Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 40 Entries. Sunday, March 25 View Page It's been a few years since I kept a diary. Life got busy. I plan to work hard and get a PR this year. Since I've never gotten one to the scale my PR is going to be easy to beat. This is my pumpkin from 2014 around 580 pound Sunday, March 25 View Page 2015 was a new home and unknown ground. Sunday, March 25 View Page 2015 Sunflower Sunday, March 25 View Page 2016 Sunflower Sunday, March 25 View Page 2016 patch beauties. I am a lucky man Sunday, March 25 View Page 2016 Big guy around 600-650 pound Sunday, March 25 View Page Rum. Enough said. Sunday, March 25 View Page Zero pumpkins in 2017. My patch got hit by a small torando in July. I spent the fall cleaning up critters Sunday, March 25 View Page 2nd one for 2018 Sunday, March 25 View Page 2018 patch green and ready to go.. or should I say grow. Saturday, April 14 View Page I hit a large rock with my sub-soiler and broke part of my 3 point. Sunday, April 15 View Page Leaf compost to be added to my patch. Monday, April 16 View Page My 2018 seed are ready to for my germination station it's an egg incubator I bought on Ebay for around $25. Seeds started are 1587 Caspers, 1512 Parks, 1546 Shenoha, 1044 Gansert, 621 Gansert, 816 Gansert, and the 1374.5 Rea. Monday, April 16 View Page Running and warmed to 30c or 86F Thursday, April 19 View Page All seeds are in the pots. Sunday, April 29 View Page All the plants are looking good. It snowed today. I will keep them inside for a few more days. Monday, April 30 View Page My little helper Tuesday, May 1 View Page All plants are in the ground. Let the battle begin Tuesday, May 15 View Page Hoops and wind protection Friday, May 25 View Page I added an additional layer to my wind fencing. Hopefully it works. The wind did me in last season. Sunday, May 27 View Page 621 Gansert is about 5 feet and growing strong Monday, May 28 View Page I removed the hoop houses and sprayed my plants. I found cucumber beetles today. Very hot 85 and humid Tuesday, May 29 View Page 4 Sunflowers in the ground Tuesday, June 5 View Page 1546 Shenoah at 10 feet. It took some wind damage but it's my most aggressive plant. The 621 Gansert is in the background Tuesday, June 5 View Page 816 Gansert is lagging behind. Almost no side vine growth. The 1587 Caspers is in the back ground Tuesday, June 5 View Page 1587 Caspers is sitting at 11 feet. Tuesday, June 5 View Page 621 Gansert is looking good. The 1546 Shenoha is in the background. My best shots at big and orange Sunday, June 10 View Page 265 yards nothing but head. Sunday, June 10 View Page Patch invader removed Tuesday, June 12 View Page 621 Gansert Pollinated with the 1546 Shenoha today at 10 feet and 5 lobes Wednesday, June 13 View Page No mil fabric but I found this bag. I'll cut it up into a usable size. Friday, June 15 View Page 6x4 this should work great. I love the handles. They could come in handy. Friday, June 22 View Page 621.5 Gansert DAP 10 30 inches CC Monday, July 2 View Page 621 Gansert Dap 20 183OTT Saturday, July 14 View Page 1587 Caspers DAP 31 258 OTT 384 lbs Sunday, July 15 View Page 621 Gansert DAP 32 265 OTT 414 lbs Sunday, July 22 View Page 1587 Caspers split to bad Sunday, July 22 View Page I lost but could this be the one for 2019. It's a cross of 1587 Casper x 621 Gansert. I can feel the orange Wednesday, July 25 View Page Dap 55 lost the 621 Gansert to a split! We got far to much rain Thursday, August 16 View Page 621 Gansert side vine.