Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 32 Entries. Saturday, March 14 View Page this year I am concentrating on growing a range of pumpkins including, AGs, italian mountain, greek, field american, field british and also my 7' foot long italian zucchini, as far as the field pumpkins are concerned I was lucky to aquire world record seeds from auction here at BP also some from the hunts of Ontario and Diana Dill from you know where. growem big.   Thursday, March 26 View Page allotment ready 5tons 0f cow manure ammendments in the next 2 days, neptune seaweed and gallons of biobizz fish liquid has arrived from the netherlands, tomorrow I start on the AGs.   Saturday, March 28 View Page greenhouse full to bursting, hopefully chance of frost dimminishes from now until ????????   Sunday, April 5 View Page young Beni Meier has sent some very nice seeds via my brother Richard who lives in Zurich, a very nice easter present, A happy easter to you ALL from the Asman family.   Thursday, April 9 View Page thanks to Ian and Stuart, these 5 are destined to join beni's, which is in the post. many thanks for his jenerous gift also. field pumpkins, awaiting post from Thad Starr, and the first time of growing long gourds I have Katrina STarr's 2007 which was sent by my old friend Kathie Morgan.   Thursday, April 9 View Page The post arrive with a 2323 and a 2096, this is an interesting day, seeds in the propergator .   Sunday, July 12 View Page I have not updated for sometime this picture shows a nice pumpkin 7dap not an AG but a Franchi from Italy, an experiment as they could not tell me how large they can be. To the right is my latest polination on the Paton 1345.   Sunday, July 12 View Page The Paton 1528   Sunday, July 12 View Page 2dap on the 1528   Sunday, July 12 View Page the mackinnon 211 10 dap   Tuesday, July 14 View Page This is the keeper on the 1345 4DAB   Tuesday, July 14 View Page this climber from Franci (seeds of Italy) will soon produce 7 foot zucchinis. and they will be the small ones.   Wednesday, July 15 View Page the mackinnon FP estimate 31lb.   Thursday, July 16 View Page A nice keeper on the 1528 Paton.   Saturday, July 18 View Page The 1528 is growing nicely, quite strong. the 1345 is not responding to polination positively will give it one more day before I pull it.   Tuesday, July 21 View Page The 1345 has decided to wakeup but slow, this is the culprit 17 feet out from the stump, also found another on a side vine. decision time again.   Tuesday, July 21 View Page 1528 going strong ott 92" today   Monday, July 27 View Page we have wind and rain plus cooler weather which will affect growth, the rain is welcome we have not had any all july. 1528 16dap 58LB.   Monday, July 27 View Page The Mackinnon FP 15DAP 64LB it appears to be changing colour slowly from the vine end.   Monday, July 27 View Page these are what the English call a field Pumpkin I grow them for the kids.   Monday, July 27 View Page this is the second pollination on the 1345 DAP6 I like the fluting or ribs.   Monday, July 27 View Page the other one on the 1345 DAP12 pollen from the 1528.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page the weather has been garbage very cold and windy from the north, this the 1528 DAP25 118lb.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page the 1345 has two pumpkins on the side and front, this is the side one DAP14 63lb.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page this is 1345 front main vine DAP10 25lb, I thought last year had been a bad year for weather but this year is worse.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page The mackinnon and Coolen Changing colour,next year I will try harder with the field pumpkins I like them and I have a couple of spare seeds.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page kathie and Dave Morgan in California sent me a bundle of seeds and a few were dave's water melon 32.9lb, everyone here says it is impossible to grow in England I found this in the morning a couple of days ago.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page I had a closer look,LOL.   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1528 this morning 164lb DAP34 very slow   Thursday, September 17 View Page My first year growing field pumpkins this is the best.   Thursday, September 17 View Page this is my largest zucchini serpente .   Thursday, September 17 View Page this shows the reverse view of the previous posting we have harvested already 7x 6 footers of these zucchinis, they grow very fast, restaurants love them.