Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 70 Entries. Tuesday, February 10 View Page Time to start the 2015 diary. This is a photo of my 2014 patch in mid September.   Monday, June 1 View Page My line up for the season 1843.5 Geddes 12 1734.5 Steil 13 1900 Watson 14 2058 Hawkley 14 *1578 Holub 14 1870 Lieber 14 2036 Glasier 14 1813 Northrup 13   Monday, June 1 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13, It is doing well even after the plant was bent over by a wind storm and the cold frame. the stump is split into two sections   Monday, June 1 View Page 1900 Watson 14, This one has triple vined just to be different, I have pinched out the tip and waiting to see what comes out. I have planted a backup next to it   Monday, June 1 View Page 2058 Hawkley 14   Monday, June 1 View Page *1578 Holub 14, My green Squash plant has really taken off, I'm planning on a big one here   Monday, June 1 View Page 1870 Lieber 14, This is a replacement plant for a 2008 Neptune which was frosted when the blanket was blown off the cold frame   Monday, June 1 View Page 2036 Glasier 14   Monday, June 1 View Page 1813 Northrup 13   Monday, June 1 View Page My largest Rutabega plant happy in the old pumpkin patch   Thursday, June 4 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12, My largest plant and aggressive, put in patch May 3   Monday, June 15 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12, My biggest plant reaching out to 10'. The rain has helped the patch a lot. Drip system is being installed   Monday, June 15 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13, nice plant a little smaller than the 1843   Monday, June 15 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13 stump, in mid May a storm came through a knocked the cold frame over and split the vine. It has completely healed not even slowing the plant   Monday, June 15 View Page 1900 Watson 14, If I named the plants this one would be called problem child. It flat vined and I had to cut it back to get a new main. you can see the new main starting to really run   Monday, June 15 View Page 2058 Hawkley 14, The plant is doing well nothing surprizing at this time   Monday, June 15 View Page *1578 Holub 14, I have big hope for a giant squash on this one, first fruit at about 7'   Monday, June 15 View Page 1870 Lieber 14, Out of the root bound funk for this plant, trying to catch the others   Monday, June 15 View Page 2036 Glasier 14, nice long vine, the secondaries are a bit slow coming along. It is probably low nitrogen in the soil   Monday, June 15 View Page 1813 Northrup 13, Doing well, I hoping for a bit of orange out of this one.   Monday, June 15 View Page The tomatoes, just getting going. I will be staking them soon.   Monday, June 15 View Page One of my remaining giant melons, not sure if it will do much yet   Monday, June 15 View Page My largest rutabaga at about 2' across.   Monday, June 15 View Page One of my yellow marrows, doing well   Monday, June 15 View Page One of my field pumpkins   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12 - The first pollination on the plant 6/23 @ 10' with self.   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12 - The overall plant still growing fast   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13 - Fist pollination on 6/24 @10' with 1813 Northrup 13   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13 - The overall plant   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1900 Watson 14 - Finally filling out with the new main after the flat vining. It will be a later pollenation   Saturday, July 4 View Page 2058 Hawkley 14 - First pollination on 6/28 @ 10' with 1843 Geddes 12, I like the long shape   Saturday, July 4 View Page *1578 Holub 14 - The overall plant is great but   Saturday, July 4 View Page *1578 Holub 14 - It has male problems as indicated by the flower, no male parts   Saturday, July 4 View Page *1578 Holub 14 - The fruit are green but I have only pumpkins to pollenate with it. The first pollination on 7/2 @ 14' with 1734 Steil, The next one was today and it is open   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1870 Lieber 14, still small, it will be another late pollenation   Saturday, July 4 View Page 2036 Glasier 14, overall plant   Saturday, July 4 View Page 2036 Glasier 14 - First pollination on 6/23 @ 9' with 1843 Geddes 12   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1813 Northrup 13 - The first pollination 6/28 @ 10' with 1843 Geddes 12, Another nice long fruit   Saturday, July 4 View Page A megabloom on one of my tomato plants   Saturday, July 4 View Page My largest rutabaga it is over 2 foot across with about a 10lb root below the leaves   Saturday, July 4 View Page The 232 Barber watermelon plant   Saturday, July 4 View Page My first marrow female, it should be ready soon   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12, Best pumpkin in the patch. Measurements 111"Cx75"ssx71"ee = 257"ott = 382lbs   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13, It is a bit lumpy and lopsided with some woodchuck damage to the new growth. I also cracked the main before the pumpkin. Measurements are 101"cx65"ssx68"ee = 234" ott - 289lbs   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1900 Watson 14, This is an open pollination the previous closed pollination aborted. The plant has finally started to behave and it is growing aggressively.   Sunday, July 26 View Page 2058 Hawkley 14, Well this one is self explanatory it will be an orange lopsided wheel. The plant has filled out well. Measurements are 85"cx59"ssx55"ee - 199" ott - 183lbs   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1870 Lieber 14, Pollenated on July 14 it appear to have taken. I will get sand and fabric down this week   Sunday, July 26 View Page 2036 Glasier 14, This is the best shaped of all the pumpkins. Measurements 98"cx64"ssx64"ee - 227" ott - 265lbs   Sunday, July 26 View Page 2036 Glasier 14, I have a few leaves showing a neutrient deficiency in some of the leaves which has cleared up in the newer growth.   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1813 Northrup 13, It appears to become a nice orange pumpkin but it is already sucking under the blossom. Measurements are 89"cx56"ssx59"ee - 204" ott - 196lbs   Sunday, July 26 View Page My first watermelon set on the 232 Barber.   Sunday, July 26 View Page One of the rutabaga plants the root is about basket ball size   Sunday, July 26 View Page A nice and large tomato on one of the plants, nothing special yet on the tomatoes   Sunday, July 26 View Page One of my marrows, the biggest I've grown and it is only a couple of weeks old   Sunday, July 26 View Page A couple of early field pumpkins   Friday, July 31 View Page Norm, need some donations to you game dinner, (fresh or frozen)   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1843.5 Geddes 12, growing great with no issues Measurements 131"cx82"eex92"ss - 305" ott - 632 lbs   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13, I split the stem while adjusting for stress. The split is under the grass. Just over 1/2 way thru but still getting good growth   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1900 Watson 14, The closed pollination aborted but I'm seeing exceptional growth in this fruit Measurements 62"cx43"eex47"ss - 152" ott   Sunday, August 2 View Page 2058 Hawkley 14, I'm having a good year for amazing fruit shapes, is it wheel or bird bath. I'm not sure but the blossom end has not moved out and the sides have. it is sucked in about a foot right now. Measurements 108"cx69"eex78"ss - 256" ott - 381lbs   Sunday, August 2 View Page *1578 Holub 14, This is one of three on the plant, they may take or not. The plant is male sterile and maynot set anything. In a week I should know.   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1870 Lieber 14, Another open pollination, the closed one was not keeping up and I culled it.   Sunday, August 2 View Page 2036 Glasier 14, The pumpkin is a bit small but is still growing. Not bad looking but is sucking the blossom under Measurements 115"cx79"eex78"ss - 272" ott - 454lbs   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1813 Northrup 13, Nice plant but the blossom end is mostly sucked under. I will coat the nub with fungicide before it goes to far and hope for the best. Measurements 110"cx73"eex69"ss - 252" ott - 364lbs   Monday, August 3 View Page 1734.5 Steil 13, this one is getting lumpier and bumpier with a good growth rate even with a big problem Measurements 125"cx73"eex77"ss - 277" ott - 478lbs   Tuesday, August 4 View Page Lost the first pumpkin of the season the 2058 Hawkley 14 blossom end split this evening.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page Thursday is the Champlain fair, I have picked a few things out of the weeds. These are a few of the small field pumpkins.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page A couple of nice marrows, the bigger one is fair material   Tuesday, August 25 View Page Three of my rutabegas, they are bigger than last years.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page The big pumpkin for the fair rhe 2036 Glasier 14.