Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries. Monday, April 23 View Page No AG just some FP, corn, gourds, and sun flowers. Just want to figure out how to post. Next year we will grow a giant. This is from April Monday, June 25 View Page we let the weeds get out of hand + we planted way to many plants for the space Thursday, July 12 View Page to many plants but growing well Friday, August 17 View Page priscilla was not much help but the other kids helped a lot and did most the work Friday, August 17 View Page lots of weeds but we have over 100 fp and gourds in way to small an area, next year we will use more room and plant less, hopefully get a giant growing in our back to back 100+ temps June-Aug Wednesday, September 12 View Page the high temp and sun has taken its toll Wednesday, September 12 View Page I get deer every night, I need to figure out how to keep them out before next spring, maybe fencing? Wednesday, September 12 View Page Do you think the burnt leaf is from the sun? Is that powdery mildew? Just field pumpkins this year, but want to get it figured out before I attempt a monster next year Wednesday, September 12 View Page Burnt from the sun or does something else cause this? It is all the way around the leaf on a bunch of the leaves, multiple plants Wednesday, September 12 View Page Not an AG but my wife was pretty proud of what the kids and I ended up with, we will go for a monster pumpkin next year Wednesday, September 12 View Page last one... Monday, September 17 View Page 10 yards of pond scum/moss to till in before I plant a cover crop for next year Monday, September 17 View Page I hope it is not a bad thing, it looks like it will break down quickly, it is an aquatic plant, Hopefully add some organic material to the decomposed granite I am trying to grow in Thursday, September 20 View Page We decided to pull the plug, some spacing issues, we had pumpkins that were rotting with completely dead vines buried by healthy plants and pw issues Thursday, September 20 View Page we ended up with two truck loads of vines to haul out Thursday, September 20 View Page the other lesson we learned is just because they send you 25 seeds in a pack you don't need to plant them all, we ended up with about 75 field pumpkins, and about twice us many peewees and gourds Thursday, September 20 View Page First time through with the neighbors Kubota Thursday, September 20 View Page after spreading the pond moss and another time through with the Kubota it looks pretty good, ready for the vetch and rye, I think I will wait for the soil test just in case I need to add something this fall Tuesday, September 25 View Page now what? should I add something this fall before I plant a cover crop Saturday, September 29 View Page Rose at our first annual harvest party Saturday, September 29 View Page next year we will plant the field pumpkins a little later so the kids can actually do the harvesting Saturday, September 29 View Page my girls before our guests arrived Saturday, September 29 View Page trying to find the shade Saturday, September 29 View Page dessert contest Saturday, September 29 View Page tractor ride, pony rides, shooting range, basketball, next year I have four or five guys convinced to have a small AG weigh off Saturday, September 29 View Page It wouldn't have been complete with out It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Friday, October 5 View Page yards and yards of compost from the dump Saturday, October 6 View Page what is the best way to apply lime? I tilled it all in real good with the other amendments Saturday, October 6 View Page it looked pretty good, some areas got a little more compost, ready for a cover crop Monday, October 8 View Page There was a chance of rain so I wanted to get the cover crop in. I went into to work late after I planted a vetch/rye mix, I had some help with the inoculating before I added the rye, Monday, October 8 View Page The rain never came so I had to do it the hard way, now if I can keep the turkeys, quail and other birds off it maybe it will grow so the deer have something to eat Saturday, October 13 View Page I wonder how long it will take three turkeys to eat all my rye and vetch sprouts Saturday, October 13 View Page got gophers? Saturday, October 13 View Page five days in the ground and the rye is coming up Monday, October 15 View Page 7 days after planting Tuesday, November 13 View Page cover crop is growing despite the deer every night Tuesday, November 13 View Page at first I thought the vetch was not going to grow but it is in there with the rye Wednesday, November 21 View Page I am trying to grow some tree collards. I have read they take a long time to root. These have been potted 5 weeks.