Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Monday, March 5 View Page Hello all! I stopped by the Normandy Park Pumpkin Patch this afternoon to see how it held up this winter. Then off to city hall to discuss plans for this summer. We reached an agreement grow pumpkins this year. More Atlantic Giants this year the asked. This year I'll have eight plants this year. I tried Big Max for a mid-sized pumpkin and they didn't do too well. Atlantic Giants and Howden are what we'll be growing this season. If any of you have a few extra AG seeds you would like to have tried out. Please send me a note. Thanks! Robert   Monday, March 5 View Page A new year.... Here's the Normandy Park Pumpkin Patch. I was told I can expand to the North. More room for AG's!   Monday, March 5 View Page Here's the picture...   Saturday, March 17 View Page Spent the morning fixing the tiller and finishing up a brisket that had been smoking all night. Finally had a go at the pumpkin patch. This picture is a first pass with the tiller. the far end was seeded with grass and had been undisturbed for two years. Good soil, I'll put two or three AG's down there.   Sunday, April 29 View Page This year's ag's. Thanks to Ron Barker, Ron Hoffman and Jeff Uhlmeyer for the seeds!   Monday, May 21 View Page The AG'S have been planted....   Tuesday, May 22 View Page Here's the picture...   Tuesday, May 22 View Page Here's the 2016 Hoffman 1322   Saturday, June 2 View Page Normandy Park Pumpkin Patch this afternoon...   Saturday, June 2 View Page Here is the Raichart AG...   Saturday, June 2 View Page Here is the 1322 Hoffman   Saturday, June 2 View Page Here is the 1341 Baker   Saturday, June 2 View Page The 1649.5 Ulhmeyer.   Saturday, June 2 View Page And the 1927 Ulhmeyer.... Forecast is for more warm weather next week. These AG's should take off...   Saturday, June 2 View Page Lets try this again...   Saturday, June 2 View Page Last attempt...   Saturday, June 9 View Page What the patch looked like earlier today. I'm not seeing the deep green in the plants as I have in prior years. I'm using Growco this year. The last couple of years has been straight up composted manure. I'll have to find a way to supercharge this soil...   Monday, July 2 View Page Trouble in the pumpkin patch. Is this the notorious flat vine? I have two plants that are doing this. Will they produce? Is there a remedy?   Monday, July 2 View Page Trouble in the pumpkin patch. Is this the notorious flat vine? I have two plants that are doing this. Will they produce? Is there a remedy?   Wednesday, July 11 View Page Normandy Park pumpkin patch.... I've resorted to overhead watering except for the AGs. They continue to get flooded twice a week. Three to five days until pollination occurs...   Tuesday, July 24 View Page Just getting the AG's set this summer. Pollination took place 10 days ago. Here is the Baker 1341.... Looking good.   Tuesday, July 24 View Page And then, these AG's want to grow too fast...... Here is a blow out. Yesterday the stem split. This morning the AG cracked out. Disappointing... Suggestions as to how to keep this from happening. I have other AG's where the stem is splitting...   Saturday, July 28 View Page Weirdness in the pumpkin patch today... Here is a 4 way group of AG's starting out.... suggestions?   Saturday, July 28 View Page This and the next few images are from the Normandy Park Pumpkin Patch today.... Somewhere between a volleyball on the small size and a basketball size on the large size   Saturday, July 28 View Page Here's Baker   Saturday, July 28 View Page And the Hoffman. This one is the largest - basketball size. This is the one going for the big pumpkin this year.   Sunday, August 5 View Page 1927 Ulhmeyer - twice the size of a basketball. Growing nicely. Two weeks later than last year.   Sunday, August 5 View Page 1341 Barker.... Showing good growth. I have two others in the patch that I was unable to access today....   Tuesday, August 7 View Page Put a one foot level on the Ulhmeyer this morning... Also had another blow-out. Same plant as before. However, I have another promising AG lurking in the patch. See next picture   Tuesday, August 7 View Page Here's the mystery AG. Not sure which plant it's attached to.   Monday, August 13 View Page Here's the Uhlmeyer 1927 this morning. Growing well. I'm thinking I'll have to start figuring out how to move it....   Thursday, August 16 View Page And here is the 1927 Uhlmeyer this afternoon. Starting to flatten out a bit...   Thursday, August 16 View Page Here's a weird one. this is from a flat vine plant. The females all bunched up together. I''m letting this grow to see what happens.   Monday, August 20 View Page Here's the big one. I left the level at home. Its starting to put on some color.   Saturday, August 25 View Page Here is the 1927 Uhlmeyer from this morning.... It is getting bigger, so it appears.   Saturday, August 25 View Page This Uhlmeyer appears to be growing and taking on color...   Monday, September 3 View Page Taking on color... growth has slowed with the cooler weather   Monday, September 3 View Page Alternate view. 24 inch level   Monday, September 3 View Page Here's the picture. 24" level   Thursday, October 4 View Page Getting loaded up for the Central Market in Shoreline this Saturday... Much easier getting it loaded this year.   Saturday, October 6 View Page Thanks to all the great help at the Central Market today. I showed up too late to enter the weigh off. They were nice enough to give it a chance on the scale. 692 lbs! Thanks to the Ulhmeyer's for the great seeds. I'll be back up to the patch next week with the tiller and sowing a cover crop.   Wednesday, October 10 View Page Tilled the Normandy Park Pumpkin Patch this evening and planted a pea/clover cover crop. We'll see if that takes. Hoping for a few more warm days before the rains descend.