Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 76 Entries. Saturday, February 7 View Page 1374 Engel 2014- 359 Foss 2013 x 1048 Engel 2012 359 Foss is 1048 Engel x 2009 Wallace 1048 is 777 Young 2011 x Self   Saturday, February 7 View Page Here are my girls...   Tuesday, February 10 View Page My biggest handicap is I grow next to my garage. My Guess is this image was take about 9:00. So it steals my morning sun   Wednesday, February 18 View Page Planted (4) 75.2 Thomas Swedes today. This years goal 75lbs..did not do to shabby last year with 59.5lbs   Sunday, April 12 View Page Tilled the patch, and put up the greenhouse today. Also moved the rhubarb that I have been growing around for 4 years   Wednesday, April 15 View Page Hmmm seems that the Iron and Copper has jumped up there..   Friday, April 17 View Page The heat of the greenhouse and turning the compost pile must have gotten to me. I started (3) 1374 Engel and (2) 359 Foss.   Friday, April 24 View Page Everyone is Up and Happy. Planted in two gallon pots this year 8 inches deep. Took a little longer than I like. Although I did not peak...I am so proud of myself   Saturday, April 25 View Page All seeds are up. Soil cables are on and the plants will be going in the greenhouse soon. Started an 2328 x 2328 Yesterday for Tony Foslid. He is going big an Ugly this year.   Monday, April 27 View Page 1374 Engel is in the ground in the north position and 359 Foss is in the south position. Soil temp is 74°. Never have started this early, but the weather looks perfect. Although we live in Wisconsin so that can change   Wednesday, April 29 View Page http://www.gofundme.com/t542gs We are entered in the UCP Cupcake Challenge. My Wife Jodi's Son Dakota had Cerebral Palsy. I have agreed that if she can raise $500 dollars I will wear a pink tutu.. I am sure I will look better than Eddy   Friday, May 1 View Page The 1374 and 359 are happy....   Monday, May 4 View Page http://www.gofundme.com/t542gs Fund Raiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Cupcake Challenge...$500 and I wear he pink tutu, at the cupcake challenge. We are going to sweep the challenge with our cupcakes   Monday, May 4 View Page Ahhh I think I am suppose to say Thank You to a very generous grower who wants to see me in a Pink Tutu..Thank You for your very generous donation, and yes I will post pictures here   Wednesday, May 6 View Page Came home tonight to the GFI outlet chattering. Shorted out the heating cables, or possibly the extension cord. Good thing the soil is warm.   Saturday, May 9 View Page A special thanks goes out to a special pumpkin grower. We raised $1095 dollars for UCP. Your pictures will be posted as soon as we get them from the photographer. On this eve before mothers day. Please remember there are many mothers out there, with angels for children. I happen to be married to one. Even though I have had some ups and downs raising my daughter.. I am always thankful A man with no shoes complained, until he saw a man with no feet.   Tuesday, May 12 View Page Here is a picture of the infamous pink tutu. I have another picture coming. Thanks for the donations to UCP we raised $1095 dollars   Tuesday, May 26 View Page Rain, Rain and more Rain. Now a little sun would be nice with rain twice a week   Saturday, May 30 View Page 1374 Engel Has laid and starting to run. The 1374 got the majority of the soil heating cables, and you can clearly see the difference in the 359 Foss.   Thursday, June 4 View Page The Cuke Beetles have arrived... I welcomed them with a little cocktail party.   Monday, June 22 View Page I have females that are going threw false pollination and are starting to grow without ever opening. I have had two so far that should have been ready and are not flowering. Guess we wait and ride it out and wait for the next ones at 16 feet. At least my plants will be big enough. Odd thing is they are not aborting either. Stupid Pumpkin Plants. I had a dream the other night. That I quit pumpkins to grow strawberries...   Monday, June 22 View Page Here is what the females are doing. This is very puzzling   Friday, June 26 View Page 1374 Engel x 359 Foss. Crayola is going to name a new color from this pumpkin. I am going for BIG ASS PUMPKIN ORANGE   Sunday, June 28 View Page 359 Foss x 1374 Engel. My plants are huge this year   Tuesday, June 30 View Page Pollinated a second Pumpkin on the 1374 Engel today. 1374 x 359. 6 Lobes...The other earlier one was 4. Plants are over all healthy. I got some UV burn last week so some of the new growth is funky.   Tuesday, July 7 View Page Day 10 for the 1374 Engel x 359 Foss. Growing good. Hopefully she holds together as we got 5.40" Inches of rain in a 3 hour period.   Monday, July 13 View Page Hail, Hail and More Hail. From the sound of things Last Night. I was not looking forward to seeing the pumpkin patch this morning. Good News is only slightly ventilated pumpkin leaves. Thanks Mother Nature for giving me a break   Tuesday, July 14 View Page The First Pumpkin on the 1374 stopped growing. Good thing I kept the second one. I sprayed Manganese as that was my issue two years ago.   Sunday, July 19 View Page Day 20 for Louise on the 359 Foss 72-52-49 0TT 173 for and estimated weight of 130lbs. It is just beginning to put on the lbs. The goal is 40lbs a night   Sunday, July 19 View Page This is Thelma on the 1374 Engel. She is 15 days old. 52-39-39=130 for an estimated weight of 66lbs. This plant has issues. Not sure what it is yet. We have had about 12 inches of rain. We will see what it can produce not real hopeful. Looks like some soil borne disease   Saturday, August 1 View Page LOUISE Day 31 118-76-80 for an estimated weight of 462lbs on the 359 Foss. It has been covered well so she is a little pale yet, Lots of orange by the stem which was getting sunlight. Old growth on plant is still looking rough from the hail damage   Monday, August 3 View Page Thelma Day 25 93-68-68 for an estimated weight of 271 lbs. I figured out what I did to this plant. Tissue test recommended 8 ounces of Manganese. I did not read the part that said apply it two ounces per week during a 4 week period   Monday, August 3 View Page Here is my rutabaga. Is it bigger than last years possibly. Hard to tell when you mound the dirt up around it. We will see what they weigh when they hit the scale   Saturday, August 15 View Page LOUISE 131-84-91 for an estimated weight of 642lbs. I may have measured this wrong. Could have been 89   Saturday, August 15 View Page THELMA 110-78-78 for an estimated weight of 423lbs. Slow weight gains for this girl. It is going to be so Orange. I will have to try this seed next year   Saturday, August 15 View Page Rutabaga's are huge. Can't wait until harvest time. 75lbs is the goal   Thursday, August 20 View Page 359 Foss "LOUISE" 50 days old 145-90-100 estimated 837. I just cant get above 20lbs a day with this plant. Good news is I am getting some new growth that took a bunch of leaves in the beginning of July. There is a slight possibility this pumpkin will be orange   Thursday, August 20 View Page 1374 Engel Day 45 117-81-82 est 492lbs. This pumpkin has slowed down and I have set a few on side vines for carvers.   Thursday, August 20 View Page Guess you should add the promised picture   Friday, August 21 View Page Bam side view of LOUISE on 359. She does not have the shape like MARGO did. She is more voluptuous   Friday, September 4 View Page 1374 Engel still growing slow125-89-86 @ 610lbs   Friday, September 4 View Page 359 Foss 154-105-96 @ 1000lbs still growing just not as fast as I wish it would to beat last years pumpkin. Although if it would just keep gaining I will not complain. It is going to have great color. Not as pretty as the 1374 because she is Big Ass Pumpkin Orange   Tuesday, September 22 View Page 1374 Engel 2014. Like I said Crayola is going to have a new color for this pumpkin. Big Ass Pumpkin Orange   Tuesday, September 22 View Page Blossom side of 1374. Lots of people are asking what I polish them with. Nothing but soap and water. Then dry and polish them with a soft cloth, to bring out the luster.   Tuesday, September 22 View Page 359 Foss 2013 starting to orange up. Not as pretty and big as last years 1374 but I will take it   Tuesday, September 22 View Page Blossom Side of 359 Foss 2013   Monday, September 28 View Page In response to Chris Stevens....No rise in my blood pressure on that beautiful pumpkin. It was already at that point during the Patch Picnic. A lot of good looking pumpkins out there this year. I have a feeling it will be a close race for the Howard Dill Award at Stillwater   Monday, September 28 View Page Well Friday night I noticed while tucking the babies in. Something was tasting the pumpkin. Odd thing was it was not rodent incisor markings, along with being pretty high up. So we set a leg hold trap. Possums like to chew on pumpkins. Hopefully their was only one. He is now resting peacefully in the compost pile. Hard to tell if he is dead or not   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is THELMA being displayed in Menomonie. She is part of a guess the weight contest. I will post her weight later. She is a 1374 ENGEL 14 x 359 FOSS 13. This cross is going to be planted next year in my patch. Got to love that shape and orange.   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here we are Lifting LOIUSE out of the patch. Not to others lock the tines when you narrow them. We were up at travel height, when the weight of the pumpkin pushed the tines in. To me and all the spectators, it looked like she dropped out of the harness. Good thing we were at travel height or she would have bounced.   Sunday, October 11 View Page I can finally smile, she is on the trailer.   Sunday, October 11 View Page I think we all feel this way once the season is done. The act of cutting the pumpkin from the main vine, gives me so many mixed feelings. What could I have done to make her bigger? Did you do everything possible to give her optimal conditions? Excited that I have a Healthy Sound Pumpkin. Happy that it is Big and Orange as I had planned.   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is my Rutabaga, It looked and felt bigger than 2014. The scales said differently 54 lbs was the official weight   Sunday, October 11 View Page LOIUSE placed 20th at Stillwater Harvest Fest at 1143 lbs. There were many impressive pumpkins there. I am a little disappointed she did not get the Howard Dill Award.   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is a Field Pumpkin I carved for the Stillwater Harvest Fest. Complete with a Pumpkin Regatta.   Sunday, October 11 View Page LOIUSE Official Weight 1143 lbs Cross is a 359 FOSS 13 x 1374 Engel 2014. She had perfect shape and symmetry, along with that beautiful color.   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is the pumpkin Jodi sculpted. Everyone thinks it looks like Barrack Obama   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is a simple throw together pumpkin I did, using the blossom for the nose. Every little kid kept stealing his cheese.   Sunday, October 11 View Page Here is another of Jodi's sculpted pumpkins.   Thursday, October 22 View Page Here are the carved pumpkins. They have no clue, what they are there for.   Thursday, October 22 View Page Impact just beginning. Notice the lift create from the pumpkin falling has pulled the candy out of the piņata pumpkin   Thursday, October 22 View Page About .5 seconds later than the last picture. When all was said and done my mouse was pulverized.   Thursday, October 22 View Page This years WEAU TV 13 interview theme, was Minions   Thursday, October 22 View Page Here is Jodi's pumpkin. It looks awesome as usual. It should, she only had one pumpkin to do :)   Thursday, October 22 View Page Here is my Minion. I believe this is BOB   Thursday, October 22 View Page Here are some butternut minions. They are very easy to do   Thursday, October 22 View Page Here is Jodi's One Eye Orange People Eater. Preserved in Vinegar.   Friday, October 23 View Page http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Pumpkin-minions-and-an-1100-lb-giant-335925671.html?device=phone&c=y   Monday, October 26 View Page http://www.wqow.com/story/30342295/2015/10/24/giant-pumpkin-carving-lands-at-leinie-lodge?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WQOW_News_18   Monday, October 26 View Page We carved at The Leinenkugel Lodge. As you can see it was a mistake to bring BOB the Minion along. He was trouble all day long. I think he started the day with his beer goggles on.   Monday, October 26 View Page Here is the pumpkin my wife Jodi carved. She is getting pretty good at carving.   Monday, October 26 View Page Here is a pumpkin that grew our of my compost pile. It took me over 5 hours to carve this bad boy. 10,000 dots in that stencil. (3) 5 gallon of shavings and Guts removed. I wish it had been dark enough to light it up.   Tuesday, October 27 View Page I Love, how carvings look when you incorporate the stem end in the face. As soon as I start doing this, I remind myself why not to do this. I had to remove 20 gallons of material, to make THELMA, off the 1374 Engel light up. She was a very thick all around the pumpkin. I believe this will be my seed for 2016.   Sunday, November 1 View Page Here is my 1143 Engel carved up. The 1143 Engel 2015 is a 359 Foss 13 x 1374 Engel 14. Both pumpkins this year should just about give you a Howard Dill Award, as long as no others in your weigh off group grow it ;)   Monday, November 2 View Page Thelma off the 1374 Engel Plant Taped out at 781 lbs estimated weight. So she is now the 781 Engel 2015 est. She was so bright and pretty she made my Blaze Orange Hoodie look dull.   Tuesday, November 3 View Page https://www.facebook.com/PumpkinMasters/app_905370686209212 Vote for my pumpkin if you would please