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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 8 Entries.
Monday, April 8 View Page
Got my whole pumpkin patch roto-tilled. Soil sample was sent out last week. Whole patch is 11,500 sq.ft. Going to make the whole patch smaller. I’ll still be able to rotate each growing season. Going with less plants to focus more on my plants. Some of the sides of the patch will be turned back into lawn. I’ll end up with 4,350 sq. ft. for each growing season. Which will give me a little over 1,000 sq. ft. per plant. I’ll plant pumpkins in the back part of the patch this year. The front patch will be for growing pumpkins in 2020. This year the front patch will be planted with a manure crop of oats then tilled under. Then I’ll plant a crop of alfalfa.
 
Tuesday, April 9 View Page
I thought I would try some pits this year
 
Saturday, April 13 View Page
Amendment additions are done. Cover crop of oats planted over the whole patch. I'll till the oats under in the 2019 growing area as the pumpkin plants grow. Mini greenhouses are up. New hoop houses will replace the mini greenhouses once the pumpkins are planted.
 
Tuesday, May 14 View Page
Very wet and cold Spring. Has rained 12 of the last 14 days.
 
Wednesday, May 15 View Page
Look out weather man
 
Wednesday, May 15 View Page
Noah
 
Sunday, September 15 View Page
My youngest son Joshua built this pulling tractor all on his own. Started with a plain John Deere 214 riding mower. Did it all in his spare time and took just about nine months. Stripped the tractor to the bare frame. Lots of special metal work building up the frame. Making special brackets to hold the weights, and making all the aluminum metal work. Installed a big motor, 24 hp.
 
Sunday, September 15 View Page
He had to give it's first workout to see how good she could pull. I'm proud of him. Awesome pulling tractor for being built by someone who never built one before. She is one mean pulling machine... he said he would never build another one as it took a lot of time to build it...
 

 

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