Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 28 Entries. Monday, April 29 View Page Thanks for the seeds friends! Tuesday, April 30 View Page I worked on cultivating and weeding today. This spring has been much cooler than last year so far. Tuesday, April 30 View Page I worked on cultivating and weeding today. This spring has been much cooler than last year so far. Wednesday, August 21 View Page Here is the beautiful field with a freshly harvested second cut of hay. Wednesday, August 21 View Page There is a lot of moss in the lake. Wednesday, August 21 View Page Here I am gathering about 150 pounds of moss for the pumpkin patch. Wednesday, August 21 View Page Here are some of my rudimentary pumpkin supplies. Today I also spread the rest of this ironite in the broken bag on the patch. Wednesday, August 21 View Page Here is the patch with one load of moss from the lake. Thursday, August 22 View Page There is a lot of horse manure at Circle K Farms. Thursday, August 22 View Page Here is another shot of the horse manure. You can see the little shovel I use to load it in trash bags I haul to the patch in my car. I got about 150 pounds today. Thursday, August 22 View Page Here is a bag of store bought compost and manure. I spread 320 pounds of this on the patch today. Thursday, August 22 View Page Here is what it looks like after the spread fresh horse manure. Thursday, August 22 View Page Here is what it looks like after the spread store bought fully decomposed manure and compost. Thursday, August 22 View Page Lets try that again. Thursday, August 22 View Page And here we go for the second one after I spread the store bought fully decomposed manure and compost. Monday, August 26 View Page I was out in the boat today. I gathered about 100 more pounds of moss. I continue to spread it around the planting area. Wednesday, August 28 View Page I added 150 pounds of horse manure today. Monday, September 2 View Page I added about 150 pounds of horse manure today. Wednesday, September 4 View Page I added about 200 pounds of horse manure today. Wednesday, September 4 View Page I dug up some grass around the planting area this afternoon. Wednesday, September 11 View Page I added about 200 pounds of horse manure today. Thursday, September 12 View Page Last night I mixed the horse manure, store bought finished compost and rotted manure, and lake moss into the soil for two hours with a pick. According to the Morgan County soil survey I grow on Fincastle silt loam. Wednesday, September 18 View Page On September 16th I mixed manure and soil with a pick for two hours. Wednesday, September 25 View Page I cultivated the soil for 7 hours today with my pick. It was nice to run into dark areas of organic matter from previous years. I enjoyed being outside. I saw vultures flying overhead, turkeys walking through the field, lots of insects including a large bee that hovers near the ground, and a cricket frog. The soil is still kind of rough and heavy with some big clods. I plan on adding more organic matter in the upcoming months. I'm trying to get the structure I had when I grew my then Indiana state record 815 pound pumpkin in 1999. Thursday, October 10 View Page I weeded the patch yesterday and spread 3 bales of 3 cubic feet of peat moss into the soil. We had about 3.5 inches of rain last weekend. Wednesday, October 16 View Page I weeded for one hour this afternoon. I see on the National Weather Service climate page the high temperatures in Napa California in August and September averaged about 80F /27C. Wednesday, October 23 View Page Here is what it looked like after I mixed in all the organic matter a few weeks ago. Wednesday, December 18 View Page Here is a look at the garden. We are expecting warmer temperatures and heavy rain this weekend.