Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 159 Entries. Sunday, April 1 View Page It’s that time again this year to start my Giant Vegetable Diary for 2012. The line up for this year is the following:   Sunday, April 1 View Page Pumpkins: 1203 Shymanski, 101 Shymanski, 1048.5 Huffman, 1818.8 Bryson, 1404.4 Bryson, 1263.8 Pitura, 925 Lyons, 1019.4 Sproule, 1312 Sproule, 1167.5 Hunt, 1143 Reid, 692.5 Langridge, 745.4 Langridge, Shan 387, 1266 Nieuwenhoff, 1243 Colbert, 1372.8 Lloyd, 1180.8 Matesa, and 905 Watson.   Sunday, April 1 View Page Howard Dill Award Winning Pumpkins: 1088.8 Nieuwenhoff, 800.5 Langridge, 513.5 Vincent and 1059 Vincent.   Sunday, April 1 View Page Squash: 89 Shymanski, 877 Hunt, 1236 Vincent – McGill, 905 Vincent – McGill, 1073 Jarvis, 833 Razo and 1263 "Team Heavy East" ( 905 Vincent* x self).   Sunday, April 1 View Page Kettle Gourds: 118.9 English and 150 Langridge   Sunday, April 1 View Page Watermelon: 222.4 Hunt, 198.8 Hunt, 174 Hunt, 170 Mckenzie and 148.5 Leeworthy   Sunday, April 1 View Page Sunflowers: 192” Langridge, 202” Langridge, 186” Langridge and 173” Langridge   Sunday, April 1 View Page Tomatoes: 3.91 lbs Timm, 7.33 lbs Hunt and 3.23 lbs (unknown)   Sunday, April 1 View Page Carrots: Long carrot – Javalot and Heavy carrot – Flakkee   Sunday, April 1 View Page Field Pumpkins: 73.5 Landry, 87.5 Starr, 99 Lyons, 93.5 Johnston and 57 Shymanski   Sunday, April 1 View Page Others: Tall corn, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Kohlrabi and Rutabaga   Thursday, April 5 View Page Today I started all of my watermelon. Planted 15 seed and hoping to get around 10 or more to come up.   Monday, April 16 View Page I started some long and heavy carrots today in 4” pots. I put three seeds in each pot and will transplant them later if more than one germinates.   Saturday, April 28 View Page Today as the big planting of the giant pumpkins and squash! We planted just over 40 seeds filling up one side of my greenhouse. I hope that they all germinate! I also planted my African kettle gourds today.   Saturday, May 5 View Page Today I started my tall corn in the greenhouse in 4” pots.   Thursday, May 10 View Page I started the sunflowers in 4” pots today. I am still going to direct seed some sunflowers in the ground once it warms up but for right now, these will be my back-up plants.   Wednesday, May 16 View Page I transplanted all the pumpkins and squash today into one gallon pots as they are becoming root bound and it will still be over a week before they will be in the ground.   Saturday, May 19 View Page I put planting my tomatoes off a few weeks later from last year as I have found that they are ripening too early for both Picton Fair and Wellington Pumpkinfest weight offs. Hope that planting them this late will be the right timing for the weigh offs.   Sunday, May 20 View Page The sunflowers are starting to come up nicely! The Langridge 192” seem to be a more aggressive seed then the Langridge 202”.   Sunday, May 20 View Page The African Kettle Gourds are also coming along great! They are starting their second true leaf and are a nice deep green colour!   Sunday, May 20 View Page Here is a picture of my tall corn. As you can see, some of it is going yellow do to being root bound. I am hoping to get them into the ground within the next couple of days.   Sunday, May 20 View Page The carrots are slow growing but also doing very well! I have never grown heavy or long carrots before so this is a new experiment for this year.   Sunday, May 20 View Page I am very happy with how well the watermelons are doing! The plants are healthy and strong ready to go in the ground soon.   Sunday, May 20 View Page I was able to get my hands on two cabbages from the GVGO seminar this spring and here they are. I am very happy with how well they are doing and hope to have some really good luck with these plants. They will also be going into the ground within the next week.   Monday, May 21 View Page Prepared the sunflower, tall corn and pumpkin ground today. Dug a foot deep into the soil where the sunflowers and tall corn are going to go and put some fresh goose manure and straw down from the barn. Then, I covered it back up with the dirt and dad came along and tilled it up for me. As for the pumpkins, dad sectioned off the field this year for where the plants will go. He worked up the ground today as well as took the pallet forks and drove them four feet into the ground to loosen up the dirt where the pumpkins will be planted. Then he dug out about a two foot deep whole and put some good old cow manure in. They look great and ready to be planted now.   Saturday, May 26 View Page Today was busy planting all the giant pumpkins and squash in the patch! We planted 40 and still have about 6 back-up plants in the greenhouse that were started later in case we lose some. The picture is of the wagon filled with pumpkin and squash plants ready to be planted.   Sunday, May 27 View Page Here is a part of our giant pumpkin patch. Dad tilled it all up today and now all we need is a good rain as we are very dry here.   Sunday, May 27 View Page Today we planted the rest of the giants except for the field pumpkins in the ground. We have the cabbage, cantaloupe, kohlrabi, kettle gourds, watermelon and rutabaga in a separate patch from the giant pumpkins and squash this year. Today was a very windy day on the plants. Here is one of the cabbages.   Sunday, May 27 View Page The watermelons are coming along well with a very nice green colour to them. Now that they are in the ground, I am hoping that they will take off now.   Sunday, May 27 View Page This year we are trying another new giant vegetable, rutabaga. This is one of the rutabaga plants. It is small but I am sure it will grow nice and big!   Sunday, May 27 View Page The kettle gourds are also looking great with the fourth true leaf starting to come out.   Sunday, May 27 View Page The cantaloupes are growing well with the third true leaf starting. Hoping to get a cantaloupe to a weigh off this year without it rotting on me!   Sunday, June 24 View Page The pumpkin patch is coming along great this year. We have bigger plants this year than last year at this time. Here is a look at the 2012 patch.   Sunday, June 24 View Page This is one of the seven rows of giant pumpkins and squash we have in. The first plant is the 1048.5 Huffman that is doing very well with a deep green colour to it. We started pollinating pumpkins today, which is a couple weeks earlier from last year for pollinating. The 1088.8 Nieuwenhoff and 513.5 Vincent were both open today and we pollinated them with self. It is very exciting around here to know that we did our first pollinations today.   Sunday, June 24 View Page The sunflowers have been growing excellent this year. They range from 1’ 5” tall to 4’ 7” tall.   Sunday, June 24 View Page The tall corn is also doing very well. They are also ahead of last year’s tall corn. They are around 5 feet tall.   Sunday, June 24 View Page This is a picture of one of the kohlrabi. I am very pleased with how well they are doing this year.   Sunday, June 24 View Page Being the first year every growing rutabaga, I have been very interested in them. Here is a picture of how well they are doing.   Sunday, June 24 View Page Here is one of our two cabbages. They are also doing very well with a nice colour to their leaves.   Sunday, June 24 View Page The cantaloupes are just starting to run. They had a bit of an infestation of cucumber beetles but we have taken care of them now.   Sunday, June 24 View Page The African Kettle Gourds are also running now with healthy green leaves and they are looking great.   Sunday, June 24 View Page This year we have had a horrible time with our watermelon. We started off with 12 plants and now we are down to 4 plants. We aren’t really sure what happened to the plants, but this is the best plant out of all of them. The other 3 plants are a bit yellow but they are coming back to life.   Monday, June 25 View Page The 1414.4 Bryson was open today. I pollinated it with the 1312 Sproul. It is very exciting to know that we had another female flower open today.   Monday, June 25 View Page I am very happy with how the carrots are doing. This is one of the three that I have planted. I just got them into the ground today, and hope that they take off.   Monday, June 25 View Page Correction: The 1404.4 Bryson was open today.   Tuesday, June 26 View Page Three more pumpkins were open today. 1048.5 Huffman crossed with the 1404.4 Bryson. 1167 Hunt crossed with the 1180.8 Matesa. 1019 Sproul crossed with the 1266 Nieuwenhoff.   Saturday, July 7 View Page We have had no rain for another week and the ground is very dry with our temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius and over every day. We put another inch of water on the plants today.   Saturday, July 7 View Page My carrots are slowly growing. As you can see, the ground is very dry so I have been watering the carrots every other day.   Saturday, July 7 View Page I am very impressed with how well the Kohlrabi are doing. I lost one but I still have four growing. They are also getting watered every few days.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The watermelons have taken a long time to take off but they are now coming along good. This is the biggest plant but they are all looking very healthy. I am sure that watering is helping them is a big help.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The cantaloupes are also starting to take off. They are all around this size looking healthy and enjoying a cool drink of water every other day.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The rutabagas are starting to size up and are coming along great. They are staying a healthy green and enjoying the water.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The kettle gourds are starting to run like crazy and take over their section of the garden. I am not watering them as they are in the lower section of the garden and the hot weather does not seem to be bothering them.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The cabbages do not like the heat, even though they are getting watered. They do not want to wrap this year.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The tomatoes are not overly big but they are a very healthy green. We are also watering the tomatoes and I will soon stake them.   Saturday, July 7 View Page The sunflowers are growing really well with me watering them every day. The sunflowers are around 6’ tall.   Saturday, July 7 View Page I can’t get over how tall the tall corn is this year. It is just over 8’ tall and still growing well. I am also watering it every day.   Saturday, July 14 View Page We haven’t had any rain for over two weeks now so we are watering again today. We put another inch of water on the patch as this week is supposed to stay up in the 30’s without the humidity.   Sunday, July 15 View Page Today my sister and I put up shade houses for all the seven squash we have growing this year as we don’t want them to get sun burned.   Monday, July 30 View Page Langridge 800.5 crossed with the 513.5 Vincent. Day 31, S-S 72 ½”, F-B 71 ½”, Circ 103” = OTT 247” – 343 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1143 Reid crossed with the 1167 Hunt. Day 30, S-S 63 ½”, F-B 60 ½”, Circ 105” = OTT 229” – 276 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1019 Sproul crossed with the 1266 Niewenhoff. Day 34, S-S 73 ½”, F-B 77”, Circ 120 ½” = OTT 271” – 449 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1059 Vincent crossed with the 800.5 Langridge. Day 27, S-S 63 ½”, F-B 61 ½”, Circ 102 ½” = OTT 227 ½” – 269 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1404 Bryson crossed with the 1312 Sproul. Day 35, S-S 72 ½”, F-B 66”, Circ 106” = OTT 244 ½” – 331 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1046 Montgomery crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 26, S-S 59 ½” F-B 62 ½”, Circ 95” = OTT 217” – 236 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1818.8 Bryson crossed with the 1263.8 Pitura. Day 31, S-S 60 ½” , F-B 59 ½”, Circ 99 ½” = OTT 219 ½” – 243 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1312 Sproul crossed with the 1372.8 Lloyd. Day 33, S-S 70”, F-B 69 ½”, Circ 113 ½” = OTT 253” – 368 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 513.5 Vincent crossed with self. Day 365, S-S 73 ½”, F-B 73 ½”, Circ 108” = OTT 255” – 376 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1372.8 Lloyd crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 32, S-S 72 ½”, F-B 68”, Circ 114” = OTT 254 ½” – 372 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1266 Nieuwenhoff crossed with the 1048.5 Huffman. Day 31, S-S 74”, F-B 63”, Circ 98” = OTT 235” – 297 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 30, S-S 69”, F-B 67”, Circ 107” = OTT 243” – 328 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 833 Razo crossed with the 877 Hunt. Day 34, S-S 70”, F-B 66”, Circ 104” = OTT 240” – 316 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1243 Colbert crossed with the 11850.8 Matesa. Day 21, S-S 59 ½”, F-B 59”, Circ 91 = OTT 209 ½” – 212 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1180.8 Matesa crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 31, S-S 60”, F-B 59 ½”, Circ 104” = OTT 223 ½” – 256 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1180.8 Matesa crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 31, S-S 60”, F-B 59 ½”, Circ 104” = OTT 223 ½” – 256 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 925 Lyons crossed with the Shan 387. Day 31, S-S 69 ½”, F-B 68 ½”, Circ 104” = OTT 242” – 324 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1048.5 Huffman crossed with the 1404.4 Bryson. Day 34, S-S 71 ½”, F-B 71 ½”, Circ 105” = OTT 248” – 347 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1088 Niewenhoff crossed with self. Day 36, S-S 77 ½”, F-B 73 ½”, Circ 110” = OTT 261” – 403 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 513.5 Vincent crossed with the 800.5 Langridge. Day 25, S-S 67”, F-B 62”, Circ 88” = OTT 217” – 236 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with 513 Vincent. Day 31, S-S 76”, F-B 68, Circ 105” = OTT 249” – 351 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 1167 Hunt crossed with the 1180.8 Matesa. Day 34, S-S 65 ½”, F-B 63 ½”, Circ 99” = OTT 228” – 272 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 89 Shymanski crossed with the 905 Vincent-McGill. Day 29, S-S 71 ½”, F-B 69”, Circ 101” = OTT 241 1/2” – 320 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 877 Hunt was open pollinated. Day ? S-S 58”, F-B 58”, Circ 84” = OTT 200” – 187 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Day 31, S-S 65”, F-B 59”, Circ 90” = OTT 214” – 227 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Day 29, S-S 65”, F-B 59”, Circ 90” = OTT 214” – 227 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 692 Langridge crossed with the 905 Vincent. Day 21, S-S 67 ½”, F-B 64”, Circ 95” = OTT 226 ½” – 266 lbs   Monday, July 30 View Page 600 Langrdige (800 Neily crossed with the 947 Cuypers from 2011. The 800 Neily went down on us last year so we kept a few seeds out of it and grew it out this year. This is what the 600 Langridge is looking like) is open pollinated. Day ? S-S 65”, F-B 62”, Circ 97” = OTT 224” – 259 lbs   Thursday, August 9 View Page Here is one of our biggest rutabagas. It still has a very healthy plant with a lushes top. It will be interesting to see how it weighs up at Picton Fair.   Thursday, August 9 View Page We are down to two Kohlrabies as we have lost another Kohlrabi a few weeks ago. Here is the bigger one of the two. As you might be able to see, it has some smaller Kohlrabies growing off it. I hope that the last two don’t rot as my sister and I are going to take them to Picton fair to the P.E.C. 4-H weigh off.   Thursday, August 9 View Page The watermelons are set and growing well. The watermelons were late to set this year but they are still looking good with healthy plants feeding them.   Thursday, August 9 View Page I am very impressed with how well the cantaloupe are making out. They have taken right off in this heat. I hope that they will last until Picton Fair.   Thursday, August 9 View Page One of the only super blossoms to survive so far. It’s looking good and green, so hopefully it continues to grow and not ripen any time soon.   Thursday, August 9 View Page It has taken a while for the kettle gourds to set and start to size up. I am starting to find the odd one in the patch peeking up through the leaves now.   Thursday, August 9 View Page Both of our cabbages are starting to form heads now and get some more weigh to them. They are still as healthy as can be.   Thursday, August 9 View Page The carrots seem to be doing well with big healthy tops. It will be very interesting to dig them up and see what we got.   Monday, August 20 View Page Here is my dad, mom and sister all posing with the Langridge 800.5 crossed with the 513.5 Vincent. Day 41, S-S 83”, F-B 85 ½”, Circ 128” = OTT 296 1/2” – 579 lbs Day 51, S-S 87”, F-B 90”, Circ 147” = OTT 324” – 752 lbs   Monday, August 20 View Page I am in the middle of the picture posing with my sister and my mom with our BIGGEST pumpkin in the patch so far!I hope it keeps growing so we hit 1000 pounds! 1019 Sproul crossed with the 1266 Niewenhoff. Day 34, S-S 83 ½”, F-B 87 1/2”, Circ 140” = OTT 311” – 668 lbs Day 34, S-S 90”, F-B 94”, Circ 154” = OTT 338” – 850 lbs   Monday, August 20 View Page I forgot to change the day's on the Sproul. The first measurements are at day 44 and the ones yesterday are day 54.   Monday, August 20 View Page Dad, Sarah and I are all excited with how much the 513.5 Vincent has taken off over the past few weeks! We hope it keeps growing! 513.5 Vincent crossed with the 800.5 Langridge. Day 35, S-S 86”, F-B 76”, Circ 113” = OTT 275” – 468 lbs Day 45, S-S 87 1/2”, F-B 89 1/2”, Circ 131” = OTT 308” – 650 lbs   Monday, August 20 View Page The 89 Shymanski is starting to look more like a squash with the blue colour becoming dominant. It has some white striping but hopefully it keeps going blue/green. 89 Shymanski crossed with the 905 Vincent-McGill. Day 39, S-S 87 ½”, F-B 81 1/2”, Circ 120” = OTT 289” – 541 lbs Day 49, S-S 94 ½”, F-B 88”, Circ 134 1/2” = OTT 317” – 706 lbs   Monday, August 20 View Page This is such a beautiful looking squash and we are very pleased that it is off our 692 Langridge crossed with the 905 Vincent. Day 31, S-S 76”, F-B 71”, Circ 111” = OTT 258” – 389 lbs Day 41, S-S 80”, F-B 75”, Circ 118 1/2” = OTT 273 ½” – 455 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1143 Reid crossed with the 1167 Hunt. Day 40, S-S 74”, F-B 69 1/2 ”, Circ 125 1/2” = OTT 268 1/2” – 435 lbs Day 52, S-S 78”, F-B 74”, Circ 138” = OTT 290” – 546 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1404 Bryson crossed with the 1312 Sproul. Day 57, S-S 82”, F-B 75”, Circ 124” = OTT 281” – 498 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1046 Montgomery crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 36, S-S 77” F-B 77 ½”, Circ 119” = OTT 273 1/2” – 458 lbs Day 48, S-S 86” F-B 85”, Circ 137” = OTT 308” – 650 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1818.8 Bryson crossed with the 1263.8 Pitura. Day 41, S-S 74 ½” , F-B 69”, Circ 118” = OTT 261 ½” – 403 lbs . Day 53, S-S 80 ½” , F-B 73 ½”, Circ 128” = OTT 282” – 504 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1312 Sproul crossed with the 1372.8 Lloyd. Day 43, S-S 79”, F-B 79 ½”, Circ 132” = OTT 290 1/2” – 551 lbs Day 53, S-S 80”, F-B 82”, Circ 147” = OTT 309” – 656 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 513.5 Vincent crossed with self. Day 45, S-S 83”, F-B 83”, Circ 122” = OTT 288” – 535 lbs Day 55, S-S 87 1/2”, F-B 89 ½”, Circ 131” = OTT 308” – 650 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1372.8 Lloyd crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 42, S-S 79”, F-B 79”, Circ 136” = OTT 294” – 568 lbs . Day 52, S-S 82”, F-B 83 1/2”, Circ 147” = OTT 312 ½” – 674 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1266 Nieuwenhoff crossed with the 1048.5 Huffman. Day 41, S-S 87”, F-B 74”, Circ 116” = OTT 277” – 478 lbs . Day 53, S-S 93”, F-B 80”, Circ 126” = OTT 299” – 596 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 833 Razo crossed with the 877 Hunt. Day 44, S-S 77”, F-B 71”, Circ 116” = OTT 264” – 416 lbs Day 56, S-S 80”, F-B 75”, Circ 120” = OTT 275” – 468 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1243 Colbert crossed with the 1180.8 Matesa. Day 41, S-S 77”, F-B 78”, Circ 120 = OTT 275” – 468 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1180.8 Matesa crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 41, S-S 73”, F-B 68”, Circ 122” = OTT 263” – 412 lbs Day 53, S-S 79”, F-B 75”, Circ 132” = OTT 286” – 524 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1048.5 Huffman crossed with the 1404.4 Bryson. Day 44, S-S 78”, F-B 80”, Circ 124” = OTT 282” – 504 lbs Day 56, S-S 83 ½”, F-B 83 ½”, Circ 134” = OTT 301” – 608 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1088 Niewenhoff crossed with self. Day 46, S-S 86”, F-B 81”, Circ 120” = OTT 287” – 530 lbs Day 56, S-S 90”, F-B 85 ½”, Circ 134” = OTT 309 1/2” – 656 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with 513 Vincent. Day 41, S-S 84”, F-B 78”, Circ 123” = OTT 285” – 519 lbs . Day 51, S-S 89”, F-B 82”, Circ 133” = OTT 304” – 626 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with the 1243 Colbert. Day 50, S-S 82”, F-B 72”, Circ 128” = OTT 282” – 504 lbs.   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1167 Hunt crossed with the 1180.8 Matesa. Day 44, S-S 75”, F-B 73”, Circ 115” = OTT 263” – 412 lbs . Day 56, S-S 77”, F-B 76”, Circ 123” = OTT 276” – 473 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 877 Hunt was open pollinated. Day ? S-S 70”, F-B 67”, Circ 103 1/2” = OTT 240 1/2” – 316 lbs Day ? S-S 76”, F-B 74”, Circ 115 1/2” = OTT 265 1/2” – 421 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Day 41, S-S 72 1/2”, F-B 69 1/2”, Circ 103” = OTT 245” – 335 lbs Day 53, S-S 75 1/2”, F-B 71 1/2”, Circ 111” = OTT 258” – 389 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Day 39, S-S 73”, F-B 61”, Circ 103” = OTT 237” – 305 lbs Day 51, S-S 75”, F-B 65”, Circ 112” = OTT 252” – 364 lbs   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 600 Langrdige was open pollinated. Day ? S-S 72”, F-B 68”, Circ 110” = OTT 250” – 356 lbs . Day ? S-S 75”, F-B 72”, Circ 117” = OTT 264” – 416 lbs   Wednesday, August 22 View Page 925 Lyons crossed with the Shan 387. Day 41, S-S 78”, F-B 77”, Circ 119” = OTT 274” – 463 lbs. Day 53, S-S 81”, F-B 81”, Circ 129” = OTT 291” – 551 lbs   Wednesday, August 22 View Page Here's a look at our sunflower and our tall corn. Sadly, the sunflowers headed out early this year and the tallest one is around 13' 6". As for the tall corn, it did very well again this year reaching around 17 feet and one is just tasselling out. Hopefully the sunflowers do better next year.   Friday, September 7 View Page Over the past two weeks, we have lost three pumpkins and two squash. We are sad to say that the 1167 Hunt, 1243 Colbert, 1203 Shymanski and two of the 905 Vincent’s have rotted on us. We still have four squash growing in the field but we might be pulling the 692 Langridge soon. Over the past five days, we have had 5” of rain and cold nights so the pumpkins have slowed down in growing rate.   Friday, September 7 View Page Tonight was the P.E.C. 4-H weigh off at our local fair. This is my sister with her African Kettle Gourd weighing in at 123.0 pounds and placing second!   Friday, September 7 View Page Here I am with my African Kettle Gourd weighing in at 143.0 pounds and coming in at first!   Friday, September 7 View Page This is one of my cabbages coming in at first place weighing 29.0 pounds.   Friday, September 7 View Page Congratulations Sarah with your second place squash! This is a 89 Shymanski squash that was set late and open pollinated. Day ?, S-S 74”, F-B 80”, Circ 114” = OTT 268” – 435 lbs. It ended up weighing 161.5 pounds going 26.5 pounds heavy!   Friday, September 7 View Page This is my 600 Langridge squash that I weighed in. It came in first place breaking out clubs record for heaviest squash. 600 Langrdige was open pollinated. Day ? S-S 77”, F-B 77”, Circ 124” = OTT 278” – 483 lbs . It ended up weighing 513.5 pounds going 30.5 pounds heavy.   Friday, September 7 View Page Sarah placed second with the 1312 Sproul crossed with the 1372.8 Lloyd. Day 64, S-S 87”, F-B 87”, Circ 157” = OTT 331” – 800 lbs. Sadly, her pumpkin went 76 pounds light coming in at 724.0 pounds. Congratulations Sarah on beating your own personal record!   Friday, September 7 View Page Here is my grand champion pumpkin, the 1046 Montgomery crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson. Day 57, S-S 89” F-B 88”, Circ 150” = OTT 327” – 772 lbs. We were very excited to see the Montgomery go 26.5 pounds heavy!   Tuesday, September 11 View Page It was a very exciting night at the Langridge’s tonight with the 1019 Sproul crossed with the 1266 Niewenhoff at Day 55, S-S 93”, F-B 96”, Circ 169” = OTT 358” – 1004 lbs! How exciting to have our first pumpkin in the patch taping just over 1000 pounds!   Tuesday, September 11 View Page The Langridge 800.5 crossed with the 513.5 Vincent. Day 63, S-S 95”, F-B 93”, Circ 166” = OTT 354” – 971 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 513.5 Vincent crossed with the 800.5 Langridge. Day 57, S-S 101”, F-B 92”, Circ 143” = OTT 336” – 835 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 1143 Reid crossed with the 1167 Hunt. Day 61, S-S 80”, F-B 76”, Circ 147” = OTT 303” – 620 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 513.5 Vincent crossed with self. Day 66, S-S 93”, F-B 93”, Circ 143” = OTT 329” – 786 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 833 Razo crossed with the 877 Hunt. Day 65, S-S 81”, F-B 76”, Circ 122” = OTT 279” – 488 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with 513 Vincent. Day 62, S-S 92”, F-B 85”, Circ 140” = OTT 317” – 706 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 1203 Shymanski crossed with the 1243 Colbert. Day 71, S-S 89”, F-B 78”, Circ 138” = OTT 305” – 632 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 925 Lyons crossed with the Shan 387. Day 62, S-S 82”, F-B 83”, Circ 135” = OTT 300” – 602 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 89 Shymanski crossed with the 905 Vincent-McGill. Day 61, S-S 99”, F-B 93”, Circ 145” = OTT 337” – 843 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 877 Hunt was open pollinated. Day ? S-S 79”, F-B 77”, Circ 124” = OTT 280” – 493 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Day 62, S-S 76”, F-B 74”, Circ 114” = OTT 264” – 416 lbs   Tuesday, September 11 View Page 692 Langridge crossed with the 905 Vincent. Day 53, S-S 82”, F-B 76”, Circ 124” = OTT 282” – 504 lbs   Monday, September 17 View Page Here is a picture of the giant pumpkins and squash from this year. There are 23 pumpkins and squash in this picture. The ones going to Wellington Pumpkinfest are still growing in the field.   Saturday, October 13 View Page Wellington Pumpkinfest was today. The weather was a bit overcast but beautiful compared to what we had last year. Here are some pictures with how my family did this year.   Saturday, October 13 View Page I took first place with my tall sunflower this year at 169”. It’s not as tall as last years but I am still happy with the height. Hopefully next year will be a better growing season for them.   Saturday, October 13 View Page My sister took 3rd place with her 58.5 pound cabbage! Congratulations Sarah! You now hold our household record for heaviest cabbage.   Saturday, October 13 View Page Sarah also took 5th place with her 54.5 pound field pumpkin.   Saturday, October 13 View Page I took 4th place with my 56.5 pound field pumpkin.   Saturday, October 13 View Page And dad took 3rd with his 57 pound field pumpkin. It was close between dad and I but he still beat me by half a pound.   Saturday, October 13 View Page As for the heaviest squash, dad placed 5th with his 465 pounder. It was the 905 Vincent crossed with the 89 Shymanski. Good job dad!   Saturday, October 13 View Page Sarah did well placing 4th with her 483.5 pound squash. It was the 692 Langridge crossed with the 905 Vincent.   Saturday, October 13 View Page Congratulations mom with your 518.5, 3rd place squash! Mom’s squash was the 877 Hunt was open pollinated.   Saturday, October 13 View Page I weighed in the 89 Shymanski crossed with the 905 Vincent. I took 1st place for the heaviest squash weighing in at 861 pounds. How exciting! It is the biggest squash I have weighed in and to take 1st place was very exciting!   Saturday, October 13 View Page Now for the giant pumpkins. Almost all of my family beat their personal best for their heaviest pumpkins weighed in. Dad placed 14th this year with his 700.5 pound pumpkin. It was grown off the 1312 Sproul crossed with the 1372.8 Lloyd.   Saturday, October 13 View Page Mom hit a new personal best for herself weighing in a 764 pound pumpkin. Great job mom for a second year grower! She grew this off the 1372.8 Lloyd crossed with the 1818.8 Bryson.   Saturday, October 13 View Page My sister, Sarah, not only beat her own personal best but won the Howard Dill award! How cool Sarah! Sarah placed 10th with her 827 pounder that was grown off the 513.5 Vincent crossed with the 800.5 Langridge.   Saturday, October 13 View Page Another highlight of the day for our family was when the 1019 Sproul got weighed in. It took 4th placed weighing in at 1031.5 pounds! Our FIRST 1000 pound pumpkin! WOW! So exciting! The 1019 Sproul crossed with the 1266 Niewenhoff. Overall, I would have to say that we all had an amazing day at the weigh off with personal best broken and winning some awards. We are all looking forward to next year.