Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries. Saturday, February 9 View Page So begins the 2008 year! Good luck everyone! Saturday, April 26 View Page heres a picture of the garden at home im going to plant my best plants in. It is about 60'x 90' and im going to try and plant 9 pumpkins and squash in it Saturday, April 26 View Page these are my best seeds i have to plant this year. I have high hopes of growing a monster this year, and would like to thank all those that helped me out. The seeds i have are the 1178Lovelace(NC record) 1118Greene 1319Greene 344hoffman(grew the WY record) and the 970hoffman(WY record) Saturday, April 26 View Page here are the greenies i am goin to plant this year, there is four i am going to grow, all of them were grown from the 848mackenzie. Saturday, April 26 View Page heres the orange collection im gonna try too they are the 705lovelace 301grande 641andrews and the 510geray Sunday, May 4 View Page heres a look at my babys, cant believe they are one week old already! in order from top to bottom they are(334hoffman)(1319greene)(676lovelace squash)(336grande squash just breaking dirt)(583makarchuk squash only has one leaf)(the biggest and firrst out of the dirt is the 510 gerry)(705lovelace)(975andrews squash)(1178lovelace)(1118greene)(last but not least mr hoffmans state record pumpkin the 970hoffman) Sunday, May 4 View Page these ones dont seem to be comeing up for some reason (301grande)(1175andrews)(641andrews)(997andrews)the only andrews seed i was able to get to sprout was the squash, anyone else have and trouble with and 07andrews seed? Friday, May 16 View Page heres and overlook of the patch my babys have been living outside for about 2 weeks now and seem to be doing good all starting to get their fourth leaf now. Friday, May 16 View Page this is my other garden a mile south of the house, this is where i plant all the vegtables potatoes and squash it is about 110'x 80' Friday, May 16 View Page this is why my garden is here WATER and lots of it! I use a gas powered pump to fill a 1500gallon tank that uses a gravty flow water system that can be regulated to prevent erosion and water loss Friday, May 16 View Page these three i planted today they are all cozy in their cheap homemade shacks the are 1042neuville 1030greene and 873andrews Friday, May 16 View Page here some of my flowers comeing up getting ready to bloom Friday, May 16 View Page 1319 greene Friday, May 16 View Page heres the 1178 lovelace was and ugly seed but is a beautiful little plant now Friday, May 16 View Page 334hoffman Friday, May 16 View Page here the 510gerry this gogetter was the first one out of the pot and is still the biggest i think it is supposed to give some good oragne color so well just have to see what happens Sunday, June 1 View Page a little late posting but may 21-28 we got 7 inches of slow rain that was much needed Tuesday, June 3 View Page heres a look at my new trellis, built it all by myself now just need something to grow on it! Its strong too im 180 lbs and i was able to climb all over it lol Tuesday, June 3 View Page the 1319 greene is looking great and is now the biggest Tuesday, June 3 View Page the 1178 is pluggin along, when it was raining for 8 days my mini greenhouse collapsed and water pooled up and broke one of the leafs off of it but it seems to be recovering fine Tuesday, June 3 View Page 334 hoffman Tuesday, June 3 View Page 510 gerry holding strong Wednesday, June 11 View Page woke up to find that the 1319 1178 334 and 510 all the good plant have been frosted inside their greenhouse, needless to say i am devistated Wednesday, June 11 View Page something is obvioulsy wron with the dates in my diary Wednesday, June 11 View Page absolute terrible weather, highs of 53 lows of 30's snow and hail Friday, August 1 View Page 1319 greene Friday, August 1 View Page check out this beast... i think it is a tripple vine but it doesnt look like it is going to split anythime soon, iv nicknamed it sequoia greg Friday, August 1 View Page 705 lovelace Friday, August 1 View Page 676 lovelace squash, also the best looking plant i have. polinated to self on july29 Friday, August 1 View Page 1118 greene pumpkin on main aborted cut it off, hopeing to polinate next one on main 13' out tomorrow Friday, August 1 View Page 334 hoffman Friday, August 1 View Page 1178 lovelace, this plant is messed up.. main vine is 4' long and decided to stop growing. this pumpkin is set 2' out.. lmao Friday, August 1 View Page a look at my veggie garden Friday, August 1 View Page i dont have much time to spend in my garden so whenevr im not running this thing im in here pulling weeds and running water Friday, August 1 View Page my squash patch.. i have no idea what i have growing in there Friday, August 1 View Page some of our cows admireing my green stuff Friday, August 1 View Page peas are ready to pick Friday, August 1 View Page another look at sequoia greg, this plant amazes me, has enough tendrils to anchor the titanic Sunday, August 3 View Page heres me, im 21 years old and im gonna teach these old coots around here how to grow a pumpkin lol Saturday, August 30 View Page this weather is rediculous Friday, September 12 View Page 705 lovelace 255" day 52 ,1030green 240" day42, 872andrews 228" day 42, 676lovelace squash 205" around day 40 plant takes up 800squ ft Saturday, September 27 View Page 705lovelace tapeing at 415# a pb for me crushing my 155 pumpkin last year that was grown with store seed Saturday, September 27 View Page 676lovelace greenie tapeing at 235" i cant say enough about how impressed by the color shape and vigor of this plant. i would suggest growin this one people! Saturday, September 27 View Page 1030greene est around 300lbs Saturday, September 27 View Page 873andrews tapeing about 250 but i think it and the 1030 are going to go light Saturday, September 27 View Page me and some multi-head sunflowers Friday, October 3 View Page lovelace squash, best looking squash i have so far Thursday, October 16 View Page 872andrews final weight 275lbs Thursday, October 16 View Page 1030greene 244ott est.300lbs Thursday, October 16 View Page wrong numbers on the 1030* actual est. is 259ott 357est Thursday, October 16 View Page 676lovelace squash ott241 est300+ at or above state record great color too Thursday, October 16 View Page 705lovelace ss.81 ee.75 cc.128 285ott 470estimated by far my best more than tripple the size of last years pumpkin. I crossed it with the 510gerry hoping to make a nice colored cross next year Thursday, October 16 View Page an inside look of the 300phipps squash Thursday, October 16 View Page maybe this thing will help save on the catfood bill Friday, October 17 View Page Happy Halloween and a big thanks to everyone for all their help and info and to everyone who gave me seeds. Friday, October 17 View Page Great job to all the growers of 2008 and best of luck in 2009! Friday, November 7 View Page A few varieties i was able to grow from seed i got from Germany! Friday, November 7 View Page bottom Friday, November 7 View Page giant carrots i grew this year, i am going to cover them with sand and put them in the cellar to replant for seed next year