Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 90 Entries. Thursday, May 5 View Page Ok, What do I do next???? I am new to this   Thursday, May 5 View Page They seem to be doing good   Thursday, May 5 View Page I am in southwest New Hampshire. Had a heavy frost last night. How much longer can I keep them in pots? And is picking the biggest 3 plants the way to go   Friday, May 6 View Page Transplanted the 3 I thought were the strongest. I still have 14 plants that I don't have a clue what to do with. Maybe just stick them in the garden ans see what they do.   Friday, May 6 View Page Close up   Friday, May 6 View Page again   Friday, May 6 View Page yup   Friday, May 6 View Page lol   Friday, May 6 View Page I have decided to use Llama and Alpaca manure from the place up the road. I never heard of anyone using it. Anyone have any thoughts   Friday, May 6 View Page I decided to listen to the pros. I expanded the patch from 120 square feet to 1107 sq ft   Friday, May 6 View Page The patch to the right is for sunflowers and such, the larger patch is the veggie garden.   Friday, May 6 View Page This soil seem to be from what was an old marsh. It appears very rich and the ph was higher than is normal for NH. I used a kit bought at Wally World, so I didn't get any numbers. I added 200 Lbs of lime between the three garden plots and 85 Lbs of 10-10-10. Saturday I will add about 10 or 12 yds of compost from the transfer station across the street and I have all the aged cow manure and Alpaca maure I can haul away. Don't have a dump truck, so, I guess its pickle buckets from work and fill the car. I think I have the "FEVER"   Monday, May 9 View Page Maine Whitetail Deer   Monday, May 9 View Page New Hampshire Whitetail Deer   Monday, May 9 View Page We grow em big in NH   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Tilling in the poop   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Dreaming of a big pumpkin   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Keep on Tilling   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Heading for 4500 lbs of poop   Tuesday, May 10 View Page A little muddy down that end   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Mary harvesting rocks   Tuesday, May 10 View Page the babies   Tuesday, May 10 View Page more   Tuesday, May 10 View Page #3   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Extras   Wednesday, May 11 View Page My home   Sunday, May 15 View Page The $450 cat   Sunday, May 15 View Page The latest addition to the family.....28 laying hens   Sunday, May 15 View Page Gonna have my own poop factory   Tuesday, May 17 View Page A visit with Jim Ford Yesterday found me leaving with a 1146 Reinmiller, a few tomato plants, a few ornamental grasses, lots of good pumpkin knowledge and a copy of his book, I read it last night, it did my soul good   Tuesday, May 17 View Page This is Doug Kabot,another fine NH Grower, delivering my 1458 whittier   Tuesday, May 17 View Page Plant 1   Tuesday, May 17 View Page 1458 whittier Plant 2   Tuesday, May 17 View Page Plant 3...its from a generic store bought seed, but it sure looks good   Tuesday, May 17 View Page #2 generic   Tuesday, May 17 View Page #3 generic   Tuesday, May 17 View Page One end of my green house/sun room   Tuesday, May 17 View Page Jim Fords book   Tuesday, May 17 View Page a better pic   Thursday, May 19 View Page These are 1230 Deletas x 845 Bobier 4 out of 5 germinated but 3 out of 4 have club roots. Still have one cooking that hasn't popped yet. I again used toenail clippers to trim the seed case. These got this far in 48 hours   Saturday, May 21 View Page Building my hoop house...total cost for 2 was $12.00   Saturday, May 21 View Page Got the first one in the garden. Got all the material except the plastic from the dump.   Saturday, May 21 View Page Finally finished the second one. Both plants are spending thier first night out doors.   Saturday, May 21 View Page My partner, Mary, she came up with better solutions in building the second Hoop house   Wednesday, May 25 View Page Four days in the hoop houses. It's been cold and rainy for as long as I can remember. My plants appear to be OK, maybe even grew a little. 47 degrees outside, 58 in the hoop houses. Rain predicted for the next day or 2 but warming up to high 60's low 70's. My patch is soup except for under the hoop houses.   Thursday, May 26 View Page Finally stopped raining here this afternoon. The hoop Houses smell musty, gonna open them up tomorrow when its sunny and warm. The 1458 whittier seems to have doubled in size since it was planted. The Reinmiller seems to be just sitting there. must be a slow starter.   Friday, May 27 View Page 1458 Whitter   Friday, May 27 View Page 1146 Reinmiller   Friday, May 27 View Page Generic Dill plant. Gonna grow it just for fun   Friday, May 27 View Page Another generic   Tuesday, May 31 View Page 4 little soil amenders   Tuesday, May 31 View Page Mama pig had nine babies, but laid on 5 of them. That sleft four for the freezer. These guys are doing great cause there are 12 teats and no competition   Tuesday, May 31 View Page Weather has been really unsettled here. Sunday and Monday was super nice till about noon, then thunder storms moved in. More of the same for today, but nicer later in the week, possibly 80 for the weekend. The mud in the patch is preventing me from getting any more plants in   Monday, June 6 View Page Sure glad these things don't bite   Thursday, June 9 View Page Compost Tea maker I made today.....Total cost was $18.73. Started the first batch of 55 gallons today, put in fish, seaweed, molasses, and Alpaca Poop   Monday, June 13 View Page 1458 whittier   Monday, June 13 View Page 1146 Reinmiller   Monday, June 13 View Page Generic Dill female   Monday, June 13 View Page Next years groceries   Monday, June 13 View Page 1458 Whittier   Monday, June 13 View Page Is this a root going for the ground???   Wednesday, June 15 View Page My patch soil test results. Any suggestions would be welcome. pH - Soil 6.20 Optimum Range Calcium, Mehlich 3 (Ca) 797 (ppm) L 800 - 1200 Magnesium, Mehlich 3 (Mg) 100 (ppm) O 60 - 120 Potassium, Mehlich 3 (K) 109 (ppm) L 170 - 280 Phosphorus, Mehlich 3 (P) 34 (ppm) O 30 - 50 Lead, Mehlich 3 (Pb) 7 (ppm) L Org. Matter, LOI-360 (OM) 4 (%)   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Generic Dill Day 8   Wednesday, June 29 View Page 1458 Whittier   Wednesday, June 29 View Page 1136 Reinmiller   Wednesday, June 29 View Page 1230 Daletas   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Generic Dill   Wednesday, July 6 View Page Generic Dill Day 15   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1458 Whittier Day 6   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 2 fruit set on the 1458, foreground fruit is selfed, rear fruit is 1146 Reinmiller cross. Both were pollinated on 1 July 05   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1458 Whittier under growth.........got the weeding don, now time to bury side vines   Wednesday, July 6 View Page CleoBean has recovered well from her broken leg   Friday, July 8 View Page Generic Dill Day 17   Friday, July 8 View Page 1458 Whittier Day 8   Friday, July 8 View Page 1458 Whittier Day 8   Friday, July 8 View Page 1458 Whittier selfed this morning at 18 ft. This is the 3rd pollination on this plant   Tuesday, July 12 View Page Generic Dill   Tuesday, July 12 View Page 1458 day 12   Tuesday, July 12 View Page again   Thursday, July 14 View Page 1458 day 14   Sunday, July 17 View Page 1458 Day 17   Tuesday, July 19 View Page 1458 Day 19   Tuesday, July 19 View Page 1458 Day 19 If i did the measurements right, it tapes out at 128 inches   Thursday, July 28 View Page 1458 Whittier Day 27 189" OTT   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Day 29   Tuesday, August 9 View Page 1458 Whittier @35 days 246 lbs, it has slowed down some   Tuesday, August 9 View Page Finally got some paper mill fabric   Tuesday, August 9 View Page On my trip to maine, kayaking on Loon Pond this past weekend   Monday, August 22 View Page 1458 Whittier...463 lbs day 50   Thursday, September 8 View Page 1458 Whittier Tapes at 723 lbs Its sitting in a 10 inch deep hole, so I am not sure of the weight. But 723 is just fine with me.