Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 212 Entries. Sunday, February 8 View Page I thought I would start the year off with our new venture this year. We have never tried giant cabbage before but thought we would give it a go. If anyone has any suggestions on what to do feel free to send us an email.   Tuesday, March 3 View Page I think the giant cabbages are looking good. Not sure if this is where I should be at for this date?   Tuesday, March 3 View Page Today we started 255 Mitchell watermelon and some giant tomatoes. It was -5 this morning and 5 inches of snow predicted tonight. Hopefully the rest of March will be kinder.   Saturday, March 28 View Page It may be time to transplant giant cabbages. #notacluewhatIamdoing Ha!   Monday, April 27 View Page We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at Walt Disney World last week. Here is the view from our room at the Contemporary Resort. The weather was hot and humid with temps in the high 80's. Beautiful for vacation!   Monday, April 27 View Page Here are the new babies that our son Parker watched over while we were away. 907 and 759 Young, 811 Gerhardt, 993 and 1059 Vincent McGill. The 2 Nesbitt seeds have not germed yet but fingers crossed. Tonight we started 6 back ups.   Monday, April 27 View Page Cabbages seem to be doing well. Not really sure when to plant them outside? Guessing they are pretty hardy though.   Tuesday, April 28 View Page Patch prep has begun albeit late. I have 1 spot tilled and hoop will go up tomorrow.   Tuesday, April 28 View Page Melon cave is up and is 10 x 20. This will hold one watermelon.   Sunday, May 3 View Page The season is beginning to start with 4 hoops out for pumpkins and 2 portable greenhouses for watermelon and maters.   Sunday, May 3 View Page We moved the shady trellis about 15 feet towards the center of the old patch. This was quite a project seeing it is made with 16 foot 2x4's. My two boys helped Kerry and I with the wobbly move. Hopefully this will add a couple hours of sun to the long gourd!   Sunday, May 3 View Page Here is half of the new patch with one hoop with about 670 square feet and the tomato hut. My two sons are in this photo as they are home from college for the summer.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Here is the other half of new patch which will be about 620 square foot pumpkin and melon hut. The small black hoops that are outlining the patch will be rabbit protectors for our giant sun flowers.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Here we have the 1059 Vincent McGill on the left looking like an angel and the 811 Gerhardt on the right with a cot leave that is waving saying pick me. This will be a tough choice in a few weeks if both stay healthy.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Here is the 907 Young on the left and the 993 Vincent McGill on the right. I am hoping for the 993 to be the primary here.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Both of these are the 907 Young.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Both of these are the 759 Young.   Sunday, May 3 View Page We are using the melon hut to stage other veggies and flowers.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Here are the 3 cabbages that I chose to grow. We will work on frames this week and plant in patch in a week or two.   Sunday, May 3 View Page I have 2 melons competing for the melon hut. On the right is the 255 Mitchell and on the left is the 177 Berry.   Sunday, May 3 View Page It is nice to have the glow back. This is year 19 of growing giant veggies for us and as you can imagine our enthusiasm has seen its highs and lows. But through it all, our love for gardening and our community of growing friends keeps us never wanting to quit.   Sunday, May 10 View Page It has been a warm week for is here and the patch and lawn has grown nicely. Now we will need to mow every 4 days. LOL Patch view 1.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Here is patch view 2. The gray squares by the long gourd trellis is where our giant cabbage will go.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Here is patch view 3. We have planted 23 giant sunflowers in the new patch and are protected by the plastic rings.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Here is the 1059 on the left and the 811 on the right. By far the hardest choice to make this year.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Here is the 907 Young on the left and the 993 on the right.   Sunday, May 10 View Page The 907 hoop is doing well.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Giant cabbage is doing well and will probably be transplanted in the patch next weekend. They still get a bit droopy in the heat and sun.   Sunday, May 10 View Page The melons are growing well with the 177 Berry on the left and 255 Mitchell on the right.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Here is the 759 Young hoop and they look good so far.   Sunday, May 10 View Page Tomato house is planted. Hopefully these plants will acclimate well.   Saturday, May 16 View Page Finally got giant cabbages planted today. I had to buy some rabbit fencing as a couple of the plants got "pruned" this week.   Saturday, May 16 View Page Here is a close up of how I am planning on feeding and watering. I also like the fence because it gives me something to attach row cover to now for shade and bugs.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Overall it has been a decent weather week here with 2 mornings with frost but that is par for the course in May. Here is patch view 1.   Sunday, May 17 View Page I spent 6 hours yesterday in the patch and everything stirrup hoed with the help of my sons. Here is patch view 2.   Sunday, May 17 View Page We got a nice little rain last night to help get non hoop plants acclimated. Patch view 3.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Here is the 1059 on the right and the 811 on the left.   Sunday, May 17 View Page The 907 is on the left and the 993 is on the right. The 993 is the primary for this hoop.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Here are a pair of 907's.   Sunday, May 17 View Page The 177 Berry on the left and the 255 Mitchell on the right. Interesting match up with the 177 in the lead now.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Here are two 759 Young's. 809 Young (777 Young x 811 Gerhardt) x 1059 Vincent McGill which grew the 907.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Giant tomatoes are doing well.   Sunday, May 17 View Page Giant cabbages have survived their first night out.   Monday, May 18 View Page Today we put down our 14 year old lab Sally who was a very loyal family member and a big help in the patch. A very sad day in our house.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Happy Memorial Day weekend. We have been very dry lately but the next 8 days are forecasted to be rainy. Patch view 1.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Here is patch view 2. The garden is slowly starting to be filled with plants.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Here is patch view 3. Kerry and I stirrup hoed the 4800 square feet yesterday. Hopefully no weeds in the pics.   Sunday, May 24 View Page We are using 30% shade cloth over the cabbage cage. Hopefully this will help with bugs and shade them enough to help growth.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Here are the cabbages opened up. Hopefully they have grown since last week?   Sunday, May 24 View Page Here is our Rutabaga or Swede baby. Never tried these before either.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 129 Young long gourd. This is a new position for our trellis. Hopefully a bit more sun will help it out.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 811 on the right is leading the 1059. Tough match up in this hoop and decision is only a week or two away.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 126 May. Hopefully she will like VT dirt.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 993 on the right is the hopeful keeper for genetic purposes but the 907 is ahead of it now. I will still go with 993 as long as she stays healthy.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Pair of 907 Young's starting to run. I think I will be keeping the one on the right.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 177 Berry on the left is more aggressive currently but the 255 Mitchell is doing well. Another tough choice.   Sunday, May 24 View Page Pair of 759 Young's. Both doing well and starting to run.   Sunday, May 24 View Page The tomatoes are doing well.   Sunday, May 24 View Page We bought this little rubber-made house yesterday at Lowes and today we broke down the old wooden shed and relocated the base to be used with this one in the garden where it is too shady to grow. We assembled it in about 2 hours and took about 2 hours to break down the old wooden shed.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Last entry for May and we have gone from hot and dry to cold and rainy. Highs in the low 50's for the next few days and rain. Patch view 1.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Spent a few hours stirrup hoeing yesterday and the patch is pretty clean. Patch view 2.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Everything will be closed up for 3 days. I am glad plants haven't out grown hoops. Patch view 3.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Cabbages are doing well. They really don't like heat. But seem to always bounce back after wilting.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Rutabaga is slowly getting bigger.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 129 Young long gourd. A bit behind with lg's this year.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 811 Gerhardt was the first challenge winner and is about 28 inches long.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 993 Vincent McGill on the right is the chosen and will cull 907 once 993 is safely grounded.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 126 May. Doing well so far and getting adjusted to my soil.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Tomatoes are doing well. Planted the 3.23 Marley, 3.50 Boyce, 3.99 Young, 4.80 Boyce and two 5.67 Porkchop.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 164 Laub field pumpkin.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 173 Wellington field pumpkin.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 122 Laub field pumpkin.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 907 Young down to one plant. It is around 27 inches today.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 255 Mitchell on right and 177 Berry on left. Both tied at 15 inches. Going to be a tough decision soon!   Sunday, May 31 View Page Here are two 759 Young plants. Almost grounded but not yet so I will wait to cull. Longest is 27 inches.   Sunday, June 7 View Page This is one of the latest dates that we removed hoops and electrical but we have had some cold nights including last night that got down to 35. Patch view 1.   Sunday, June 7 View Page The plants are all still alive which is a plus and hopefully will start growing with a few warm nights. Patch view 2.   Sunday, June 7 View Page The watering only goes out 22 feet but I have hose and sprinklers to cover the last 15 feet. Patch view 3.   Sunday, June 7 View Page Cabbage seem to be happy so far. The blue bucket is 5 gallons to give a size reference.   Sunday, June 7 View Page Rutabaga seems to be out growing its cage soon.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 129 Young long gourd should start vining this week if we can get a few warm nights.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 811 Gerhardt is doing well and around 4 1/2 feet long.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 993 Vincent McGill is nice and healthy and around 3 feet long.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 126 May long gourd should start vining soon.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 907 Young sitting at 4 feet.   Sunday, June 7 View Page The watermelon winner is the 255 Mitchell. Right around 2 feet long.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 759 Young is at 4 feet and nice thick vines.   Sunday, June 7 View Page Tomatoes are getting nice thick stalks.   Sunday, June 7 View Page Giant field pumpkins have survived a cold week. We have giant watermelon, field pumpkins, tomatoes, atlantic giants, cabbage, long bean, giant cucumber, long gourds, giant rutabaga, giant tall sunflower and giant big head sunflower all in our little back yard. Eleven different varieties in 5000 square feet of garden.   Saturday, June 13 View Page Working on patch today to try to open up soil after being flooded. We received 10 inches of rain for June so far which is about 8 inches more than patch needed. Plants are very droopy now that it is sunny. Working with hoe around plants to attempt to get a little air to the roots. Pictures tomorrow.   Sunday, June 14 View Page The patch is slowly recovering from too much rain. We have received 10 inches for the first 13 days of June. Patch view 1.   Sunday, June 14 View Page We have started to remove sunflower cages as they are tall enough to avoid the rabbits wrath. Patch view 2.   Sunday, June 14 View Page You can see here that we removed the greenhouse cover as we could not cool it down well enough during the day. Patch view 3.   Sunday, June 14 View Page Cabbage seems to be still growing. Even with the shade cloth it gets real wilted during the day. It always has recovered though so far.   Sunday, June 14 View Page The rutabaga is growing well and we made a bigger hoop to keep rabbits out.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 129 Young is finally starting to vine and hopefully will find the trellis next week.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 811 Gerhardt is growing well and about 7 1/2 feet long. With all the rain I may not bury vines this year. In 2013 I buried vines and it bit me in the butt as the ground was always saturated and it stopped growth.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 993 Vincent McGill is starting to grow nicely and is a little over 6 feet.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 126 May long gourd is starting to take off and will be on the trellis soon.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 907 Young is growing well and is just over 6 feet long.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 255 Mitchell is slowly growing but looks healthy. Greenhouse would get too hot during the day. Plant is just 27 inches long. We will see in a week if we made the right decision.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 759 Young is growing steady and is at 6 feet. The new patch is still saturated which may slow down growth this week.   Sunday, June 14 View Page Tomatoes are doing well with a few blooms starting to open.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Rain continued this week with a total of 2.9 inches this week as of 4 pm today with storms forecasted for tonight. That gives us almost 13 inches of rain for June! Patch view 1.   Sunday, June 21 View Page We have decided not to bury vines this year for fear of rotting. We would rather get smaller pumpkins then no pumpkins. Patch view 2.   Sunday, June 21 View Page The kids bought me a couple of yards of green mountain compost for fathers day and the family helped me spread it. Patch view 3.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Cabbage seems happy so far. A few holes in the leaves. I have been spraying merit and talstar although not sure it will work.   Sunday, June 21 View Page 129 Young long gourd is getting closer to trellis. Not sure we will get a long gourd from it this late. We got a low of 39 Degrees Saturday morning. Our highs have been low 70's and too wet. We will not give up though and are just trying to keep plants healthy!   Sunday, June 21 View Page Swede is still growing with large leaves. I don't see a base forming though so I have no clue what is happening under the soil. Ha!   Sunday, June 21 View Page 811 Gerhardt. In older part of patch that drains fastest and is doing well at 10 feet.   Sunday, June 21 View Page 993 Vincent McGill doing well in old patch and is 8.5 feet long.   Sunday, June 21 View Page 126 May is climbing up the 14.5 foot trellis and is a little over 2 feet long. If the weather drys out this should move fast.   Sunday, June 21 View Page 907 Young is doing ok in wet new patch and is 8 feet long.   Sunday, June 21 View Page 759 Young is the slowest in the patch so far but also in the mud. It is 7.5 feet long.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Tomatoes are growing strong. A couple of plants have mega blooms ready to blossom.   Sunday, June 21 View Page The greenhouse really over heated the poor 255 Mitchell. When greenhouse was up temps a lot in the 80's and heat radiating off the house got it up to 107 and the greenhouse held too much humidity. Plant appears to be recovering with new growth coming around the stump. Around 3 feet long.   Sunday, June 21 View Page The row of Mitchell tall sunflowers are doing well with the tallest being 5.5 feet as of today. Wet and cool doesn't seem to be slowing them down.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Our rainy streak continues with 3.5 inches of rain last week not including what we have gotten in todays storm. Patch view 1.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Total of 13.8 inches of rain so far this June compared to our average of 3.8 inches. Patch view 2.   Sunday, June 28 View Page We were fortunate to have off Friday afternoon and spent it with a hoop hoe. The weeds seem to grow faster in wet soil then the plants do. Patch view 3.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Cabbage seems to be fine with cool and wet. Looks like heads may be starting to form but not sure.   Sunday, June 28 View Page The swede/rutabaga seems to like cool and wet too.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 129 Young is finally on the trellis. Just shy of 3 feet. It has a long ways to go!   Sunday, June 28 View Page 811 Gerhardt is growing well and is about 13 feet long. Hopefully will have one to pollinate around 11 feet in a few days.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 993 Vincent McGill is healthy but growing a bit slow. Plant is around 10.5 feet with a female around 10 feet.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 126 May long gourd is growing well and is about 4.5 feet.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Sunflowers seem to like the cool wet. Tallest is around 6 feet.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 907 Young is a nice compact plant and around 10 feet. I wonder what it would do in better conditions?   Sunday, June 28 View Page 759 Young. This plant has really been slowed by wet soil and has a few aborted secondaries. Around 10 feet long today.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Tomatoes are growing well with a few mega blooms showing.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 255 Mitchell is starting to get out of its funk. Not sure why the greenhouse was bad for it. I will try to have a better plan next year.   Friday, July 3 View Page We have had 2 dry days in a row but nights have been cold. It was 45 degrees this am. I am very happy to be an orange grower because they look nice even if they aren't huge.   Sunday, July 5 View Page Let's just say it has been another tough week to be a giant vegetable grower here in northern VT. We received another 3.5 inches of rain this past week and when it was dry we had cold nights in the 40's. Patch view 1.   Sunday, July 5 View Page The whole garden is about 2 weeks behind which we will never regain. Since June 1st we have received 19.7 inches of rain. That is an average of .56 inches per day. Patch view 2.   Sunday, July 5 View Page We are happy to be too wet then too dry, but it still is frustrating to try to grow in. Patch view 3.   Sunday, July 5 View Page Giant cabbage seem to be growing well. Maybe they like all the rain?   Sunday, July 5 View Page 129 Young long gourd is slowly plugging along.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 811 Gethardt is growing well and we have crossed it with the 993 Vincent McGill. Hope she takes.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 993 Vincent McGill. Slow growing but we may have one going crossed with our 907 (1059 x self) We will know in a few days if it took.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 126 May is growing well and about half way up the trellis.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 907 Young. No pollinations yet. Hopefully in a few days.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 759 Young. Hopefully a pollination in a couple of days.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 255 Mitchell has not liked the wet and cold but is still alive.   Sunday, July 12 View Page July has finally brought warmth and less rain to us and the plants have come alive. Hopefully the rest of summer will be closer to normal. Patch view 1.   Sunday, July 12 View Page We hopefully have pollinations on all plants. Patch view 2.   Sunday, July 12 View Page With the patch drier we are able to feed again with overheads. Patch view 3.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 126 May is climbing well and is a little over 11 feet.   Sunday, July 12 View Page Here is the 993 Vincent which was a 6 lober and crossed with the 907 Young (1059 x self) on 7/3.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 811 Gerhart which was a 4 lober and crossed by the 993 Vincent McGill on 6/30.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 129 Young is slowly climbing and is currently a little over 9 feet.   Sunday, July 12 View Page The cabbages continue to grow well. They don't appear to be starting a head yet. If anyone has any tips feel free to email me.   Sunday, July 12 View Page Tomatoes got a big haircut. Nothing great so far but a couple of mega blooms have taken.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 255 Mitchell is starting to grow better. Unfortunately it seems to be too late to grow a big one. The 266 Mitchell sunflowers are growing well though with the tallest just shy of 9 feet.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 907 Young was 4 lobed and pollinated by the 811 Gerhardt on 7/10.   Sunday, July 12 View Page 759 Young (809 Young (777 Young x 811 Gerhardt) which was 4 lobed and pollinated by the 993 Vincent McGill on 7/7.   Sunday, July 12 View Page The 255 Mitchell may have pollinated female but plant is only 16 linear feet so we will probably take it off.   Sunday, July 19 View Page Here is an early morning pic with my son Andrew and the cabbages. Drew will be a sophomore in college in a month. Hard to believe how fast time flys!   Sunday, July 19 View Page The patch has started to fill in as more normal weather patterns are back. Hopefully they will stay for awhile. Patch view 1.   Sunday, July 19 View Page July 16 and 17 saw morning temps in the low 40's and this slowed both fruit growth and green growth. Patch view 2.   Sunday, July 19 View Page The plants in the new patch still have 12-15 feet more to grow out. Patch view 3.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 126 May is about 15.5 feet long as she is over the trellis. Males are blooming and I am starting to see a few females.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 993 Vincent McGill day 16.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 811 Gerhardt day 19.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 129 Young almost to 14.5 feet.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 907 Young at day 9.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 759 Young at day 12. I really like the early shape.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 255 Mitchell is starting to spread out but I am worried it may be too late. I will let it go and see if we can get anything.   Sunday, July 26 View Page Summer weather has returned and the plants are back growing normal. The pumpkins are growing much slower than last year but are growing steady.   Sunday, July 26 View Page We worked 8 hours yesterday weeding and the little buggers are starting to show up already. When weeds grow fast typically pumpkins do too which we are hoping for.   Sunday, July 26 View Page Everything is healthy except for the melon but it is slowly starting to fill its spot. Patch view 3.   Sunday, July 26 View Page Both long gourds are up on top of the 14.5 foot trellis. The 126 May is about 18.5 feet and the 129 Young is around 17 feet.   Sunday, July 26 View Page My wife always names our pumpkins and this year we were so wet in June that she looked up names associated with water. Here is Clytie (993 VM) at 23 days. Not happy with shape but she should have nice color.   Sunday, July 26 View Page This is Brooklynn (811 Gerhardt) at 26 days.   Sunday, July 26 View Page Ok a lot of people name there pumpkins but does anyone name their cabbage?????? They do if they are married to a 5th grade teacher!   Sunday, July 26 View Page Please meet Leena (907 Young) who is 16 days old today.   Sunday, July 26 View Page And last but not least is Vivien (759 Young) who turned 19 today. She is a perfect round shiny ball. The only time our pumpkins are uncovered is for watering or for the diary pics.   Sunday, July 26 View Page 255 is still fighting issues but still growing slowly. We will know by the end of the week if we have one pollinated.   Sunday, August 16 View Page It has been quite awhile since we posted. Our season has not been great with flooding in June but we are happy to still have 4 pumpkins alive and other fun veggies. Patch view 1.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Patch view 2. We have lost about 12 giant sunflowers and we think it is from rabbits. Patch view 2.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Here is patch view 3.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Here is a picture of the girdling of the giant sunflowers.   Sunday, August 16 View Page This ends up slowly killing the sunflower as the leaves turn yellow from the bottom to the top.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Giant cabbages still seem to be happy and are starting to head.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Cabbage photo from above! They are actually very pretty plants.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 993 Vincent McGill around 400 pounds. The blossom end rolled over about 3 weeks ago.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 811 Gerhardt is also around 400. The flooding really stunted the growth early and it never picked back up.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 907 Young around 350 pounds. Not the shape of her momma but going to be orange.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 759 Young. Not sure where all the color went from her back ground but we are happy with her shape. Around mid 500s today.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 129 Young lg is coming along with 3 pollinated on it. The two twins are 4 days old and pencil thin and 18 inches. The oldest is 16 days today and averaging about 6 inches a day. The 126 May is growing well as a plant but had a lg abort or just stall at 30 inches. It is not turning black but just hasn't grown in a week. I may have one other pollinated but it is real young still.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Here is a slunger on the 3.22 Marly. It has a circ of 24 inches today. Don't tell Scott he will ask for more lemon bars for the seed!   Sunday, August 16 View Page Here is the poor 255 Mitchell. Tiny plant with mis shaped fruit and now rabbit bites. I will need to figure out a better strategy next year. About 25 pounds.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Close up of rabbit bites.   Sunday, August 16 View Page Here is our last rutabaga. Hopefully it will give Wilbur a run for his money at the fair.   Sunday, August 23 View Page We officially weighed this tomato off from the 3.22 Marley yesterday and was pleased that it was a new personal best. I will share the weight after I bring it to the fair this Thursday.   Thursday, August 27 View Page Unfortunately I am missing our local fair weigh off due to a family emergency but can still post pics in the ER waiting room. This is our new 5.44 pound pb tomato grown off the 3.22 Marley.   Thursday, August 27 View Page Here is our cabbage that we picked for the fair and will find out the weight tomorrow night. It felt pretty light but it sure is a pretty vegetable.   Friday, August 28 View Page Here I am at the fair with the 5.44 tomato. Thanks for the photo Danny.   Friday, August 28 View Page Here is a cabbage picture at the fair. Not sure of the weight yet but will post tonight with it. They sure are pretty vegetables.   Sunday, August 30 View Page Off from the 4.80 Boyce. One more tomato left off the Porkchop.   Tuesday, September 1 View Page Last tomato of the year off the 5.67 Porkchop. Not too shabby. Happy I got this seed in the veggie seed exchange!   Thursday, September 24 View Page Had to load pumpkin a day early for VT weigh off. She is sound, now lets see if she is heavy?   Thursday, October 1 View Page Here is the 811 Gerhardt x 993 Vincent McGill. Estimates 618 pounds.   Thursday, October 1 View Page Unfortunately she had a soft spot so we had to harvest it in the garden. We got 300 good seeds from it that are on the drying rack. Not real big but a real beauty!   Thursday, October 1 View Page Last pic of the 618 Young 2015 est dmg. Been a tough year but at least we got a couple to the scale.   Thursday, October 1 View Page Last pumpkin in the patch is the 907 Young. This estimates around 600 pounds and has nice dark orange color as well.   Thursday, October 1 View Page 907 Young has a funky dent that may be caused by a dill ring but she should be a pretty carver.   Thursday, October 1 View Page Last long gourd as we have lost 4 to sour tip. This looks like it could do that too but fingers are crossed because she is loooong.   Sunday, November 22 View Page Here is the end of season recap. Our fair pumpkin was 554 Young 2015 (993 Vincent McGill x 907 Young (1059 x self)   Sunday, November 22 View Page 618 Young 2015 dmg est (811 Gerhardt x 993 Vincent McGill)   Sunday, November 22 View Page 671.5 Young (907 Young x 811 Gerhardt)   Sunday, November 22 View Page 1038 Young 2015 (759 Young 2014 (809 Young ( 777 Young x 811 Gerhardt) x 993 Vincent McGill.   Sunday, November 22 View Page 135.75 Young 2015 (129 Young x self)