Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 20 Entries. Friday, July 11 View Page can't wait till that special day Friday, July 11 View Page I can't wait till that special day. Saturday, July 12 View Page My garden being over run by a giant pumpkin vine Saturday, July 12 View Page here is the main vine just pushing all othre forms of life out of the way. Saturday, July 12 View Page this is the first flower that showed on the main vine about 6 feet out 4 feet from tip i don't think i should pollinate this one but i am getting kind of nervous as this is the only flower near opening. I am going away for 10 days on 19th so little attention will be paid to flowers and vine progress. Saturday, July 12 View Page this is one secondary without a care in the world. attaching to innnocent pea plants. I pretty much let her do whatever she wants in the garden. Monday, July 14 View Page just did some more burying ripped all the spinach in the way and the rhubarb that was shading the plant. Monday, July 14 View Page this little gal will probably open tommorow but I have work for some reason i have no visible males but all is well cuz i probably wont keep her. she is only 5 to 6 feet out so ill just have to wait. Thursday, July 17 View Page well she was open yesterday i opened her up and tried pollinating her in the evening. some kind of mutant though no lobes but one big cluster of small lobe like things like 30 or 40 of them all clustered together. weird... never seen anything like it i should go take a picture though. Thursday, July 17 View Page ya it's a mutant alright 15 lobes. aaahh what the hell lets see if it grows. Thursday, July 17 View Page yah just trying to add more dirt but i still don't have enough. Ill go buy some more manuare from superstore i guess Thursday, July 17 View Page thats a side view just pile on the dirt Thursday, July 17 View Page just racing along on a path headed straight for my old camoro. oh no! ill have to move it soon. Thursday, July 17 View Page Wow almost out of the garden thats 14 ft. not to shabby for my first giant, but ot the last. Wednesday, August 13 View Page noticed some splitting on stem does not look bad . i will keep an eye on it Wednesday, August 13 View Page noticed some splitting on stem does not look bad . i will keep an eye on it Wednesday, August 13 View Page Little Joe here was 37.5c 27ee 27ss 91 ott est 23lb. on day 28. Black Hole Sun on day 13 26inch circumference and gaining fast Saturday, August 16 View Page Black hole sun day 16, 15 days behind little joe, 35c 27ee 27ss 89ott roghly 20lb. nice shape on that one Saturday, August 16 View Page L.J day 31 41-30-30 101ott gaining 3in ott a day compared to 6in ott for B.H.S might end up culling this guy if he doesn't pick up the pace which would be a shame cuz he is 15 days ahead of my only other pumpkin Saturday, August 16 View Page culled this guy last night . he was just stuck at 21 inches for 3 days now