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Saturday, January 1 View Page To all the great folks ,, on BP and growers,, Happy New Year,,, May the year 2011 be your best,,   Friday, January 14 View Page NEABOS, relaxing, in his favorite spot.. just out side the office door   Friday, January 28 View Page set the germination station up,, got pepper seeds in the 1 on he left.. maters going in the other. got some brooder lamp,, for heat soarse   Sunday, February 20 View Page the 2.2 Helgesson maters I got started,, will uppot these soon,, just rotated them,, so they wouldn't lay over   Saturday, February 26 View Page well got the snow removal done fer today.. 14 inches fell last night, what a work out... wwhhhheeeewww   Friday, March 4 View Page uppoted the 2.2 helgesson,, tomatoe's today/// at the top of the page you may see the little pepper plants,, i started also   Friday, March 18 View Page tghe 2.2 helgesson plants   Friday, March 18 View Page the 3.94 pennington's,, a couple weeks old..   Friday, March 18 View Page the south patch just about melted off   Saturday, March 19 View Page this is the old patch.. melted off .. muddy very muddy   Saturday, March 19 View Page the new patch... melted off even more threw the night .. its muddy as well, lol   Saturday, March 19 View Page 2.2 helgesson plants   Saturday, March 19 View Page 3.94 pennington's... uppoted today<<   Saturday, March 26 View Page I'm curious as to what causes the ste, and leaf to curl like this .. found it on 2 of my plants today.. can someone .. please explain this to me ,, thanks.. curt,,, curtlave@hotmail.com   Saturday, March 26 View Page oops.. that would be stem and leaf   Friday, April 1 View Page Here's my soil sample from the old patch.. it needs a few things.. but not to bad really   Tuesday, April 12 View Page the 2.2 helgesson,,, megabloom,, its the size of a USA quarter... 29 inches tall, best mater I got to date   Tuesday, April 12 View Page i think these are the ,,,, peppers i have going.. pics are a bit clustered... lol   Tuesday, April 12 View Page the mini greenhouse ,,, i have got fer the maters and the peppers... 6 x 10.. lol   Tuesday, April 12 View Page going back into... enoch,, from,, minersville,,, the lake rusa.. alkiline dust of the lake bed,,, was about 1/2 mile out,, 50/60 mph winds ,,   Tuesday, April 12 View Page driving out of it ,, about 1 minute l8tr.. man its was thick,, air .. sinuses are still messed up   Wednesday, April 13 View Page this is the 110.5 jager 10... female is 206.5 wursten 09. x open,,,, andy wolf .. told me this was a squash seed... lol,,, looks a bit off to me,, current german record as stated on the seed package,,, is it a pumpkin or a squash.. I'll let you decide..   Tuesday, April 19 View Page well, the ground cable is in the maters hoop,, should be able to put maters in on,, saturday.. 3 will get layed down, the 2.2 helgesson's ... 3 will be planted upright ,, the 3.94 pennington's.. ah winter has been long,, game on,,, LOL   Thursday, April 28 View Page the 2.2 helgesson's in the hoop   Thursday, April 28 View Page the 3.94 pennington's planted uprite,, the 2.2's are on the sides layed down,, will need to start lifting the upper end of plants after they adjust   Thursday, April 28 View Page a nice 78 degrees in the hoop   Monday, May 2 View Page my 2011 squash seed selection   Monday, May 2 View Page my 2011 pumpkin seed selection   Monday, May 2 View Page took an alternative route home today do to construction,, noticed this female sandhill crane sitting on her nest .. thought i would share it with you good folks   Tuesday, May 10 View Page 905 V/M sq* seed.. germed 4/29,, starting to look better   Tuesday, May 10 View Page 622 grande sq* seed germed 4/29.. nice grower so far   Tuesday, May 10 View Page 1662.5 stelts,, germed 5/3 growing great so far   Tuesday, May 10 View Page 1189 greene,, germed 5/3,, growing great as well   Sunday, May 15 View Page heavy south winds today.. avoided near tragedy,,, winds ripped the cover off the hoop and lifted the acually hoop off the stake on the north end ,, missed the 1189 greene plant on that end .. but i dont know how,, plant still look good . recovered and added more ground dirt and weight to sides   Sunday, May 15 View Page 1663 Zoellner is planted today..   Sunday, June 5 View Page well , my season is in limbo,, at the moment,,, trying to grow as best i can,,, blew my right knee out tuesday evening,, acl completely torn off,, trying to get into sugery this week,,, got some help,, fer the plants,, but not whats really required,, i'll post some pics as i can,, best to all, you growers out there have a great season,,   Sunday, June 5 View Page the son,, tilling the vegie site.. a bit late ,, but we will get some stuff in,, lol   Monday, June 6 View Page 905 V/M   Monday, June 6 View Page 622 grande   Monday, June 6 View Page 1177 haist   Monday, June 6 View Page 605 huff   Monday, June 6 View Page 1091 menting   Monday, June 6 View Page 1663 zoellner   Monday, June 6 View Page 1662.5 stelts   Monday, June 6 View Page 1189 greene   Monday, June 13 View Page these men just showed up.. bob on the far left ,, he's an a credited chef,, ,, mitch my youngest son,, next to him,,, on my left ,, neighbor Jay.. had his knee rebuilt 3 weeks ago,, but back to work   Monday, June 13 View Page caleb,,, my partner in this ,,, the man that was tilling in the previous pics,, on my rite,, ,, and mitchell,,, youngest son,, on the left ,,, both are very good men,, learned from,, rocky mtn school of hard knocks,, i luv them both,, and appreciate them to the highest degree 1 can give there son's,,, way to go son's and thanks   Monday, June 13 View Page this one is fer (one dude),,, doug,,, step son,, gave me this knife,, found the blade and had ,, handle made from elk antler,, its very cool,,   Tuesday, June 21 View Page here's Bridal Vail falls,, it's in provo canyon about 30 miles southwest of here   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 1091 menting   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 1189 greene   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 1663 zoellner   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 1662.5 stelts   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 622 grande sq   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 905 v/m sq   Tuesday, June 21 View Page 605 huff   Monday, July 18 View Page this is a great place,, to go window shopping... but leave your checkbook at home,,, LOL   Monday, July 18 View Page the 1409 miller,, just wasn't getting it done.. R.I.P.   Monday, July 18 View Page 1st poll of the season for us... 1502 wallace.. tho on a sidevine,, nice 5 lobes... crossed with the 938 scalice.. hope it takes..   Wednesday, July 20 View Page female on the 1177 haist squash,, pollinated,, this morning   Friday, July 22 View Page pollinated the 622 grande ,, today.. only males available,, was the 1189 greene,, see if it takes   Sunday, July 24 View Page here's a pic of the tomatoe jungle, i got growing, lol   Sunday, July 24 View Page this is the biggest i have found so far,, growing on the 3.94 pennington plant,, approx softball size   Sunday, July 24 View Page the 1189 greene plant,, its over half the old patch space.. best kin plant i have ever grown to date,, old patch size is approz 450 sq ft   Sunday, July 24 View Page 1st female to open on the 1189 greene,, aprrox 10 feet on main,, nice 5 lobe,, growing rite over the top of a leaf stem,, will need to prune it off ,, if it takes   Sunday, July 24 View Page pollinated the 1189 greene with the 1662.5 stelts this morning   Thursday, July 28 View Page got 2 pollinations on the 1662.5 stelts today.. #1, 12 feet our on main ,, 4 lobe,, polled with the 1189 greene,,, #2 9 feet out on a sidevine,, 5 lobe,, self poll   Friday, July 29 View Page the 1177 haist,, 10 days old.. cc 16 inches.. way off the benchmarks,, but concidering the year I',ve had.. I hope it keeps growing,, LOL   Tuesday, August 2 View Page who's dat?   Wednesday, August 3 View Page this is the 1st woodchuck, i have ever seen in my patch and garden spot in the 20 years i have been gardening,, hope its the last,, but i'm on my guard now,, no mercy   Friday, August 5 View Page partial rainbow after last evenings thunder storm,,   Friday, August 5 View Page this odd cloud formation was just to the south of the rainbow,, turning in a counterclock wise motion,, odd fer this high country   Friday, August 5 View Page tomatoe on the 3.94 pennington,, dont know how old,, biggest on the plant   Monday, August 8 View Page the 1662.5 stelts day 10.. its 25 inch CC.. best 10 day growth i have ever had.. still got till day 20 to see if it sets,, moved the sidevine back about 6 inches.. fer more growing room   Tuesday, August 9 View Page the 1177 Haist,, day 20,, 36.5 " circ. growing slow,,, guess its time fer a good kick, lol   Tuesday, August 9 View Page the 622 grande,, day 18   Tuesday, August 9 View Page 1189 greene,, day 16   Tuesday, August 9 View Page these are the others i got going in the patch   Thursday, August 11 View Page 622 grande sq* has turned completely yellow,, day 20.. 101.75 ott   Saturday, August 13 View Page 1189 greene,, AKA,, lil buddy,, cc49.25,, ee34.5,, ss33,, ott 116.75.. by no means a monster,, but its my personnal best at day 20.   Sunday, August 14 View Page this is Kykii,,, my oldest granddaughter,, sweet 16 today.. spend most of the day with her and family,, it was a great day for me   Monday, August 15 View Page the wife snapped this pic of me,, doing a foliar spray.. cal-mag... first time i've used this ,, hope it helps,, way behind,, lol   Monday, August 15 View Page here's the big one on the 3.94 pennington,, the thermometer is fer scale,,   Monday, August 15 View Page another of me ,, spraying,, doing different foliars every other afternoon now,, a couple of drenches a week,, and watering every day   Thursday, August 18 View Page unoffical weight on DMG mater,, slugs in the mater area.. got some more sluggo fer it   Thursday, August 18 View Page the mater,, lower right lobe has DMG,, got 4 or 5 still bigger,, yet.. not great but a start,, beat last years, 0.54,, lol,, grown on the 3.94 pennington   Thursday, August 18 View Page 1662.5 stelts,, AKA TJ,, crossed with the 1189 greene,, 20 days old,, cc 53.5..ee 38.75..ss 35..ott 127.25, a new 20 day best,,7 day ave> 6.25 daily   Friday, August 19 View Page the 1177 haist,, day 30,, cc57, ee40. ss39.75,, ott136.75   Sunday, August 21 View Page 622 grande, AKA THE WIZ, 30 days old, cc76..ss48..ee49.25.. ott173.25 est120 lbs,, this is my biggest fruit so far,, also a new 30 day growth PB,   Tuesday, August 23 View Page 1189 greene, aka lil buddy.. 30 days old,, cc73,,ee46.75,,ss48.5.. ott 168.25 est 111 lbs.. best color, fer the kin fruit in the patch   Thursday, August 25 View Page mitch.. my youngest showing off his tatoo   Thursday, August 25 View Page the other shoulder.. lol   Thursday, August 25 View Page cut this today, starting to ripen.. UOW 1.54 lbs, 15inch cc, grown on the 3.94 pennington, not great but fer me.. with the way the season started,, very happy,, its my PB at maters, so far   Tuesday, August 30 View Page sunday 28th.. 1662 stelts (TJ) 30 dap, cc75, ee53, ss48.5, ott176.5, est127 lbs, blosson end veiw   Tuesday, August 30 View Page TJ top veiw, aint sure why it took this shape,, man its ugly   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 1177 haist, (chuck-E) dap 40, cc73.5, ee51, ss51.5, ott176, est 126 lbs,   Wednesday, August 31 View Page 622 grande, the wiz, 40 dap, cc100.25, ee61.5, ss59.5, ott221.25,, est 237, 24 days to WO,s this is my PB, todate// grow wiz grow   Friday, September 2 View Page 1189 greene,(lil buddy) dap 40, cc89.25, ee53.25, ss61.5, ott 204,, est wgt 189 lbs, aint sure why its growing bigger on the right, but i believe it may be from the position its growing, that side gets the most sun and heat   Friday, September 2 View Page lil buddy top veiw,, appears to be my only orange kin   Sunday, September 4 View Page north patch,,, sept refugee camp tents this is where the kin fruits are.. lol   Sunday, September 4 View Page south patch... this is the side i grew the sq fruitson,,, currently the 622 grande is growing my best wgt's so far.. but turned , yellow after 12 days .. so it won't be weighed as a sq?,, aint sure how that colour thing works,, but my diary wouldn't be complete without the sept... refugee tents ,, pictured.. was 32 degrees here the last few mornings.. 6500 feet elevation   Thursday, September 8 View Page 1189 greene,, lil buddy.. dap 41,, OTT 217.25, est 225   Thursday, September 8 View Page oops lil buddy should read dap 46   Thursday, September 8 View Page 1662.5 stelts,, T.J. dap 41, OTT 212.75, est 212   Thursday, September 8 View Page 1177 haist, chuck-E,, dap 50,, OTT 196.25, est 169   Thursday, September 8 View Page 622 grande, wizzy, ott 246.75, est 324   Thursday, September 8 View Page 1177 haist, chuck-E,, OTT 196.25 est 169   Thursday, September 8 View Page 622 grande wizzy.. ott 246.75 est 324   Monday, September 12 View Page a couple of culls i cut off 1662.5 stelts plant this morning.. buried in the weeds   Monday, September 12 View Page lil buddy,, dap 50.. OTT 222.25 est 240   Thursday, September 15 View Page well I had.. 10 mater plants,, here's a bushel of maters off them   Thursday, September 15 View Page more maters hanging and ripening on the vine, down stairs   Thursday, September 15 View Page more maters on the table ripening,, some are well over the 1 lb size,, if only i would have put a bit more time on a single tomato,,, lol,, figure close to 2 bushels on 10 plants,, also still have a few out side i can cover now the rest have been picked off   Thursday, September 15 View Page side view of me with the 622 grande fruit.. OTT 265.25 .. dap. 55.. still chugging along   Saturday, September 17 View Page 1662.5 stelts (TJ) dap 50,, OTT 232.5,, est 272#'s,, taken over the #2 spot in the patch   Saturday, September 17 View Page side view   Saturday, September 17 View Page stem view   Tuesday, October 4 View Page the wizzy fruit,, dap 74.. ott 292,, est 528   Tuesday, October 4 View Page my desert mule deer buck,, that i harvested on monday, oct 3rd, 2011,, its a good one   Thursday, October 6 View Page 288 saxton 11 EST,, cut in half   Thursday, October 6 View Page stem end was nice an thick,, the rest was thin   Thursday, October 6 View Page 288 saxton.. other side,, 1662.5 stelts x 1189 greene,, aka TJ in the diary   Thursday, October 6 View Page looking thru the greenhouse hoops at the wizzy fruit in the background under the tarp an blankets,, thermometer in foreground so you can see outside temps   Saturday, October 8 View Page well we made it ,,, the 236 saxton 11,, 1177 haist x 1662.5 stelts,, taped 212 ott, est 211,, weight 236,, 11.8 % heavy   Saturday, October 8 View Page the new PB,, 540 saxton 11,, taped 294 est 539,, close to chart,, parents 622 grande x 1189 greene,, was a very good day,, didnt get in the money,, but got honorable mention,, happy happy grower   Friday, November 4 View Page south patch and north patch.. both put up fer the winter,,   Friday, November 4 View Page my squash guy came thru this season,, got some nice spagetti sq*.. i'll save the seeds and dry when i open them,,   Friday, November 4 View Page 540 saxton 11,,, opened up,, 9 inch shoulders at the stem,, got a good seed count,, 500 seeds