Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 114 Entries. Wednesday, May 24 View Page which one?   Thursday, May 25 View Page Roundup until brown and then Burned. Ready to be tilled.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Little larvae inside? See next picture. Almost like little translucent worms. Only 2 I've seen so far in all my plants.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Little Larvae/Worm things after I picked them out of the plant.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Not sure how and if an Entry can be edited but for anybody who wants to know I have been informed that the larvae looking things in the previous pictures were seed maggots. Thanks brotherdave!   Thursday, May 25 View Page Gonna put a few of these guys in the ground soon.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Some knucklehead hasn't put up cages yet for the maters, oops!   Thursday, May 25 View Page Well that was fun coaxing them into the cages. Gonna put up a post or something to keep them from tipping.   Thursday, May 25 View Page cucumber seeds coming along.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Zucchini are chompin' at the bit to get in the ground.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Starting Bhut Jolokia's early was a bad idea without a greenhouse. Thought they was gonna die but now with the warmer weather they are looking like they are going to make it. Gonna put them in 5 gallon buckets so I can bring them in for the winter and then set them out again next year.   Thursday, May 25 View Page New strawberry patch.   Thursday, May 25 View Page Bell peppers on the outside and hot pepper in the middle. (used to be all bhut jolokia on 4 outside spots but they was moved to pots)   Saturday, May 27 View Page Laid out the blocks and burnt the grass with torch.   Saturday, May 27 View Page Tilled and zucchini planted.   Monday, May 29 View Page Got the first complete tilling of the patch done today.   Monday, May 29 View Page Gonna fill the ditch around the island with treats for the pumpkins. Got my 4 sickly contenders out their competing. It's kind of like the show Survivor but with pumpkin seedlings.   Monday, May 29 View Page My 4 sickly pumpkin plants that are being chewed on by cats among other things. Guess I'm building a cage or fence tomorrow. Not sure if I should start over or wait and see if these beat up dudes pull through, already way behind.   Monday, May 29 View Page Got some hay I'm gonna try to use as mulch this year.   Thursday, June 1 View Page Visited the cows.   Thursday, June 1 View Page Visited the cows today.   Thursday, June 1 View Page Getting the manure ready to till in   Monday, June 5 View Page What a pitiful crew.   Monday, June 5 View Page Guard bird.   Monday, June 5 View Page The backup plants in my patented growing pots.   Wednesday, June 7 View Page Covered with hay, ready to go.   Monday, July 3 View Page North pumpkin plant.   Monday, July 3 View Page South pumpkin plant.   Monday, July 3 View Page I found out why I should have been staking the main vine. I thought it was only to control the direction. I think it grew too fast and broke itself. It's not broke all the way so I tried to doctor it up. I guess we will see.   Monday, July 3 View Page Main vine break on North plant from another angle.   Monday, July 3 View Page Hope it heals but if not I got a secondary already trained to replace it.   Monday, July 3 View Page Here are the backup plants I planted from some eBay seeds that were supposed to be Dills Atlantic. They are some kind of squash. Glad I didn't choose to plant them in the middle of the patch.   Monday, July 3 View Page Close up of eBay seeds. I think they might be zucchinis? My zucchini plants don't have leaves like these, anybody know what they are? Maybe just a different type of zucchini?   Monday, July 3 View Page Maters are doing good despite blight being bad this year. I should have planted in a different bed. Gonna spray tomorrow.   Monday, July 3 View Page This dude is rockin.   Monday, July 3 View Page Wonder if these 2 pepper plants got a virus or something? Others in bed are fine.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Cut taproots, side-vine, and leaf near this pumpkin. I'm not sure the stem should be bent like that so I guess I'll try to straighten it out over the next days. Almost looks like a kink near the vine but it is growing super fast.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Put a jar under it until I can go pick up a pool noodle or something.   Thursday, July 6 View Page covered pumpkin and put sulfur powder on where I cut vine, roots, and leaves.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Vine break from a few days ago. Looks like it is kind of healed but I think I'm going to cut it off because ive been informed it will probably rot.   Thursday, July 6 View Page sulfur powder on vine injury   Thursday, July 6 View Page Another little guy on same north plant.   Friday, July 7 View Page Ended up terminating the main on the North plant at the break. Once I had it out to look at it I'm glad I just cut it off, doesn't look like it healed very well.   Friday, July 7 View Page Sickly looking side-vine from the south plant that I may have stepped on a few days ago. Cut it open to be sure there weren't any bugs.   Friday, July 7 View Page South plant.   Friday, July 7 View Page North plant.   Friday, July 7 View Page Hailing on the other side of town. Hope it's not too bad.   Saturday, July 8 View Page Most leaves straightened back out and hail missed me. They were flapping in the wind pretty crazy.   Saturday, July 8 View Page Put a foam board down and put some sand around the big girl growing on the North plant.   Sunday, July 16 View Page South plant on main vine, was nice and round but now she is going goofy.   Sunday, July 16 View Page Have a few other contenders on the south plant main vine.   Sunday, July 16 View Page On secondary vine of south plant. I know I should probably cull but I like the growth and I'm gonna grow it.   Sunday, July 16 View Page North plant, this pumpkin was growing fast but seems to have slowed or stopped.   Sunday, July 16 View Page North plant pumpkin, not sure why part of its skin looks to have dimples. Sunburn or is it dying maybe? Doesn't feel soft anywhere. Has been covered with a shirt most of the time when sunny.   Monday, July 17 View Page Trying to make sure I get another one pollinated on the south plant and look at this little jerk cucumber beetle.   Monday, July 17 View Page Found these jerks also. Squash bug eggs. That's fine, I got the big guns coming in the mail.   Monday, July 17 View Page My new watering setup.   Monday, July 17 View Page New watering setup doing 100 gallons of water with 36 oz of 10-10-10 liquid fertilizer.   Monday, July 17 View Page Rainwater falls into the water trough.   Monday, July 17 View Page need to mount the pump and battery and then hook up this solar charger.   Monday, July 17 View Page Does anybody need zucchini? I'm tired of it. I know I should've picked them when small for better taste but I've been lazy.   Monday, July 17 View Page Zucchini plants.   Monday, July 17 View Page oops.   Monday, July 17 View Page pepper plants   Monday, July 17 View Page bhut jolokia   Monday, July 17 View Page belle peppers   Monday, July 17 View Page cucumbers   Monday, July 17 View Page cucumber close up   Monday, July 17 View Page Strawberries already picked a few times. Got a couple shoots working on the goal of filling out the bed with strawberry plant.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Have fun ya jerk. Squash bug.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Another casualty of war. Cucumber beetle.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Big girl on South plant quit growing and was feeling softer each day. Had to let her go.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Abort cut in half.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Other half of abort.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Discoloration under the rough skin on pumpkin.   Wednesday, July 19 View Page Seeds from pumpkin that aborted. Excited to see if they will germinate.   Wednesday, July 19 View Page This dude is growing on a side vine. Put the foam and sand under it today.   Wednesday, July 19 View Page 5 gallon bucket, 6 tsp 6-30-30, 6 tsp cal-mag.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Imidacloprid, Adonis 75 wsp, 4 tsp to 50 gal over 1000 feet.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Imidacloprid, Adonis 75 wsp, 4 tsp to 50 gal over 1000 feet.   Thursday, July 20 View Page North plant is sick, found this on a leaf. Vine borer? Should have did the merit earlier.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Inside of leaf stalk that had small hole.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Most of North plant is slightly yellow. Notice how green the tertiary coming from the South plant is?   Thursday, July 20 View Page The white stuff is from sevin dust.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Found a couple stalks like this on South plant.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Another view of south plant. Yellowish and every piece of fruit on it has aborted.   Thursday, July 20 View Page Added a 5 gallon bucket to my watering system.   Friday, July 21 View Page Sulfur powder, 10 tbsp, 5 gallons water.   Saturday, July 22 View Page South Plant side vine pumpkin   Saturday, July 22 View Page Pumpkin on main vine of south plant   Saturday, July 22 View Page Two more on the main vine of south plant   Saturday, July 22 View Page Ugly as sin.   Saturday, July 22 View Page Bifen I/T 1 0z to 1 gallon water over 1k feet. 2 tbsp neem-oil to 1 gallon water to 1k feet.   Sunday, July 23 View Page Just too ugly and it will probably split if I let it grow.   Sunday, July 23 View Page I know how to fix it.   Sunday, July 23 View Page Fixed it.   Sunday, July 23 View Page 6 teaspoons mancozeb to 1 gallon water. 3 tablespoons of neem oil to 1 gallon water. 1k feet for both.   Sunday, July 23 View Page test   Sunday, July 23 View Page pumpkin one 45 ott, pumpkin two 39 ott, pumpkin three 36 ott.   Tuesday, July 25 View Page Should I try to untwist?   Tuesday, July 25 View Page Should I try to untwist it?   Tuesday, July 25 View Page Left pumpkin is: 51.5 39 40 =130.5 Right pumpkin is: 55.5 40 41 = 136.5   Tuesday, July 25 View Page right side up Left pumpkin is: 51.5 39 40 =130.5 Right pumpkin is: 55.5 40 41 = 136.5   Tuesday, July 25 View Page This one may have quit growing or has just slowed way down. Started measuring today so we will see. 66 45 47 = 158   Tuesday, July 25 View Page 30 gallons water to 10 tbsp 6-30-30 grow more 7516.   Thursday, July 27 View Page North plant stump   Thursday, July 27 View Page Stump cleaned up   Thursday, July 27 View Page Sulfur powder   Thursday, July 27 View Page Seems I've got every pest and disease possible.   Thursday, July 27 View Page Cyvd? Pulled most of the south plant.   Tuesday, August 1 View Page New pumpkin cover   Tuesday, August 1 View Page .   Sunday, August 6 View Page Picked secondary vine pumpkin that quit growing. Found out that the secondary vine it was on had a vine borer. Pulled it and got a couple pictures. 88.2 pounds.   Thursday, August 10 View Page She was crying because she was tired long before I put the pumpkin on my head. Made a hilarious picture imo.