Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Thursday, February 14 View Page out looking at the patch with my amendment advisor, too much snowpack to get started.... Friday, March 15 View Page not too much going on yet, coldframe needs a little tweeking log splitter working great Thursday, March 21 View Page not much progress lately the log splitter is still working well Monday, March 25 View Page not much progress yet log splitter still working well Thursday, April 11 View Page not a lot of "pumpkin stuff going on yet here tune up here a tune up there plan on starting in ernest next week why fight mother nature Thursday, April 11 View Page wrong pic on last entry added a '53 jubilee forklift to the ford lineup recently hopefully it'll still be running when pumpkin moving time comes...ironic it;s 60 years old and was built in the year ford was celebrating 25 years of tractor building,,hmmmm plan to get started pumpkin wise next week Thursday, April 11 View Page wet wet wet Friday, August 16 View Page I've had a murphey's law kind of season I was trying to play catch up with this one had various issues along the way upped the water since were starting a dry spell , too much fertilizer and a little blossom end split Friday, August 16 View Page might as well have fun with it Wednesday, August 28 View Page heres a photo of my computer screen hope it's legible Most everything is all set Off site parking mentioned is about 100 yards away for growers bringing a trailer it may be slightly further there will be limited parking in the usual lot on a first come first serve basis. We are really making an effort toward safety and crowd control our main goal is to have minimal vehicles near the scale area, so we have room for spectators and growers away from fork lift traffic We will have the bleachers near the scale again as well If you plan on winning please note the $200 display bonus(may be increased with dinner, goods etc if we get more sponsorship) It's included in 1st place prize. In a nutshell If 1st place unable to display til sunday afternoon the bonus is offered the the next biggest til we have a taker. more details on the rest of our weigh-off as things are firmed up Wednesday, September 11 View Page no records this year, a lot of orange in this patch 8 crosses I cooked up last winter the one in the foreground is 513 vincent x 1468 richards most of rest are based on my 458 tons of 998 genes Monday, October 21 View Page I think she is explaining to me that this is the progeny of crossing the 824 brunst* with 1495 stelts.and that a monster woodchuck ate the 966 haist* we were hoping to pollenate this one with. Monday, October 21 View Page I think she is explaining to me that this is the progeny of crossing the 824 brunst* with 1495 stelts.and that a monster woodchuck ate the 966 haist* we were hoping to pollenate this one with. Friday, November 8 View Page wally's pumpkin getting unloaded for squishing of the squash