Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 87 Entries. Sunday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!! 2012 !!!!!!!!!!   Sunday, January 1 View Page We have 4 months to figure out what we will grow for this year. I have a couple picked out already just need to finish out the field.   Saturday, February 4 View Page Happy Birthday to my son Zachary !!!! 13 YEARS old   Sunday, February 5 View Page February 5 and this boy still has his horns ???? I think this lack of winter is confusing him !!!!   Thursday, March 22 View Page Happy Birthday to my Daughter Zoey !!!!!!   Saturday, April 7 View Page Happy Birthday To my wife Tracey !!!!!   Tuesday, April 24 View Page Started the season off like normal with a good over night soaking ! got some good seeds started this year hope this will be my year to break the 1000 mark !!!! time will tell   Wednesday, April 25 View Page hope they all come up   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Also started 1 of my 2 squash seeds it was a older seeds so got my fingers crossed 1097 Razo   Sunday, June 17 View Page Caught 10 squash vine borers today !!!!!!!!!!! What the hell i hope i get more tomorrow. everyone caught is 1 less getting to my plants . Pictures to come, baseball is over, now time to keep up on my weekly diary   Tuesday, June 19 View Page Caught more svb today and am up to 21 for the week !!! i can believe there is that many around my patch.   Tuesday, June 19 View Page Here is my other trap with more in it   Tuesday, June 19 View Page here are the two traps in the patch i have 1 hanging and 1 on the ground and both are catching those little killers   Tuesday, June 19 View Page 1421 Stelts on the left and 1103 Young on the right both looking good about 7 feet out for the 1103 Young . Took a couple baby female flowers off it on monday night. None on the 1421 Stelts yet   Tuesday, June 19 View Page 1634 Werner on the left and the 1247 Stelts on the right . The 1634 Werner is the biggest plant i have now and has little female flowers on it . Really aggressive growing plant. We will see what it does the next couple days will temp in the the lower to mid 90's   Tuesday, June 19 View Page on the left is the 799 Debacco and on the right is the 1097 Razo and both of these are squash . The 799 Debacco is growing back over itself so i am trying to get it to settle down to the ground without the main snapping off.   Sunday, June 24 View Page The patch is looking better after a couple 90 + degree days !!! And after this week i am up to 31 SVB caught for the year !!! The numbers have dropper off this week thank god   Sunday, June 24 View Page The 3 long gourds are also coming into it !!! The biggest one is a little over 4 feet tall now.The 3 are all mine from last year the left and right ones are my 98.88 and the middle one is my 85.5   Sunday, June 24 View Page 1421 Stelts on the left is going well out to around 8 feet no females yet and the 1103 Young on the right with a open pollination at about 8 feet out and has another female coming out in another couple days at about 11 feet will be ready for that one   Sunday, June 24 View Page The 1634 Werner is on the left and is the biggest in the patch still. I missed a pollination on this one as well this morning !!! WTH !!! Has another 1 coming out in a couple days that will be about 12 feet out . the one on the right is the 1274 Stelts and is final coming into it and is out to about 8 feet   Sunday, June 24 View Page the giant Squash !!!! Left is the 799 Debacco is final turned in the correct direction and is down and running !!! the one on the right is the 1097 Razo and it is about 5 feet out now   Sunday, June 24 View Page Giant field pumpkins are doing well at the same point as last years.   Sunday, June 24 View Page Had a couple visiters yestaerday after noon in the patch !!!! She had 6 little ones with her   Sunday, June 24 View Page 2 little ones   Sunday, July 1 View Page The patch really took off this week with the warm temps !!!! Can post picture dont know what is up but will try again later. Today we pollinated our first pumpkin of the year 1103 Young X 1421 Stelts   Sunday, July 1 View Page The 1421 Stelts on the left and the 1103 Young on the right   Sunday, July 1 View Page 1103 Young at 13 feet out crossed it with the 1421 Stelts it was a 4 lobe and we used 2 males   Sunday, July 1 View Page The 1634 Werner on the left and the 1274 Stelts on the right   Sunday, July 8 View Page Caught this one coming out of my field pumpkins and chased it down and killed it !!!!! My 2 traps have caught 50 of them to date now i think i have a infestation of SVB !!!! Hope i am getting them all   Sunday, July 8 View Page My daughter Zoey is growing her own plant this year and it is the 1508 Breznick and she crossed it with the 1103 Young !!! She pollinated it on 7/6 it is coming along ok so far   Wednesday, July 11 View Page Here is my wife Traceys 1103 Young at 10 days old !!! It was crossed with the 1421 Stelts on July 1st which was also our anniversary so her name is Anna !!!! Day 10 measurements are 17.5 x 19.1/4 x 26.5 = 63.1/4   Saturday, July 14 View Page One of my smaller plants is the 1245.5 Midthun which was pollinated on 7/4 and the cross is 1245.5 Midthun x 1421 Stelts . Day 10 measurement is 19 x 19 x 24.5 = 62.5 "   Monday, July 16 View Page 7/16 is day 10 for Zoey's 1508 Breznick 20 x 19.5 x 27.5 = 67 "!!! The blossom end was soft so i cut it now have to keep it dry and hope it heals . Should be fine   Monday, July 16 View Page day 15 measurement on Traceys 1103 Young 33.5 x 30 x 47 = 110 which is up 46.75 inches in 5 days !!! grow baby grow   Tuesday, July 17 View Page Am not having a good day !!!! And not happy with mother nature she owes me now after destroying my garden and pumpkin patch !!!!   Tuesday, July 17 View Page Here are my giant squash plants this morning and ......   Tuesday, July 17 View Page and here they after mother nature had to blow through here with a nasty store around 6:30 tonight . i am beside myself !!!! All that work is gone what the hell   Tuesday, July 17 View Page Here is what is left to the patch   Wednesday, July 18 View Page Patch is coming back after the storm starting to look good again but boy what a lot of work !!!!!   Wednesday, July 18 View Page Traceys 1103 Young at 17 days is at 129 inches and growing well after the storm   Wednesday, July 18 View Page My 1421 Stelts pumpkin at 15 days 38.5x38x52.5= 129 inches   Friday, July 20 View Page 1421 Stelts on day 20 is 52.5x53x77=182.5 looking good !!!!   Tuesday, July 24 View Page 1103 on 23 days is 58.5x50x82=190.5 starting to change colors   Tuesday, July 24 View Page some of my giant tomato this is the 7.18 Harp at 21 inches and still growing !!!!!   Tuesday, July 24 View Page my own 3.74 from last year with a 19 3/4 incher on it and still growing   Tuesday, July 24 View Page And another big one on yet another 3.74 Cole is at 20 1/8 and still growing   Tuesday, July 24 View Page The second tomato to be weighted this year for me is off the 3.74 Cole and it weighs 2.15 pounds and was very good in the tomato sandwich i made with it !!!!   Thursday, July 26 View Page Traceys 1103 Young on day 25 60.5x54x91=205.5 looking good !!!!   Wednesday, August 1 View Page Was looking down the stock and saw this! Thinking that is may not be good!   Wednesday, August 1 View Page Here's another view of it!   Saturday, August 4 View Page First one of the big boys that i got weighed today !!!! This one was off the 3.74 Cole and it will be know as the 3.54 Cole 12   Saturday, August 4 View Page And here is the biggest tomato i have ever grow and this is off the 7.18 Harp and will be the 3.98 Cole 12 !!!! Was that close to 4 pounds LOL !!!!! Oh well the next one maybe !!!   Saturday, August 4 View Page weighed 2 big ones this morning at the near by farm stand.And as of today i have a new personal best at 3.98 pounds off the 7.18 Harp. 23 1/4 inch circ . Great way to start off the season !!!!   Saturday, August 4 View Page Also weighed in another beauty which came in at 3.54 pounds and is the third biggest i have ever grown !!!! This one was off my own seed from last year which was the 3.74 Cole 11   Saturday, August 4 View Page Here i am with the 3.98 Cole12 and the 3.54 Cole12 !!! Good looking tomatos   Tuesday, August 7 View Page Just weighed another monster tomato off yet another one of my own seeds (3.74 Cole 11 ) and it is the third biggest i have ever grown coming in at 3.56 pounds !!!!!!!!!!   Tuesday, August 7 View Page Here is a great picture of the 4 i have picked in the last 4 days in front of a 2 liter bottle for comparsion. Left to right are 3.98 Cole 12 then the 3.56 Cole 12 then the 3.54 Cole 12 and then last the 2.07 Cole 12 !!!!!! What a good week in the tomato patch !!!!!   Friday, September 28 View Page The freak II before it was weighed in at the topsfield fair   Friday, September 28 View Page On the fork lift !!!!!   Friday, September 28 View Page 2009 Pounds !!!!!!!!!!!!! New world record !!!!!   Friday, September 28 View Page The record holder   Friday, September 28 View Page Ron and His Dad Pap after weighing in the 2009 pound world record !!!!!!   Friday, September 28 View Page World Record !!!!!   Friday, September 28 View Page My daughter with the world record !!!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page Vermont State weigh-off ex watermelon off the 172 Whitarce x 236 Kent = 98 pound Cole 12 which i donated to the farm hands at Sam Mazza's green house for helping us all day in the rain !!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page Vermont State Weigh-off my winning watermelon from the 236 Kent x 172 Whitarce = 115 pounds !!!! went lite to the chart was taping over my state record but came up short   Saturday, October 6 View Page some of the pumpkins that showed up in Vermont for the weigh-off lots of really nice ones this year !!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page there were alot of pumpkins in vermont this year at the weight off   Saturday, October 6 View Page some more pumpkins   Saturday, October 6 View Page My biggest field pumpkin ever and was good enough for 4th place at 92.5 pounds and was grown off my own 69.5 Cole11 seed   Saturday, October 6 View Page Here is my Daughter Zoey with her pumpkin she grew this year which was her first year which came in at 428 pounds and that is Mark Breznick with her it was one of his seeds 1508 Breznick x 1103 Young   Saturday, October 6 View Page Here is my Daughter Zoey with her pumpkin she grew this year which was her first year which came in at 428 pounds and that is Mark Breznick with her it was one of his seeds 1508 Breznick x 1103 Young   Saturday, October 6 View Page Here is my Daughter Zoey with her pumpkin she grew this year which was her first year which came in at 428 pounds and that is Mark Breznick with her it was one of his seeds 1508 Breznick x 1103 Young   Saturday, October 6 View Page my exhibition pumpkin that went the next day to be a boat in the regatta which weighed in at 702 pounds and was off 1495 Stelts x 1274 Stelts   Saturday, October 6 View Page my exhibition pumpkin that went the next day to be a boat in the regatta which weighed in at 702 pounds and was off 1495 Stelts x 1274 Stelts   Saturday, October 6 View Page Got 3 rd place in the long gourds with a 111 7/8 inch and a new personal best for me !!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page Got 3 rd place in the long gourds with a 111 7/8 inch and a new personal best for me !!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page the competion was very close this year !!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page Top 5 from Vermont weigh-off # 5 John Young 990.5 pounds !!!! Way to go John !!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page #4 Which was my own 1015.5 Cole 12 !!!! My first pumpkin over 1000 pounds and my personal best !!!!! grown off the 1421 Stelts x 1634 Werner   Saturday, October 6 View Page # 3 is Wilbur Horton with his 1271.5 pound monster !!!! Way to go Wilbur !!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page #2 is Laurel Keys with her first pumpkin over 1000 pounds and a monster coming in at 1330.5 pounds !!!!!! Way to go Laurel !!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page #1 is Kevin Companion with a monster and new State Record !!!!!! 1556.5 pounds !!!! way to go Kevin !!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page I also got first place with my giant squash coming in at 352 pounds !!!! Should have been the second place squash but the monster grown by Wilbur Horton was not green / gray enough it would have been the new state record   Saturday, October 6 View Page I also got a nice surprise at the end of the day as i got the Howard Dill Award for the best looking pumpkin !!!!!!   Saturday, October 6 View Page Here i am as a proud daddy with my daughter Zoey and my 1015.5 Howard Dill Award winner !!!!!   Wednesday, October 10 View Page Another picture of myself with the 1015.5 and the Howard Dill Award !!!!!