Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 54 Entries. Saturday, June 30 View Page 1522 Adkins x 2363 holland. About 5 days old now   Saturday, June 30 View Page 2363 holland x 1522 Adkins. About 10 days old   Sunday, July 1 View Page Bought these SVB traps on amazon. They are white so they need a quick spray of yellow paint. $20 bucks for 2. They come with lures and the sticky trap. I caught over a half dozen on day 1   Tuesday, July 24 View Page 2363 x1522. Just over 500lbs   Tuesday, July 24 View Page 1522 x 2363 375lbs   Tuesday, July 24 View Page Sunflowers are getting taller   Thursday, August 16 View Page My 1522 (closest) has passed the 2363. Steady at 30 lbs a day   Thursday, August 16 View Page 2363. Tall but stuby. Not a lot of length. Looks like a flower. blossom end sucked way inn. Doing 20 lbs a day   Sunday, August 26 View Page 2363 passed 1000 and slowed to a crawl now. Pretty much all done   Sunday, August 26 View Page 1522 passed 1100. Still over 20 pounds a day   Sunday, August 26 View Page My kids pumpkin. 1522 x 2363. About 700 pounds. Pretty good for a plant that hasn’t gotten much attention. No fertilizer applied since vine burying   Sunday, August 26 View Page Sunflower sidewalk. Still blooming   Sunday, August 26 View Page BES makes for the first carving of the season. Rotting quickly in the front yard with 95 degree temperatures today   Monday, August 27 View Page Our tallest sunflower fell over this AM. Measured exactly 17 feet.   Thursday, August 30 View Page Around 100 pounds. Culled from the 2066 that sits around 1000 pounds in the background all covered   Monday, September 3 View Page Todays weather could be better   Monday, September 3 View Page 2nd carving in this squishy rotting pumpkin   Wednesday, September 5 View Page Sunflowers make a nice climbing trellis for the cucumbers this year   Wednesday, September 5 View Page Third face on this pumpkin. It was mostly a rubbery mess to carve.   Sunday, September 9 View Page 2066 geddes x 1522 Adkins about 1100.   Sunday, September 9 View Page 2066 side yard   Sunday, September 9 View Page My kids pumpkin 1522 Adkins. 900 lbs. healthy plant still   Sunday, September 9 View Page View from the kitchen window. Sunflowers are almost done.   Wednesday, September 12 View Page 50 lb late season cull. Perfect weather for carving   Saturday, September 15 View Page The annual fall fest. The pumpkin was from my 1522. Est 400 lbs. sunny and 80 today   Sunday, September 23 View Page My kids pumpkin. Less than a week till the weigh off. Est 1000 pounds. She is disappointed to say the least   Sunday, September 23 View Page Funny shape pumpkin about 150 pounds. Started to shrivel up on the blossom end so it got carved over the weekend   Wednesday, September 26 View Page Double rainbow over the patch last night.   Friday, September 28 View Page The fence is down for moving day. Rare picture of all 3 pumpkins   Friday, September 28 View Page And poof. All gone.   Friday, September 28 View Page My friend and neighbor made it look easy loading them up   Sunday, September 30 View Page Weigh off yesterday in Illinois. got My 3 pumpkins to the site in one Penske truck   Sunday, September 30 View Page First exhibition entry. 2066 Geddes x 1522 Adkins. Came up light. No surprise. B patch didn’t get a lot of attention and I grew a few other pumpkins on this plant.   Sunday, September 30 View Page Second exhibition entry 2363 holland x 1522 Adkins   Sunday, September 30 View Page The official entry 1522 Adkins x 2363 Holland Exactly to the chart.   Sunday, September 30 View Page Best time of year for me. Pumpkins are home and standing proud for all to see.   Tuesday, October 16 View Page Carved one of the big pumpkins today   Sunday, October 21 View Page Carving at the pumpkin patch today   Sunday, October 21 View Page Another today   Sunday, October 21 View Page One more fall fest to finish the weekend   Thursday, October 25 View Page Carved the 1100 pounder today   Friday, October 26 View Page Some of the pumpkins at my work place contest   Friday, October 26 View Page This was my favorite. They really look just like doughnuts   Monday, October 29 View Page The 1510 Adkins is the last of the giant pumpkins I’m carving this season. Its all field pumpkins now. Gonna burn through over 50 in the next couple days   Monday, October 29 View Page Front yard today   Wednesday, October 31 View Page Happy Halloween. Beautiful day. 400 trick or treaters.   Wednesday, October 31 View Page The oversized pumpkin inflatable was a big hit with the kids this year   Wednesday, October 31 View Page More pumpkin pictures   Wednesday, October 31 View Page One more. Cyclopkin   Saturday, November 10 View Page Still carving. Late season pumpkin. Leaked all over the counter. Remaining pumpkins outside are frozen solid.   Wednesday, November 14 View Page My 1510 will be smashed by that tank in the background tonight   Wednesday, November 14 View Page It took the tank about 5 seconds to smash the 1510   Wednesday, November 14 View Page The pumpkin was frozen solid. Some thought it would slide across the fairgrounds like an ice cube being stepped on   Wednesday, November 14 View Page One more