Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 67 Entries. Monday, April 1 View Page test Sunday, April 21 View Page 1058 foss so far.had tornatic like winds get down in wind break broke couple limbs. Sunday, April 21 View Page 2012 lorson line up thanks justin Sunday, April 28 View Page were a feild pumpkin rotted by my house.these all came up Sunday, April 28 View Page its so much fun when my girly freind from illinois comes down.i always make sure she see the weird side of my southern smalltown. :) Tuesday, April 30 View Page dun gota lil leggy but its gona be buried to the top two leaves. Tuesday, April 30 View Page geuss its growing Sunday, May 12 View Page 1st male on my plant Tuesday, May 14 View Page my frame for shading(mobile home frame i scrapped out).plate glass round bottom for wind break& still let sun threw. Tuesday, May 14 View Page so far i geuss gota couple 2to 3' secondaries 9 10'main.leaves not as big as most yaws.but eh& yeah i need to get that board out from under Sunday, May 19 View Page main vine shot out 3�' in less than 36 hours.these things grow quik.gota lil punkn to.bout 12 foot out.pribli be open day or 2 Monday, May 20 View Page put down sum walk boards.just incase plant takes over the hut.& forgot to grab sum pvc glue so misters didnt get installed Wednesday, May 22 View Page my lil punkin so far Wednesday, May 22 View Page side veiw of punkin Thursday, May 23 View Page so would this be a four lobe? Wednesday, May 29 View Page my pumpkin so far Wednesday, May 29 View Page durok box to keep it cool Wednesday, May 29 View Page rose bush in front of my house.pruning plays a big role in fullness Wednesday, May 29 View Page got my tank&misters set up.just waitng on sum rain Wednesday, May 29 View Page taken length of hut up 22' & running back a foot.well minus a cuople feet from stump to back wall Sunday, June 2 View Page punkin so far.tried to dim pik & was a cloudy day& still looks like its gloing Friday, June 7 View Page vine couple days ago Friday, June 7 View Page blossom end this morning Sunday, June 9 View Page starting to fill out better.end of main is the vine up front hopefully get ag at end to set so i have the rest of the plant backin it up Monday, June 10 View Page well id say that ones dun for. Wednesday, June 12 View Page cut my aborted pumpkin off& a cuople off side vines Thursday, June 13 View Page lets try this again.petals off in four days this time thanks chris& luke. Friday, June 14 View Page havent grown an ag yet.but these plants are sumn else Friday, June 14 View Page not sure if its gona be a mega bloom but looks big Friday, June 14 View Page keeping my fingers crossed Saturday, June 15 View Page sorry if any emails seem unreplied i always answer back but some are not getn back for sum reason. Sunday, June 16 View Page so im watching jack& the giant slayer& all i can think is the germanation rate on that seed& check out that main& stump Thursday, June 20 View Page an ugly 4 lobe decided to pop up on the 1st node on 1st secondary& it done bloomed all its male& females& been cut off at 13' kins bout 1'from stump Friday, June 21 View Page 4.98 lorson 2012 (6.51 meisner Friday, June 21 View Page my lorson line up.were bout 3'when i planted starting to kick back in. Friday, June 21 View Page my biggest bloom so far Friday, June 21 View Page aint that purty.on a second tho Friday, June 21 View Page pollinated with the best male i could find Sunday, June 30 View Page rigged me up a pair of spring loaded scissors on a pvc pole to cut males off with with just walking around edges. Sunday, June 30 View Page thumb trigger Monday, July 1 View Page is that a vine or a stem :) Wednesday, July 3 View Page well my only kin to make it 13 days & compared to most grow rates not to good.its bout 2'from stump on a second.end of main stopped at 30ish feet 2weekes later sum of it leaves yellowed.& end of main is just green& dorment. so gona need to come up with a budget for next year & do things by the book.atleast on one anywayss.i'll always risk on expeirements :) Wednesday, July 3 View Page my porch punkins i cloned off a few terts couple weeks ago.probli putem in the ground & just see. Saturday, July 6 View Page found this one hiding other day seems to be alrite Monday, July 8 View Page my biggest mater so far.i got 5 plants going 1im let double vine & keepn every thing off sept mater in pik.1plant i got 1mater but letn everything grow sept blossoms 1 plant branched out 6 times so i laid 3branches down (3'tall)& buried.the other two are branchy so those maters will go for grandparents to eat Wednesday, July 10 View Page 20 over grown yards in 2� days.time to hug the aircondition& eat some icecream. Friday, July 12 View Page wiped out my neighbors tomatoe plant in one day. Thursday, July 18 View Page well i gota 120 day old pile of rabbit food so far.after end of main met a svb& yellowed out @36'.hit it with 10 gal homebrew fish& epson sprinkled.i just let it go.cut yellow out & killed the svb swarm with a overdose of eight.no svbs& no yellowing in a week.tert have never stopped growin got 8kins going& i aint touching them range any were from baseball size to bowling ball in bout a week 10 days.so that were i stand. Sunday, July 28 View Page well all but stump& 1st secondarie is on a downward spiral from yvd i geuss& vine rot 3'from stump.but a tert of secondarie grew this up over rail & was hangingtill bout soccerball size & set itself down at basketball size& still creeping along.i named here dangleina Sunday, July 28 View Page well this one sorta just blopped up probli between 10 to12 days old.bout size beach ball sorta just a blob that popped up so ill call it blopper.plus the name remind me of the simpson pig.so if it dies it name will remind me offsumn funny Monday, August 19 View Page nooooooooooo!!! i just check on it late last night was fine.came out this a.m.&chunks out of it uuurrrggghhhh!!!!!dagumit it would have made 3# when ripened.2lb15once 4grams Monday, August 19 View Page this came off the same vine as 2lb15o tomato didnt have it in me to cut it was to nice looking.did cut it at 25 % ripe tho Monday, August 19 View Page this one rotted out on vine&didnt get scales till almost 3days tape at 20"cc Monday, August 19 View Page well was pretty down saturday as i trampled over my plant taking down shade structure.note to self AGs grow threw glass plates insted of over sumtimes.largest i got was probli 20-30# &rotted havent tried seeds yet dont think they matured tho.gona try for a later start im thinking next year.might be easeir to get the plant started n july&keep cool let pumpkin set end august.we'll see tho. Wednesday, August 21 View Page gona have to plant maters better next season.found out yard soil 6" deep tilled 3" soil ontop old gravel parking lot.so i planted plants on side&covered rootball.need deeper roots gravel growing aint working Friday, August 23 View Page when the humidity settles on the hillsides.sorta reminds of fog settling on the appachian mnts. Saturday, August 24 View Page well got to get a look at some nice pumpkins &watermelon.could make it to cullman till was closing but it was worth the 5hour round trip for a glimpse.got to meet brotherdave very nice fella.watermelons will be on the growing planner from now on. Thursday, November 7 View Page alrite!!!!gotta a carrot seed to germ in 5� days Thursday, November 7 View Page it was a boring &raining otherday,so i built a carrot growing contraption.peice of plastic gutter rigged up with bolts &blind holders so can be cranked open when growing,2peices over lapping window screen to hold soil ,breathe&stab a water injecter below roots .put ice paks around top to drop soil temp a bit.(didnt turn light till came out ground today).got a vent ready for a humidyfier when gets colder &build case around top.the soil is 5gallon rabbit manure 25#s sand &2small scoops from wood stove.ground&sifted threw a 16th" screen. Thursday, November 7 View Page built a new incubator buried my soil cable in sand &put peice hard plastic.with a desk fan controls temp if needed.tomato seeds up in 3 to 4 days so i geuss its working Tuesday, November 12 View Page remember:cold season is starting and cows seek heat on car hoods.do not forget to tap on the hood to give the cow enough time to get off before you drive away. Friday, November 29 View Page well most folks have a picture of themselves in diarys,helps put a image with words.so there it is. Thursday, December 5 View Page started this from seed oct 15th.nothing but rabbit manure&sand&watered with willow tea&&coontail tea Saturday, December 7 View Page a little project good for kids&grandkids to do.any scraps ply wood same thickness.draw the shapes out, cut knotches same thickness as plywood jigsaw is needed.no nails or screw.the knotches hold it to gether &easy storage or target practice Saturday, December 7 View Page mmmm!!!! deer jerky Friday, December 13 View Page backwoods breakfast fresh doe backstrip&fried eggs over easy Sunday, December 22 View Page that dang bee followed me a hundred yards.i geuss since evereything was dead & i had orange vest on. kept trying to collect pollon off me.