Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 118 Entries. Saturday, February 7 View Page here is a satellite image of the greenhouse from a couple years ago. you can clearly see my pumpkin in there!   Monday, February 23 View Page This is a test from my android phone.   Monday, February 23 View Page Another test My heavy carrots just popped up and are under the lights!   Monday, February 23 View Page It worked!   Monday, February 23 View Page What a treat to see our amaryllis blooming on a cold winters day.it's been a long cold winter,,,,but this gives me some hope of things to come!   Monday, February 23 View Page Memories!my big 3 from last year,from left to right,,,,,6.88,5.30 and the 8.41   Sunday, March 1 View Page Wow!30's.......that's going to feel like so cal on a sunny 80 degree day!   Tuesday, March 3 View Page Ok then,,,,,I got some help from a buddy. Let's try this again.   Wednesday, March 4 View Page Here's my 3 lb carrot from last year.....I'm hoping to double that this year. I started the seeds in mid April last year.   Sunday, March 8 View Page Well it looks like spring is coming early!:)   Sunday, March 8 View Page Giant carrots looking good! I'm down to 2 of them due to a couple whoops on my part:(   Sunday, March 8 View Page Not much snow this year. I bet most of the snow in the greenhouse will be melted in a week with the warmer temps!   Monday, March 9 View Page This one's for Chris in so cal....,Carrots soaking up some sun!lol   Monday, March 9 View Page This one's for Chris in so cal....,Carrots soaking up some sun!lol   Sunday, March 15 View Page Nice!!!   Sunday, March 15 View Page What a nice warm week we had here for early March! Snow is almost all melted in the greenhouse.   Friday, March 20 View Page This is March 29th of last year. This year is a different story.there is no Snow at all in the greenhouse. First day of spring and we are having single digit temps tonight!   Friday, March 20 View Page Carrots looking good under the lights! These things will take all the light you can give them. I forgot to turn the light on one day before leaving for work only to come home to a couple of droopy carrots!   Sunday, March 22 View Page I did another germination test on the 8.41's. 3 of 3 came up after 4 days!   Sunday, March 29 View Page I thought we were out of the woods with this white nitrogen! That's ok,we still had 3 feet this time last year.   Tuesday, April 7 View Page The carrots are busting at the seams....but way to early to put out.   Sunday, April 12 View Page 73 degrees today!what a shock coming off of a week full of 40 and cloudy. I will be taking the year off from the giant pumpkins again and going after a 212 lb field pumpkin;) I won't be starting the FP seeds until early to mid June. I will also be going after the 10 lb tomato! I will use the exact same small plant method this year.I will be starting the tomato's in 2 weeks.   Thursday, April 16 View Page Look what came in the mail today! Big thanks to the GPC.   Friday, April 17 View Page I finally invested in some greenhouse grade plastic for the ends.man this stuff is clear! The plastic I was using before was very cloudy and you could hardly see through it. I also had to replace it every year and this way I won't have to:)   Saturday, April 25 View Page The season has started!   Monday, April 27 View Page My giant carrot is in the ground!the other one is not looking so hot.but might pull through.this is the earliest I have ever put anything in the ground.   Tuesday, April 28 View Page Out of the 15 seeds I started, here is what's up after just under 4 days. 2 zaczilla 4 8.41 4 4.57   Saturday, May 2 View Page Started 4 more 8.41's and 2 5.03 boudyo's tonight   Sunday, May 3 View Page I was fortunate enough to do some testing for WOW last year.it turns out Ron has some amazing products!i will be using them again this year. Thanks for the products Ron!i hope to do them justice again this year.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Use WOW products to get Big results!!   Tuesday, May 5 View Page Tomato's looking good!   Friday, May 8 View Page I never thought this would be me. I am so honored!   Saturday, May 9 View Page My tomato spot is amended and tilled and ready for planting next weekend! This is the opposite side than where I grew them last year.   Monday, May 11 View Page Look what my buddy Tim from Dunkel's sent me! Thanks a lot Tim!!   Wednesday, May 13 View Page Tomato plants are in the ground! 4 4.57 MacCoy 3 8.41 MacCoy 2 5.03 Boudyo 2 Zaczilla's   Saturday, May 16 View Page The Zaczilla plant to the left had the biggest roots of them all when I tranplanted them. They were already coiling at the bottom of the pot at 2 weeks old. I planted 1 8.41 and 2 5.03 boudyo's out without there first true leaves showing yet. That's what I did with my 6.88 plant last year. We will see how they compare again this year....but I think they will catch right up with the others and have bigger tap roots???   Saturday, May 16 View Page What a beautiful day today....coming off a week of cold and rain,68 and sunny!   Monday, May 18 View Page 32 degrees at 8 pm!if you look close you can see white stuff falling from the sky. I portioned off the tomato side to the right and put a heater in there for the night.it's suppose to get down to the mid to high 20's tonight.   Wednesday, May 20 View Page I am way ahead with the carrots compared to last year and pretty excited about this one already.   Wednesday, May 20 View Page They sure have come along way with these cell phone camera's!   Monday, May 25 View Page The tomato plants are just under a month old and growing good. This 8.41 I am growing for the make a wish foundation.I will donate all the seeds from the tomato to the make a wish seed auction to help raise money for children in need.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Ouch!!now that's cutting it close. One more night of possible freezing tonight.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Look at this one on the top coming in on a zaczilla.   Sunday, May 31 View Page A little late....but Aspen got her 1317 in the ground today!hoping for a nice orange one.   Monday, June 1 View Page Are last frost date is June 1st.....boy,they sure cut that close.   Thursday, June 4 View Page http://modernfarmer.com/2015/06/scientists-figured-out-why-beefsteak-tomatoes-are-so-huge/   Wednesday, June 10 View Page It's go time for the field pumpkins! Started 4 81 wolf's tonight.   Saturday, June 13 View Page I have been working on setting some blooms this weekend. It's been very hot.....so we will see what happens. This one is off a Zaczilla.   Saturday, June 13 View Page 3 of the 4 81 wolf's came up today.   Saturday, June 13 View Page The carrot continues to be putting out new foliage.   Saturday, June 13 View Page The carrot continues to be putting out new foliage.   Sunday, June 14 View Page Tomato patch   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 38 deegrees last night!has to put a heater on the tomato plants.   Sunday, June 21 View Page I put 2 81 wolf field pumpkins in the ground yesterday. I will cull down to 1 in about 3 weeks.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Here is a nice 2 day old 6 bloom off one of 2 zaczilla plants!this plant will be topped off in 2 days when it reaches a height of 24 inches.as the vine grows and thickens it will be around a 30 inch tall plant.   Thursday, June 25 View Page Another huge bloom off my 4.57 MacCoy. The 8.41 bloom did this same thing and took about a week to pollinate. 7 out of 11 plants are topped off with tomatoes growing on the first trusses.   Thursday, June 25 View Page Another huge bloom off my 4.57 MacCoy. The 8.41 bloom did this same thing and took about a week to pollinate. 7 out of 11 plants are topped off with tomatoes growing on the first trusses.   Saturday, June 27 View Page Carrot   Saturday, June 27 View Page The base of the carrot!   Sunday, June 28 View Page Turns out that last part of the bloom I showed off the 4.57 was not fused.so I snapped off that single tomato on the end.still a big bloom though.like a five.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 81 wolf at 15 days old and 1 week in the ground.   Monday, June 29 View Page In about 40 days these will be pulled to make room for the field pumpkin to take up this space. The plants are looking really healthy though!   Sunday, July 5 View Page Here is a pair of 4.46 Dunn tomato plants! These will be grown for a weigh off. The cross is 5.30 MacCoy x self (Big zac)   Sunday, July 5 View Page 81 wolf plant A.looks more like a AG plant! It's vining out and should be running soon.   Saturday, July 11 View Page 8.41 look a like off a zaczilla!   Saturday, July 11 View Page A nice one off my own 4.57 MacCoy!   Saturday, July 11 View Page A couple day old bloom off the 5.03 boudyo. Doesn't look as impressive in this pic.but it is at least a 6 bloom and took a week or more to fully pollinate.   Saturday, July 11 View Page Last shot of both 81 wolf's. Going to be pulling one out in a couple days.   Thursday, July 16 View Page Then there was one!i made the decision to go with plant 81 wolf B tonight.there was a small kink and a couple spots of pm on the 81 wolf A.   Thursday, July 16 View Page Then there was one!i made the decision to go with plant 81 wolf B tonight.there was a small kink and a couple spots of pm on the 81 wolf A.   Friday, July 17 View Page All my tomato's are set on the bottom truss except for one. The plants look nasty from the heavy pruning but that doesn't effect the growth:)   Wednesday, July 22 View Page My carrot has poped up out of the ground and still growing well!   Saturday, July 25 View Page Starting to pull some tomato plants that are not producing very large tomato's to make room for the FP plant. My biggest tomato is on the smallest plant again this year!   Sunday, August 2 View Page The field pumpkin plant is growing great but the pumpkins are aborting before they even open. Any help would be appreciated. maccoydan@hotmail.com   Sunday, August 2 View Page Carrot   Sunday, August 2 View Page Check out that root at the top of the carrot and going right.it's getting very tight and I'm sure will rip out of the ground in the next few days.   Sunday, August 2 View Page This is the 8.41 look a like off the zaczilla. I'm thankful to of had the opportunity to grow this seed,but it just didn't grow like a big zac. I will probably weigh it tonight.   Sunday, August 2 View Page Here is my entry for the zaczilla contest. 4 lbs even.   Sunday, August 2 View Page Another 4 lber off the 8.41   Wednesday, August 5 View Page So close!!lol......   Thursday, August 6 View Page Pollinated 3 pumpkins on the 81 wolf this morning. One on the first secondary about 8 feet out.one on the second secondary on the same side about 7 feet out.one on the main vine 16 feet out.   Saturday, August 8 View Page The 81 wolf will fill up the greenhouse in about a week.   Sunday, August 9 View Page My biggest so far off my 4.57 MacCoy. I'm starting to think these tomatoes really do like a ph between 5.5 and 6.my soil is dialed in for field pumpkin growing this year.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 81 wolf has filled up the greenhouse.   Sunday, August 16 View Page 81 main vine fruit is 30 inches cc tonight on day 10   Sunday, August 16 View Page Under canopy shot....look at those roots!!   Sunday, August 16 View Page These plants are real fun to grow!i never knew how big these leaves get on these plants.they are also waist high!   Tuesday, August 18 View Page I weighed this one off the 5.03 boudyo a couple days ago. I took it off the vine a few days earlier than I usually would to make room for the FP plant.   Sunday, August 23 View Page Day 17 for the 81 wolf pumpkin. 144 ott est at 60 lbs and growing over 10 lbs a day. I'm enjoying this one while I can!   Sunday, August 23 View Page Carrot   Tuesday, August 25 View Page It's been in the low 50's for highs and 40's for lows and cloudy for the last 3 days.supose to be in the high 30's tonight.   Wednesday, August 26 View Page Day 20 for the 81 wolf pumpkin. 163 ott est 90 lbs. Still did 10 lbs a day the last 3 days even in the cool weather.36 degrees last night.   Wednesday, August 26 View Page Top view   Tuesday, September 1 View Page The heat wave is over and it's feeling more like fall which is a good thing to keep these field pumpkins growing for a long time.   Sunday, September 6 View Page This has been the normal temp around here for 10 days!field pumpkins seem to like it and it's still green on day 31 today.   Sunday, September 6 View Page This has been the normal temp around here for 10 days!field pumpkins seem to like it and it's still green on day 31 today.   Sunday, September 6 View Page Sorry....the Green machine was to scared of the sun and didn't want me to uncover him :)   Sunday, September 6 View Page This carrot continues to put out new foliage! A little over a month to go!!   Wednesday, September 9 View Page The entry talking about the heat wave is over should say it's September 8 th not the 1st   Saturday, September 12 View Page Aspen with this year's pumpkins and gourds.   Sunday, September 20 View Page 20 more days until I get this carrot weighed! I'm sure going to miss watching this thing grow. This thing stayed so healthy looking thanks to the WOW and the Raw soulubles products!   Wednesday, September 30 View Page 25 degrees outside the greenhouse this morning. I was surprised to see that a little electric heater keeped the temp almost 40.   Friday, October 2 View Page Low 20's this morning.everything outside the greenhouse is done.its hard keeping anything alive here this time of year.this is the latest weigh off I have ever went to.7 days until harvest!   Saturday, October 3 View Page These FP'S are a blast to grow!im really glad I decided to grow them this year. For there size....11 lbs a day is scary fast! It still has some green in it and will be perfect for Stillwater next weekend.   Saturday, October 3 View Page Here is my smaller one on the first secondary.pollinated the same day as the main vine. I'm glad I kept this one on.I was going to cut it off early but the main vine set was still growing so good with both of them on.still a little green left in her as well.   Tuesday, October 6 View Page Look at these roots a node back from the 81 main vine pumpkin!there must be at least 4 or five roots popping out of the bottom of the main.   Wednesday, October 7 View Page 25 deegres this morning and last watering of the season!   Sunday, October 11 View Page I won 1st place FP at Stillwater . It weighed 162 lbs. It was taping 190 lbs and went way light.   Sunday, October 11 View Page My carrot weighed 8.47 lbs!it was a big hit at Stillwater.   Sunday, October 11 View Page 85 degrees today!what do you think Scott?should I grow this one out....lol   Sunday, October 11 View Page The family with this year's pumpkins!   Sunday, October 11 View Page I love the way these field pumpkins look up on there blossom end!   Monday, October 12 View Page Here is my 109 I weighed at Stillwater as well.   Monday, October 12 View Page Aspen giving a thumbs up with her now 221 up on the scale!   Monday, October 19 View Page The 162 all carved up!   Tuesday, December 8 View Page Hey wixom....you just started your carrot seeds? I'm just pulling mine out of the ground! I heard someone in socal has a nice one growing as well ;)   Friday, December 25 View Page Merry Christmas! Look what I got!!   Thursday, December 31 View Page Happy New year!!