Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 17 Entries. Tuesday, January 8 View Page Got the onions potted up. They seem to be doing OK. It's just nice to have something growing this time of year! Tuesday, January 8 View Page These guys are going to be in pots for a long time so I will have to start feeding them at some point. I potted them up in some sifted soil mixed with Psycho Myco. It's a blend of granular compost with kelp and humic and of course some pumpkin pro. Monday, December 23 View Page This year was progressing nicely until we had a fierce storm come thru. it rolled a lot of my vines. The plants recovered nicely but undoubtedly slowed things down. This is my pumpkin on the 1770 Lieber Monday, December 23 View Page We had a crazy heat spell come through in middle of September where the temps got to 100 deg. for 2 days. I lost 2 pumpkins that day most likely to growth surge. This is the pumpkin on the 2009 Wallace Monday, December 23 View Page This is the 2009 going into the compost pile. it was the best grower in the patch once it got growing. A little slow to start but once it got going it could have been a good one. Nice color also It was the pollinator for my 1770 Lieber Monday, December 23 View Page I ended up down to only one pumpkin this year to take to the scales. I'm happy with it. It looks great and has the ide3al shape I look for in a pumpkin. A lot of the flatter pumpkins I saw this year at weigh-offs went light. Monday, December 23 View Page Here's my first try at giant onions. These were 3 lbs. A seedling I started and gave to a friend went 4.5 lbs. Can't wait to try these again next year. Monday, December 23 View Page Here's my pumpkin off the 1770 Lieber on the scale. Wow! 20% heavy. Monday, December 23 View Page A great ending to a season! 1442.5 Matesa 2013 1770.5 Lieber X 2009 Wallace Monday, December 23 View Page 1442.5 Matesa Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest 2013 Monday, December 23 View Page 1442.5 Matesa Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest 2013 Monday, December 23 View Page Time to unload it for display. This always makes me nervous...not sure why? Monday, December 23 View Page Time to open her up. Since it went 20% heavy I was really interested to see what the thickness and density was like. My pruning saw that I have been using all these years, didn't make it through to the cavity. I had a few seed requests early on and so I was hoping for a decent seed count. She ended up having just under 200 seeds. Monday, December 23 View Page The inside was nice. The thickness was unreal! Look at the bottom. it was over 12" thick on the bottom, I've never seen such thickness on the bottom. I was real nervous this year about something chewing its way in through the bottom because I used no sand...Good luck chewing through that.lol Saturday, December 28 View Page A recent post By Marv reminded me about the HP22B peppers I grew this year. Here is one of them. Just Looks evil Saturday, December 28 View Page Another Carolina Reaper. made powder and sauce with these guys this year. A little goes a long way...lol Tuesday, December 31 View Page Happy New Year to all! May you all have a safe and happy New Year and new P.B's in 2014! John Matesa