Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 19 Entries. Thursday, June 5 View Page The plan for this year was to have 2 pumpkins and 1 squash. 1730 Werner, 1623 Wallace and the 1324dmg Kline were the final picks and started late April, but I lost the 1730 at about 4' due to grower error. In its place I planted a couple of Field pumpkins. 134 Coolen, 97 Dill. Also this year I'm trying a gourd trellis..   Friday, July 4 View Page 1623 Wallace getting going   Thursday, July 10 View Page 1324 Kline DMG   Friday, July 11 View Page Gourd trellis, vines starting to grow   Friday, July 11 View Page Gourd trellis, vines are starting to climb   Thursday, August 7 View Page 1623   Thursday, August 7 View Page 1324 Kline. First year growing squash and love the way they look at this stage.   Friday, August 22 View Page Trellis starting to look good. Long gourds, birdhouse, dippers and some randoms   Friday, August 22 View Page Putting on lbs   Saturday, August 30 View Page All covered in, and I'm amazed with how many gourds are growing.   Thursday, September 4 View Page It's growing   Friday, September 5 View Page Amazing the growth, variety and still a little shocked that it worked.   Friday, September 5 View Page 1623. What looked promising early on has turned into a learning experience. It stopped growing early in August and from what I've been told probably had mosaic virus. It got very warty, growth slowed and the leaves were a little discolored. On the upside I had a fruit that I could take to the Shawville Fair. 552lbs was the final weight.   Friday, October 17 View Page Last day in the patch. The leaves are long gone. We had a hard frost Sept 18 which killed it but it has been slowing adding inches over the past month. 344OTT   Saturday, October 18 View Page Always a favorite, the Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest. Our kids were asking to go back for the parade and weigh off. The squash and helpers are loaded and ready to go.   Saturday, October 18 View Page Heading to the scale.   Saturday, October 18 View Page 941lbs. Went 4% heavy, (1324dmg Kline x 800 Neily)   Saturday, October 18 View Page My first time growing a FP ended up with 127lber grown off the 134 Coolen.   Wednesday, October 22 View Page Some of the gourds inside to start drying