Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 144 Entries. Wednesday, January 7 View Page The mighty Morpheus 1406..er.. 1399 Christensen. 400sqf (Note to self use a water jug to transport to weigh off:) What a ride.   Wednesday, January 7 View Page Pugsley 847.5..er.. 829 Christensen 200sqf. Had to cut her off the vine a week early. losing 18.5 lbs!   Wednesday, January 7 View Page last year was so amazing, it will be hard to beat. 3768 lbs of pumpkins:)   Saturday, January 10 View Page 330 gallon totes for $80 . That's for all of them not each which is amazing . Now I can focus on my secret weapon . Moo ha ha ha ha   Wednesday, January 21 View Page started painting the totes.I used 1/4 tape so I could see the water level.   Wednesday, January 28 View Page stopped by the hydroponic store . that's like a upgraded candy store, for you garden center hunters. found a coldpressed kelp.   Friday, January 30 View Page this years secret weapon.can you guess what it is? No Chris you can't play. Will be unveiled tomorrow...maybe :-)   Saturday, January 31 View Page Here's my winter project. The Master Blaster Sprayer. An under leaf canopy Sprayer. The idea is to navigate under the the leaf canopy to get a more complete coverage on the undersides of the leafs, and to use round up to get those hard to reach weeds. without walking into the plant. future attachments; being cameras used to hunt down every Bug. and even pruners that could even be used to carry the pruned pieces out. Plus sitting on your butt having fun killing bugs and weeds:) Check it out!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uoL-b7EJN8   Sunday, February 1 View Page Spent a chilly night when we lost power around 3am. At least we got it back by noon. That was the best cup of coffee...finally   Wednesday, February 4 View Page Is that a blue tarp I see behind that guys house.....boy that green sure looks purity. Looks like google earth improved there street pictures   Wednesday, February 4 View Page Can't wait to see a pumpkin in this shot   Friday, February 13 View Page Got out the tape and measured. God is amazing!!!   Monday, March 2 View Page think visa be big enough for your melon :-)   Tuesday, March 3 View Page Looks like clay. Better get some sand   Wednesday, March 4 View Page no I'm not angry...Why?   Wednesday, March 11 View Page good riddance to one, thank God for the other   Sunday, March 22 View Page What do normal people with their Saturday mornings   Sunday, March 22 View Page It's official my wife's gonna Grow her own pumpkin. Who wants to be normal anyways:)   Sunday, March 29 View Page I need a bigger tiller or start growing smaller pumpkins :-)   Wednesday, April 1 View Page My rebellion , from city water. now we'll see if it rains enough to fill them   Sunday, April 5 View Page Happy Easter..all those poor eggs   Monday, April 20 View Page Funest way to spray   Monday, April 27 View Page Seed soaking time   Monday, April 27 View Page Any mini mining mo   Monday, April 27 View Page Nice warm bath for the 1399's   Friday, May 1 View Page I take it from a dry medium . When it looks like this . Don't know why so many go to the trouble of incubators   Friday, May 1 View Page Then put it in a bigger pot and water easy PEZY lemon squeezy   Friday, May 1 View Page Just starting to inoculate the winter rye   Saturday, May 2 View Page why are my leaves turning yelloww http://www.saferbrand.com/blog/plants-turning-yellow/?utm_content=bufferfb611&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer   Monday, May 4 View Page There must be a painter gardening here   Monday, May 4 View Page still modifying. bigger motor and pump sprayer mod. sprayed trichoderma and endo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpavBPfovk   Tuesday, May 5 View Page Kids are here   Thursday, May 7 View Page Finally time to plant tomatoes   Thursday, May 7 View Page I found a vehicle for the Nebraska pumpkin patch tour   Thursday, May 14 View Page A new frist plants in the mail. grafted from totalytomato   Wednesday, May 20 View Page Don't buy from totally tomato . As you can see in the picture before this. The grafts got was long and lanky . Unhealthy . More so than just shipping caused. I contacted them and got no response . There goes my graft trials this year   Wednesday, May 20 View Page I got the signs today from one of my sponsors . I was surprised to see the confidence they have in me . They already predict I will grow the largest pumpkin in Nebraska LOL   Wednesday, May 20 View Page New toy came today . More power is always better   Thursday, May 21 View Page come on really...last night they said 41. heart skiped a beat when I got up. and seen 35 on my phone   Friday, May 22 View Page I couldn't resist when i seen it had a mega bloom tomato going.   Friday, May 22 View Page Midwest labs is sponsoring me this year . I'm so excited I get to double my tissue tests this year. So if you want a quality, fast and affordable test I would recommend trying them . Last year I use them and got my 1399. and they gonna spend any money you should begin and end with testing   Friday, May 29 View Page Looks like Bubba got some competition   Saturday, May 30 View Page 1399   Saturday, May 30 View Page 1399   Saturday, May 30 View Page Heres 1399 & 1399   Sunday, May 31 View Page Trying raised boards.roots can move freely under them.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Times running out . Better get busy   Monday, June 1 View Page First big tomato going. Problem is as a tomato eater in the background is eyeballing it   Friday, June 5 View Page Dang varmint   Sunday, June 7 View Page bubba come git yor bird feeder   Sunday, June 7 View Page The mighty sucker   Monday, June 8 View Page Looking really good. almost exactly the same as last year at this time   Monday, June 8 View Page May weather   Friday, June 12 View Page Its funny when you start looking at the ingredients of everything you buy I could use my pool water as a fungicide. If it wasn't for the chlorine lol   Friday, June 12 View Page The top is rain water in the bottom test is tap water   Friday, June 12 View Page Getting some this year yay look out chris   Saturday, June 13 View Page Just how much merit should I add to trees and shrub three heaping's spoonfuls I think   Saturday, June 13 View Page To treat the mites in this tree leaves are falling everywhere you think it was fall   Saturday, June 13 View Page Had a trade out my wife's 829 . Always good to have one in reserve   Saturday, June 13 View Page There must be just something genetically wrong with certain plants . Or over fertilize wire that I'm leaning towards genetics . You can see here how one Vine tip actually limps the other one stand straight and stays in a bunch . We started to get really worried when I seen this it's happened in years past now when I see it. you to get rid of it   Saturday, June 13 View Page This dog is so cool   Sunday, June 14 View Page 8.41 cutting is rooted in that ready to going to ground   Sunday, June 14 View Page One seed three cuttings three plants awesome   Sunday, June 14 View Page This can get so confusing:)   Thursday, June 18 View Page These are pretty cool   Thursday, June 18 View Page 1399 A Not so good this year, I just wish I had some sidevines to go along with the main . They all seem to be suffering with this issue. I'm sure it's my fault too much love to early on   Thursday, June 18 View Page B   Thursday, June 18 View Page C & D   Thursday, June 18 View Page Brenda's 829   Saturday, June 20 View Page Added pressure gauge   Monday, June 22 View Page Not a good day for my wife's plant:(   Monday, June 22 View Page At least some things are looking good   Monday, June 22 View Page Ready set go   Wednesday, June 24 View Page can you believe this? thanks to a friend i found out that the drip lines was watering way more then expected the soil under the plant was saturated. and locked up the nutrients. sucks that it will put me behind.   Wednesday, June 24 View Page It's as big as my thumb   Thursday, June 25 View Page How do you like my Coco cabana tomato awning   Thursday, June 25 View Page It has begun   Sunday, June 28 View Page Plant a is starting to do better now that I stopped overwatering it. Leaf burn was a direct result of the nutrients been locked up   Sunday, June 28 View Page This is our extra plant we decided to keep it to give us the best opportunity for pumpkins   Sunday, June 28 View Page Plant B has finally started to recover . But the first female aborted but this also shows that leaf burn is about nutrition also   Sunday, June 28 View Page Plants C & D didn't get overwatered end even though they all come from the same seed parent 1399 that there was no leaf burn learned some valuable lessons this year   Sunday, June 28 View Page Plant D there's still hope   Tuesday, June 30 View Page Plant starting to look good   Tuesday, June 30 View Page Until this happened to the main vine . I guess it's time to get a bunny fence   Thursday, July 2 View Page Day 2 plant D   Thursday, July 2 View Page 8.41   Thursday, July 2 View Page What's with the brown spot though . May just been the shady material I used I will see   Thursday, July 2 View Page Zac 2   Thursday, July 2 View Page Zac 4   Friday, July 3 View Page 2 main buying tips chewed off . 1 Stump chewed up. This year sucks   Sunday, July 5 View Page weed killer damage?   Sunday, July 5 View Page but I didn't think it was suppose to hurt the stock? leaves don't show damage.   Sunday, July 5 View Page June   Monday, July 6 View Page can you believe it bunny strikes again. and I fenced of the yard. I must of fenced him in<]:( I chased him all over the yard caught him by hand. (just a baby) wanted to strangle it but I just let it go in the front yard. (softy)   Wednesday, July 8 View Page freaking squirrel never had a problem then one has to get a taste for pumpkin flowers   Wednesday, July 8 View Page flower 2   Wednesday, July 8 View Page I just hope he don't look under the blanket   Sunday, July 12 View Page I got me a pumpkin chomping predator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYd-2muXos4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r4Unjiz6VU   Thursday, July 16 View Page Looks like that's it for my 8.41 . It developed a soft spot on the top   Thursday, July 16 View Page I was finally able to pollinate two days ago on plan B that's the one the squirrel chewed the main vine tip off   Friday, July 17 View Page can you believe it   Saturday, July 18 View Page spring soil test   Sunday, July 19 View Page it started looking like this 3 weeks or so ago   Sunday, July 19 View Page then use of the wrong type of herbicide   Sunday, July 19 View Page then is problem   Sunday, July 19 View Page then is was thinking this was herbicide too   Sunday, July 19 View Page looks like 2 years ago   Sunday, July 19 View Page old leaf are dying off early like 3 years ago. I thought was too high dosing of bug and fungicides. ( it was that too :0)   Sunday, July 19 View Page this is the herbicide damaged plant today   Sunday, July 19 View Page this too   Sunday, July 19 View Page could this be too much nitrogen too   Sunday, July 19 View Page this is plant D which I haven't killed yet. Yet.   Sunday, July 19 View Page Plant D started showing tips like this, herbicide or too much in nitrogen   Sunday, July 19 View Page this is what the herbicide did to plant D (the grass clipping are from weed eating the day before.   Saturday, July 25 View Page what direction is Carl traveling   Sunday, August 2 View Page to all you squirrel lovers   Sunday, August 2 View Page july   Tuesday, August 11 View Page Something's been eating my tomatoes   Tuesday, August 11 View Page Caught red-handed . Or red-faced. Note the tomato juice still on her fur   Wednesday, September 9 View Page Got a love Craigslist it's like new . Almost time to start moving pumpkins   Wednesday, September 16 View Page One of my 1399 offsprings   Wednesday, September 16 View Page Didn't make it to Halloween though:(   Saturday, October 3 View Page can you guess the weight   Sunday, October 11 View Page it's nice to have less work to do.   Sunday, October 11 View Page maybe I should rethink letting Brenda grow pumpkins   Sunday, October 11 View Page she beat me:)   Sunday, October 11 View Page It so fun watching people when they see big (little) pumpkins   Saturday, October 17 View Page guess weight, had some crazy guesses from 54 lbs to 2000 lol.   Saturday, October 17 View Page pkin fish   Saturday, October 24 View Page Carving pumpkins for adoption awareness. 6000 people came to see. the light of over 1000 pumpkins. it was a lot of fun.   Saturday, October 24 View Page my wife carving one too.   Saturday, October 24 View Page wish I could of had more time to finish. but I had a deadline   Saturday, October 24 View Page sweet   Saturday, October 24 View Page Brenda's   Wednesday, October 28 View Page 4 days later   Wednesday, October 28 View Page still looks cool   Friday, October 30 View Page Howard dill carved and ready for trick or treater's   Friday, October 30 View Page 2   Friday, October 30 View Page 3   Saturday, November 21 View Page Last of the hard work for the garden this year. Now it's time for a long winter nap   Sunday, December 6 View Page I finally got the labels made . So you're seeds will be on the way   Saturday, December 19 View Page Got my harvest bash T-shirts I'll be ready to represent next year   Saturday, December 19 View Page Here's the back. Thanks Natalie for going out of your way and sending me them   Thursday, December 31 View Page Happy new year