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Wednesday, January 8 View Page
gpc seminar last year watch out for these guys there known to get you drunk get all your pumpkin secrets
 
Friday, January 17 View Page
winter in iowa. new hot boxes taking shape
 
Friday, January 17 View Page
5 down 3 or 4 more to go
 
Thursday, January 23 View Page
bigger
 
Friday, January 31 View Page
got frost? starting to remind of of the gold guys in alaska http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/extreme-cold-sinking-deep-into-iowa-soil/-/9357080/24208584/-/5s0h7vz/-/index.html
 
Monday, February 24 View Page
missed out this year going to gpc seminar had to stay home some good friends sent me this pic . never loose a bet
 
Wednesday, March 19 View Page
egvga bubble came today /but has tape all over it
 
Wednesday, March 19 View Page
opened for inspection then taped closed
 
Wednesday, March 19 View Page
empty bubble with note seeds destroyed gotta love our border protection and customs
 
Sunday, April 6 View Page
season has started 1676 daletas after 2 1/2 days since germination repotted from peat pot to bigger 1 gallon container amazing roots already
 
Sunday, April 6 View Page
1676 daletas 10 days later , anti freeze ready
 
Thursday, April 17 View Page
rti pumpkin pro mykos and winter rye spring cover crop
 
Thursday, April 17 View Page
mix rye and pumpkin pro
 
Thursday, April 17 View Page
kodiak bacillus subtillis gb03
 
Thursday, April 17 View Page
mix good by hand all seeds coated
 
Thursday, April 17 View Page
harrow in , lets get ready to rumble
 
Friday, April 18 View Page
1676 daletas in down and running
 
Sunday, April 27 View Page
growing season is here and heating huts shows up on power bills note to self work harder on not using furnace in winter i think i turned it on 3 times total 2nd place is first loser
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
found this letter howard sent me years ago thought i lost it putting it in safer place now
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
1676 daletas may 5
 
Sunday, May 11 View Page
redneck mothers day flower
 
Friday, May 23 View Page
plants are coming out of huts now. tilled in cover crop near plants its time they get movin
 
Sunday, May 25 View Page
lady,s gettin ready for memorial day
 
Friday, May 30 View Page
applied 2 ounce's per 1000 sq ft of (Eddy Z;s Giddy up) driving 34 hours and delivering it eddy what a surprise
 
Wednesday, June 4 View Page
1985 miller june 4
 
Wednesday, June 4 View Page
2009 wallace june 4 ,this is the $1800 seed from eddy z and make a wish auction, il keep everyone updated as season progress etc for those wondering what that means http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=498816
 
Sunday, June 15 View Page
2009 wallace june 15 coming along nice female ready maybe 3-4 days
 
Sunday, June 15 View Page
1985 miller june 15 one of 2 plants i got in
 
Sunday, June 15 View Page
1676 daletas
 
Monday, June 30 View Page
2009 Wallace sibbed day 3 or so severe storms today might of taken out the other 2009 plant not protected with shade all leafs are flat on ground il give it time see what happens shade took beating but did its job first 2 set on this plant were ruined in storms so its out there 20 feet ish
 
Monday, June 30 View Page
one of 1985 miller, aero dynamic hail leaf experiment on part of plant stronger shade fastners on the menu
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
1985 miller plant july 13
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
1985 miller day 13
 
Tuesday, July 22 View Page
day 22 1985 miller .hot temps 80 degree for a LOW, heat index today hundred and teens ,misters plus shade are help
 
Tuesday, July 22 View Page
2009 Wallace x sib day 13 aborts early has this plant with late set hammer time
 
Tuesday, July 22 View Page
1985 miller #2 day 22
 
Friday, July 25 View Page
roots this year
 
Monday, July 28 View Page
2009 Wallace x sib day 20
 
Monday, August 4 View Page
got orange?
 
Wednesday, October 1 View Page
monsoon has me moving pumpkins out of patch early
 
Wednesday, October 1 View Page
waiting
 
Friday, October 10 View Page
2009 Wallace x sibb
 
Sunday, October 12 View Page
2009 x sib displaying in my daughters yard will carve Halloween get seeds for eddy z and make a wish
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
iowa fair pumpkin
 
Monday, October 27 View Page
1104 young 2014 =2009 x sib seeds are drying now most seeds will go to eddy z and gary for make a wish fundraiser
 
Monday, October 27 View Page
1104 carved by my daughter her first pumpkin display
 
Monday, October 27 View Page
wild lighting but pumpkin flawless inside
 
Wednesday, November 26 View Page
dirt thief
 

 

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