the size of a pea, (better than nothing) the side vine is adapting to the main vine tip breaking off, at least its getting fatter like the main. Wednesday, July 8 View Page The "Flatvine" 3 pumpkins on it, waiting and waiting for them to grow. Wednesday, July 8 View Page 1128 growing, excellent genetics. Thursday, July 9 View Page Sprayed with Sevin, cucumber beetles everywhere. fed plants, waiting for sidevine pumpkins to grow, would go faster if we had sun, and maybe a little rain. Sunday, July 12 View Page Pollinated a 5 lobe on the 1367Rose with a 530 beauchemin. I will probably pull the 1568, no pumpkins, the ones on there abort. It is flatvine also. The other 3 are growing great. Monday, July 13 View Page I mean the 340 Beauchemin (530 Beauchemin.898knauss remake. x 898knauss) Monday, July 13 View Page A pulled flatvined 1368 connely plant, lots of roots. Monday, July 13 View Page pulled plant Monday, July 13 View Page open area (I hope I did'nt mix up the picts) Monday, July 13 View Page 2 pollinated 5 lobe 1367 Rose x 340 Beauchemin. Thursday, July 16 View Page I decided to keep the pollinated one on the 1367, 4th vine down, the converted sidevine into main and after the main tip broke is growing to slow, as of now it is a 1367Rose x 340 Beauchemin. I have one pollinated 8ft out or so on 340 beauchemin, it is growing slow. Both the 340beauchemin and the 1128beauchemin were going to be used only for pollination and than pulled, now they will hopefully have pumpkins. No sun, temp 15 degrees below normal. Saturday, July 18 View Page BEER BREAK, 20 degrees below normal, cloudy,I hope my just pollinated pumpkins live, they have'nt grown much with this weather. Monday, July 20 View Page I was unable to water the plants on a sunny day and one of them, 340 beauchemin had extremely droopy leaves, today it bounced back only the 5 day old pumpkin looks like it is going to abort. The 1367 is growing, I think, 6 days old, the size of a large egg. 1128 will have its first pollination tommorrow or the next day. Better than nothing. Monday, July 27 View Page Ten foot tall sunflowers Monday, July 27 View Page Ten foot tall sunflowers Monday, July 27 View Page One day old. Monday, July 27 View Page 6 days old, #Brouillard09 (1128Beauchemin x 340Beauchemin) I need to beat 237 pounds, last years high. Monday, July 27 View Page Wide open area where once the 1367 Rose & 1556 Connely were, one had a flatvine the other a snapped tip, and a bunch of aborts. The plant I have going now was grown to pollinate one of the plants that got pulled, I'm trying to give it room, moving the main vine around. It was given little room and it is doing great, I planned on pulling it after I pollinated with it, it happened the other way around.,,at this point I'll take anything. Wednesday, July 29 View Page 8 days old Wednesday, July 29 View Page 2 days old Wednesday, July 29 View Page 1 day old. Fed today and water, foliar fed also. Same cross for all 3 1128 Beauchemin x 340 Beauchemin Saturday, August 1 View Page compost drenched and foliar fed plants. Pumpkins on plant are growing, slowly but surely. I went from,wow, I could get a thousand pound pumpkin this year, soil, everything was going good, then, a flatvine, broken tip, aborts, vineborers, now I'm saying, I hope I can harvest some seeds. Tuesday, August 4 View Page The Brouillard09(1128Beauchemin x 340Beauchemin) 15 days cc28 ss22 ee21 = 71 Thursday, August 6 View Page Sprayed with malathion, and captan. Sunflowers look great. C35 S26 E25 85 Saturday, August 8 View Page Multi head sunflower that is growing great, I'm going to try and save some of the seeds without the birds eating the seeds first. Saturday, August 8 View Page Longear cherokee popcorn that is growing great, hopfully it will keep growing and I will get some good corn ears. Saturday, August 8 View Page Can of grizzely chewing tobaco on pumpkin. Saturday, August 8 View Page Another view. I started cutting off a small pumpkin 15ft out, I still have a 2nd on a sidevine. Sunday, August 9 View Page Culled off the pumpkin that was 15 out, for some reason the sidevine pumpkin was growing better than the 15ft one I just culled. Pumpkin is growing right along, I don't want to jinx it. Fed the plant some sea-90, I wanted to make sure the pumpkin had minerals. Monday, August 10 View Page A vine borer that was making mush of my sidevine. Monday, August 10 View Page Day 20 CC46 EE32 SS33 = 111 weight of 37.4 Cut a side vine today also. Tuesday, August 11 View Page Weeded garden, and weeded and weeded. Fed plants, watered, burried vines, wondered why my one pumpkin looks exactly like the one I had last year, it looks like a apple. Still small and growing slow, but I can't complain. Wednesday, August 12 View Page C51 s36 e34 = 121 wt 46.6, 9 pound gain in to days, 4.5 pound gain a day. Thank You Thank You Thank You Friday, August 14 View Page c56 e40 s38 = 134 wt 60.7 gain of 13 inches in two days, 14 pound gain 7 a day up from 4, getting bigger. Saturday, August 15 View Page I took down my wind break fence, watered. I could'nt resist measureing it, C62 E39 S41 = 142 wt of 70.6 thats a ten pound gain overnight, up from 4.5 the lst two days.Thats super good news for me, I have to beat 237. Monday, August 17 View Page c62 e42 s44 total 148 70.6 pounds back down to 4 pounds a day. Tuesday, August 18 View Page yesterdays is suppose to be 78 pounds, today c65 s45 e43 = 153 86 pound total. 8 pound gain since yesterday. Tuesday, August 18 View Page Did you see Don Youngs Photo, Trailers photo, not only did they have giant pumpkins they were drinking beer,,,,could be how they got such big pumpkins. (yeah, right) Tuesday, August 18 View Page This is a 80 pound pumpkin, avg 4-10 pounds a day. Tuesday, August 18 View Page Don Young and Trailor both have giant pumpkins going,,,I think its the beer. Thursday, August 20 View Page 30 days c68 e44 s45=157 92 pounds. Saturday, August 22 View Page C70 E46 S48 = 164 weight of 104, 6 poundws a day for the last two days, don't ask me why it went up from 4 a day, its been cold and rainy. Monday, August 24 View Page C73 E49 S50 = 172 weight of 118, for a 12 pound gain for the last two days. Monday, August 24 View Page Thats 12 pounds each day (thats good for light hitters like me) Wednesday, August 26 View Page C 77 S 61 E 50 = 188 weight of 151, 33 pound gain in two days, 16 1/2 pounds per day. Longear indian cherokee popcorn is getting color. Friday, August 28 View Page creme yellow colored Friday, August 28 View Page Sun reflecting on it. Friday, August 28 View Page Measured wrong, I think I did it right this time. C80 E51 S53 total 184 weight of 142 (it shrunk) Sunday, August 30 View Page Day 40, C82 E53 S55 = 190, weight of 155 Tuesday, September 1 View Page C85 E53 S56 = 194 weight of 164 I planted my giant corn next to my longear cherokee popcorn, now I got giant colored corn, the longear pollinated the giant corn. Tuesday, September 1 View Page GIant sunflower head, 15 1/2 inchs, 12 ft tall Tuesday, September 1 View Page The one on the right is a little smaller but a little taller. Tuesday, September 1 View Page The one on the right is a little smaller but the plant was a little taller. Wednesday, September 2 View Page Some of the cherokee long ear popcorn I grew, the bigger ear of corn on the left is Jala Maize that got pollinated by the cherokee longear popcorn. Thursday, September 3 View Page C87 E54 S57 = 198 weight of 174 Friday, September 4 View Page 175 pound monster Friday, September 4 View Page blossom end Friday, September 4 View Page All bundled up. Should be a awesome cross. 340Beauchemin as of now, 175Brouillard09 1128Beauchemin Saturday, September 5 View Page C88 E57 S55 = 200 for a weight of 179 Monday, September 7 View Page C89 E56 S58 = 203 weight of 187 Fed and watered alot, will foliar feed tonight. Monday, September 7 View Page Should be C89 E57 S58 = 204 weight of 189 Wednesday, September 9 View Page C91 E56 S58 = 205 for a weight of 192 Wednesday, September 9 View Page 50 days. Looks great, I grow small giants. It is aproppriatly named "last chance", 1 of 4 plants (the only one) that did not die from vine borers, flatvine, snaped main vine. was planted in a unprepared soil, was to be used for pollinating. Wednesday, September 9 View Page Here is the picture. Friday, September 11 View Page c92 e57 s59 = 208 for a weight of 200 pounds Sunday, September 13 View Page c93 s58 s 60 = 211 weight of 208 Monday, September 14 View Page c93 e58 s60 = 210 weight of 208 size stayed the same. Wednesday, September 16 View Page Sloed way down. C94 E58 S60 = 212 weight of 211 Saturday, September 19 View Page C94 e58 s60 total 212 for a weight of 211,(give or take a inch or two) I think when I ordered a Dominoes pizza, a couple of the noids seen my pumpkin growing, jumped out and got to work on stopping my pumpkin from growing,,what else could it be. The pumpkin has stopped growing, pumpkin royalty to me. Thursday, October 8 View Page Extreme make over is in the neighborhood..you can volunteer in four hour shifts, you get a t-shirt, and a hat to keep. Thursday, October 8 View Page Season over, starting from scratch here. here is the pumpkin on a winter sled I sled onto a moving cart. Thursday, October 8 View Page My state of the art moving equipment, making my way thru the store. Thursday, October 8 View Page On the scale,,as you can see "weigh pumpkins here". Thursday, October 8 View Page 224 pounds, taped 224 pounds. 224Brouillard (1128Beauchemin x 340Beauchemin) Thursday, October 8 View Page My ramp,,new meaning to tri-pod, I pushed and pulled to get it up and down it. Thursday, October 8 View Page Pahl's nursery, they let me weigh it there. Thursday, October 8 View Page 224Brouillard (1128Beauchemin x 340Beauchemin) Thursday, October 8 View Page Another view of the 224Brouillard (1128Beauchemin x 340Beauchemin) Thursday, October 8 View Page And another view. Thursday, October 8 View Page And yet another view. Thursday, October 8 View Page Waiting to be carved and seeds to be removed. "I did it" Tuesday, October 13 View Page Top of the 224 cut off, 4-5 inch thick. Tuesday, October 13 View Page The top cut out, took alot of cutting. Tuesday, October 13 View Page The very ends of the seeds are whiter than usual, I think that is unusual. Hope its a good omen. Tuesday, October 13 View Page They are white enough for me to notice, don't know what it could mean. Saturday, October 31 View Page Soil test Saturday, October 31 View Page Soil test Saturday, October 31 View Page Soil test Wednesday, November 25 View Page Happy Thanksgiving & thank you to all the people who have sent me seeds. Wednesday, December 30 View Page Happy Holiday's. Here is a picture of my cat "roughrider" he is one of the most playful cats you will ever meet, here he climbed the christmas tree, climbed up and down it, batted around a few ornaments.