Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 40 Entries. Thursday, January 2 View Page Mark asks....WWTDD????? He would take care of business!!   Monday, February 3 View Page This is for Mark! Who likes to make fun of us southerners when it snows. This is how we do things in the south, when it gets cold and snows, we make ice desks for the weather crew!   Wednesday, May 21 View Page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2WVtXfx3n0&feature=share   Thursday, June 19 View Page get ready   Tuesday, June 24 View Page 316 Edwards... 2 melons set, crossed with the 260 Clementz   Tuesday, June 24 View Page only 1 grafted plant this year. 274 Kent. planted 2 weeks after other plants.   Wednesday, June 25 View Page good size female on the 260   Wednesday, June 25 View Page This is Ellie May, 6 week old redbone, she has big shoes to fill keeping the patch safe.   Monday, June 30 View Page 316   Monday, June 30 View Page Melons going on all plants except the graft, waiting another week for a late pollination.   Sunday, July 6 View Page Visited with Donnie Meyers this afternoon, and took this shot of his wonderful looking plants. His patch is as clean as anything I ever seen. grow'm big Donnie!!   Tuesday, July 8 View Page first big cull of the year. 316 Edwards   Tuesday, July 8 View Page pretty solid, around 60 lbs   Monday, July 14 View Page 316 27 days   Monday, July 14 View Page never had a ear like this before   Monday, July 21 View Page 255   Monday, July 21 View Page 316   Saturday, August 2 View Page 255 Mitchell   Saturday, August 2 View Page 207 Mitchell   Saturday, August 2 View Page 316 Edwards   Tuesday, August 12 View Page 207 Mitchell, cool weather with rain and clouds have really taken a number on the gains, seems we have had a summer of Octobers.   Tuesday, August 12 View Page Pretty cool Ice job from this weekend, 50th Birthday party for a NBA coach   Thursday, August 14 View Page Patch shot   Thursday, August 14 View Page 316 Edwards   Thursday, August 14 View Page 260 Clementz, Mark, so sorry to post this, plant has done great, melon not so great. I might battle Susan for the longest skinnest melon award this year. The 260 will see dirt again next year   Monday, August 25 View Page So far, the 316 has always been the largest in the patch, she is slowing down, but still adding a little here and there. Nothing super exciting, cause I know she will be 30 pounds light. 255 Mitchel hit 200 pounds yesterday, and the 207 Mitchell hit 205, gotta love those Michigan genetics. Sorry Mark, but the 260 ain't but in the 160 range. Then the last plant is the 274 Kent graft, and lets just say it's a MONSTER at a whopping 50 pounds at day 55, lol, no stump, no melon, so NO grafts for me next year?   Monday, September 1 View Page 255 Mitchell, second best in the patch this year   Monday, September 1 View Page 316 Edwards, best this year   Tuesday, September 2 View Page Grafted stump from last year, fills with water, and rots until it leaked out the side, causing a hole   Wednesday, September 3 View Page 316 bit the dust, 12 inches of rotted vine! RIP buddy, it would have been nice to see what you could have been   Thursday, September 4 View Page Got the 316 pulled yesterday, after final measurements, the dang thing went heavy, and first for me! Brought it inside, and put the rack it grew on, on top of the air vent, then placed melon on rack and covered with a towel, so it will be interesting to see how much weight it will lose.   Monday, September 8 View Page graft stump   Monday, September 8 View Page inside was completely hollow, and never even completely met, there was a spider web and spider on the inside!   Monday, September 8 View Page Cut the stump on the 316 4 days ago, plant still looks good even completely cut away from stump   Monday, September 8 View Page This was interesting to me, this was my graft plant 10 minutes after cutting stump, completely flagged and wilted. the 316 traditional is now 4 days with no stump and still looks good. haven't pulled the plants yet, but you would think the vines rooted on both plants the same   Tuesday, September 9 View Page Graft melon, maybe 60 to 70 days old, never really measured(it never really grew much) was extremely hollow, and based off the stump, maybe there is some truth to lack of water and nutrients getting to the melon, if the juice can't get there, it ain't growing!   Tuesday, September 9 View Page looks like a weedeater got sideways!   Thursday, September 18 View Page 255   Thursday, September 18 View Page 260   Monday, October 20 View Page Mustard doing nice in melon beds