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Tuesday, January 1 View Page
Has Anyone Tried This ???
 
Tuesday, January 1 View Page
Here is an article on how i grew my tomatoes in 2016
 
Tuesday, January 1 View Page
Here is my 12.36 lb tomato !!! Lol.... :-)
 
Tuesday, January 1 View Page
Here is my soil test
 
Tuesday, January 1 View Page
Here is the recommendations for tomatoes in colum #2 and for pumpkins in colum #8
 
Wednesday, January 2 View Page
Duck hunters beware !!!!
 
Monday, February 4 View Page
Here is one of my New Crosses !!! Cat x bat
 
Thursday, February 7 View Page
Next year i may need a bigger plane to transport mt watermellon and pumpkin !!!
 
Friday, February 8 View Page
Groundhog says that we will have an early sping this year !!! I can't wait !!!
 
Friday, February 8 View Page
Ok, im not sure that i can make it to spring !!!!!
 
Sunday, February 10 View Page
You do what you gota do !!!!
 
Monday, February 11 View Page
Don't believe everything you see on Facebook !!!
 
Tuesday, February 12 View Page
My dog gets excited when he sees his lady freinds go by !!! What do you think ???
 
Wednesday, February 13 View Page
The kids found my paint !!!
 
Thursday, February 14 View Page
Ok kids have it to easy today !!!!
 
Thursday, February 14 View Page
Here is a grafted tomato plant last spring. I recomend letting the rootstock grow to 4"-6" tall before grafting. If you graft to low the upper part of the plant could sprout roots into the soil and eliminating the purpose of the graft completely.
 
Thursday, February 14 View Page
I don't know why but many of my megablooms will seperate like this in the late season compaired to my early season. Tomatoes ?
 
Friday, February 15 View Page
GOING GREEN ? Maybe a bit to much !!!
 
Saturday, February 16 View Page
Largest sinkhole in Jina !!!
 
Sunday, February 17 View Page
Lets see how you like it !!!!!
 
Sunday, February 17 View Page
I asked rick spaziani AKA(Garden Rebel) what inspires him to ride a mountian bike every day !!!
 
Monday, February 18 View Page
I'm never picking mushrooms again !!!
 
Tuesday, February 19 View Page
OK who thought this would be funny !!!
 
Tuesday, February 19 View Page
Yes, we caught the guilty peep !!!
 
Wednesday, February 20 View Page
men and women always see things differently !!!
 
Thursday, February 21 View Page
No way i am going to work !!!
 
Thursday, February 21 View Page
No reason to sit at home doing nothing !!!
 
Friday, February 22 View Page
Can't start this dam chainsaw !!!
 
Friday, February 22 View Page
Dam woodchiper !!!
 
Friday, February 22 View Page
Wonder if dan sutherland used co2 ?
 
Friday, February 22 View Page
And dan also brewed his own tea !!!
 
Saturday, February 23 View Page
Farming in Minnesota !!!
 
Saturday, February 23 View Page
Spring flowers in Minnesota !!
 
Saturday, February 23 View Page
Minnesota's #1 harvest !!!
 
Saturday, February 23 View Page
Here is a picture of my 6.23 and 6.13 Megazacs in the back and my 5.61 Megadom in front. The megadom seemed to be a smother tomato overall.
 
Monday, February 25 View Page
Has anyone seen me ???
 
Tuesday, March 5 View Page
Never listen to a Rodent !!!
 
Tuesday, March 5 View Page
A BOOTY TEE !!!
 
Wednesday, March 6 View Page
Kung fu citty
 
Wednesday, March 6 View Page
Ha..... I can't lose to Glenomakins so i pulled it out of the garbage and put it on the scale. 3.2 oz for my winter grow. Lol... :-) Ps. Maybe i should soak it to rehydrate it ???
 
Thursday, March 7 View Page
You don't wont to mess with the squirrels in my neighborhood !!!
 
Thursday, March 7 View Page
You also don't wont to mess with my cat !!!
 
Thursday, March 7 View Page
On the other hand my dog is a push over ???
 
Friday, March 8 View Page
March 8 the ground is still frozen solid and my raspberry plants came in the mail today. Well at least i have potting soil to use so i planted them in some pots and placed them in the warmest spot against the south side of the house. They should be fine and the stems were massive for bare root mail order plants.
 
Saturday, March 9 View Page
My pepper plants are comming along. Each pot is a different veriety. I will be seperating them soon.
 
Saturday, March 9 View Page
This will be my practice grafting plants. It will be at least 2 more weeks before i try it.
 
Saturday, March 9 View Page
Elvis lives !!!
 
Sunday, March 10 View Page
Little groot
 
Monday, March 11 View Page
Were can i get one of these ???
 
Monday, March 11 View Page
This is how we did it !!!
 
Tuesday, March 12 View Page
Neighborhood Cat Burglar !!!
 
Wednesday, March 13 View Page
Always their for myself !!!
 
Wednesday, March 13 View Page
Who is this ??? Lol... :-)
 
Wednesday, March 13 View Page
Were is this man !!!
 
Wednesday, March 13 View Page
10 lb. Tomato challenge winner !!!
 
Thursday, March 14 View Page
Proud new Daddy !!!
 
Thursday, March 14 View Page
Here is a picture of were my garden is in the woods. 1. Is the garden 2. Is were i pump my water from 3. Is were i keep work supplies
 
Thursday, March 14 View Page
A closer look at my garden . its the rectangle in the pic.
 
Sunday, March 31 View Page
I don't wont to know what you are thinking !!!
 
Tuesday, April 2 View Page
This is how i go fishing !!! :-)
 
Tuesday, April 2 View Page
I found it !!!
 
Tuesday, April 2 View Page
Drove by my garden today. Wow i have alot of work to do !!!
 
Wednesday, April 3 View Page
My cats worst nightmare !!! Or april fools !!!
 
Wednesday, April 3 View Page
My neighbors are paranoid that my cat is out to get them !!!
 
Thursday, April 4 View Page
My soil test last year.
 
Sunday, April 7 View Page
Ok its time to start my clean up !!!
 
Sunday, April 7 View Page
Ok cleaned up the dead weeds !!! Not bad for this old man of 56 who needs to loose 20 lb of winter fat !!!
 
Sunday, April 7 View Page
Bad thing about having a garden 30 minutes away from your house you allways forget to bring something. I ran out of gass !!! Day over, enough work for this old man today !!!
 
Monday, April 8 View Page
Well i got about 80% of my garden rototilled today getting caught up now !!!
 
Monday, April 8 View Page
Im thinking of putting this in my garden to see if the critters will stay out !!!
 
Monday, April 8 View Page
My peppers are doing prety good so far !!!
 
Monday, April 8 View Page
Unfortunately only about half of my eating tomatoes came up and most of these are for my uncle. so i had to replant many of these again.
 
Wednesday, April 17 View Page
Planted my 30 asparagus roots the other day. These are prety nice sized roots.
 
Friday, April 19 View Page
WOW !!! look at what showed up in the mail today !!! An awesome trophy, 24 wow super starter paks and $50 cash !!! You are awesome Porkchop !!! I can't wait to win it this year !!! :-)
 
Friday, May 3 View Page
Here is a practice grafted bigzac tomato plant. Its a little spindly but i neglected it because i needed space for my peppers and eating tomatoes.
 
Friday, May 3 View Page
My peppers did ok. They are tight and need more room to grow.
 
Friday, May 3 View Page
Put my eating tomatoes in the cold frame to make room for me to start my competition tomatoes today on may 3 starting a little later than expected.
 
Friday, May 10 View Page
Its been 5 weeks since i rototilled my garden and since then we have had 7.5" of rain !!! Making my ground to muddy to even walk on !!! Needless to say i am way behind this year.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
My tulips did good this year.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
Bought 10 flats of begonias for the house !
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
Eating tomatoes and peppers are ready to be planted this weekend.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
One grafted tomato i did for practice.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
I was surprised to see this big pepper on this plant. I will pick it off when i plant it.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
More garden plants. About 5 different kinds of squash broccoli cauliflower bok choy swiss chard and one 543 stawecki orange pumpkin.
 
Friday, May 17 View Page
My competition tomatoes are on their way. I planted the seeds may 3 this year
 
Monday, May 20 View Page
It was almost dry enough to work my garden but the mud is back after 1.5" of fain last night.
 
Tuesday, May 21 View Page
The road going to my garden
 
Tuesday, May 21 View Page
Well i wonted to plant my garden this last weekend but again to much rain made my garden to muddy to plant !!!
 
Saturday, May 25 View Page
Hope to plant my competition tomatoes this weekend. They took a little beating from rain and wind but they still look ok.
 
Saturday, May 25 View Page
Trust me you don't wont to scew around with the squirrels in my area !!!
 
Monday, May 27 View Page
Ok now their is a steak 44 oz. !!!
 
Tuesday, May 28 View Page
Rototilled half my garden over the weekend. Still very wet to mud.5 pounds stick to your shoes if you walk on it !!!
 
Tuesday, May 28 View Page
Planted my peppers eating tomatoes winter squash broccoli cauliflower swiss chard and bock choi !!! I still have to plant my competition tomatoes !!!
 
Tuesday, May 28 View Page
This area still to muddy to even rototill yet ?
 
Tuesday, May 28 View Page
This is a closerlook at my garden soil today !!!
 
Thursday, May 30 View Page
Mud or no mud, My competition tomatoes are going in this weekend for sure !!! Can't wait any longer to plant !!!
 
Sunday, June 2 View Page
Again about 1 inch of rain. So far everything is doing ok.
 
Sunday, June 2 View Page
Planted my competition tomatoes yesterday before the heavy rain.
 
Sunday, June 2 View Page
This is the road i drive to get to my garden.
 
Sunday, June 2 View Page
I need to rototill this in about 4 days to help dry it out ? Not a fan of that but you cant even step in this atea ?
 
Sunday, June 2 View Page
You really cant step off the walking boards anywhere or you will loose your shoes
 
Friday, June 7 View Page
Between cucumber beatles and hail dammage my zucchini plants look a little beat up !
 
Friday, June 7 View Page
This is my only 7.10 foss plant. Not sure why only half the plant is rotting ???
 
Friday, June 7 View Page
Well only 3 of 48 plants seem to be rotting in the mud so thats not to bad !!!
 
Friday, June 7 View Page
This is only a eating tomato. Is a supersteak tomato !!! Nice megabloom on a standard veriety. Hope its a sign of good things to come !!!
 
Monday, June 10 View Page
Well im almost tempted to grow out this megabloom on my eating tomato plant !!!
 
Monday, June 10 View Page
These are some of my competition tomatoes. Everything is doing rather well concidering that the ground is still mud after more heavy rain this morning ?
 
Tuesday, June 11 View Page
Bought some blueberry plants in the mail last year. They look like they are doing prety good so far !!#
 
Tuesday, June 11 View Page
Some things are growing prety good so far like my bug ridden bock choi broccoli cauliflower and swisschard. Its been a little to cool for the peppers. The seem to be just sitting their so far. Not sure how things can grow in this continuous mud !!! It never dries out and we are expecting a nother inch of rain this Thursday !!!
 
Tuesday, June 11 View Page
Here are a few more competition tomatoes surviving the muddy grounds with more rain tomorrow night
 
Wednesday, June 12 View Page
Still haven't planted my raspberries yet ? I got them in the mail in march and placed them in pot temporarily till i could get the ground ready ? That was 3 months ago. But they are doing very good in the pots. I can't complain to much !!!
 
Wednesday, June 12 View Page
I planted my eating tomatoes only 2 weeks ago on may 28. The plants are looking real good but i really need to get them weeds removed real fast before i lose my tomatoes ???
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
My eating tomatoes are still growing good. I was able to pull the largest weeds out to help let the plants breath a little
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
Here are my competition tomatoes. Some are doing ok and some are struggling in the muddy ground.
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
This is my largest competition tomato plant
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
This is one of mt 2 pumpkin plants a 543 stawecki. I started my seed may 3 about 5 weeks later than most pumpkin growers.but i only wont a HD pumpkin about 500 lbs.
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
Here are 2 plants of bnots new cross called Delbrut !!! They got off to a late start but should be enough time for a October weighoff.
 
Monday, June 17 View Page
It seems like it has been raining for 40 days and 40 nights !!!
 
Friday, June 21 View Page
Lol :-)
 
Sunday, June 23 View Page
I made a new tomato cross today !!!
 
Sunday, June 23 View Page
Anyone need a kitten ???
 
Sunday, June 23 View Page
Things are looking better !!!
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Competition tomatoes when i planted them june 2
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Same plants 3 weeks later june 23
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Megabloom on my eating tomato !!!
 
Thursday, June 27 View Page
Here on june 14 i cleaned up my squash patch and made it prety weed free !!!
 
Thursday, June 27 View Page
Only 13 days later and it looks like this ?????? Its finnaly dry enough to rototill it again !!!
 
Thursday, June 27 View Page
Porkchop
 
Thursday, June 27 View Page
Ned also team slammer !!! See the pattern to team slammer !!! Don't mess with team HAMMER !!!
 
Friday, June 28 View Page
Well its finnaly drying out with mid 80° to around 90° temperatures.i hope it this hot weather doesn't last to long ?
 
Friday, June 28 View Page
Some people need to be reminded to hit the bowl. And not the floors and walls !!!
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
I weeded my squash today and found some little zucchini in them
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Same with the yellow squash too.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Here is a megabloom on the 7.78 menting megazac
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Here is one on my 6.23 megazac
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
My competition plants are now about 1 to 2 feet tall now and are starting to showing their first flower sets now !!!
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
I have about 10 eating tomatoes started now !!!
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
My eating tomatoes are about 3 feet tall now
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Evolution occurring today !!!
 
Wednesday, July 3 View Page
Now that is a Big Bird !!!
 
Thursday, July 4 View Page
I finnaly found a guard dog scary enough to scare everything out of my garden !!!
 
Thursday, July 4 View Page
Here he is SCARY DOG my garden gardian !!!
 
Thursday, July 4 View Page
Are the tomatoes ready yet !!!
 
Friday, July 5 View Page
My competition plants are doing ok. I need to get in their and start pruning the suckers off.
 
Friday, July 5 View Page
Many of my plants are having their first truss megas now. Nothing unusually special ? But the plants are now about 30" tall
 
Friday, July 5 View Page
Here is a 7.73 meting megazac
 
Friday, July 5 View Page
I can't grow cucumbers at my garden due to the disease problem i have their so i grow a few plants in 5 gallon pot on my driveway. I usually get around 15 nice full sized cucumbers from these plants grown this way !!!
 
Saturday, July 6 View Page
Finally hooked up my water pump to water my garden.
 
Wednesday, July 10 View Page
Ok this is one of my first keepers. So its time to top the plant.
 
Wednesday, July 10 View Page
Now i have a keeper i now have toped the plant
 
Wednesday, July 10 View Page
Here is another plant that i have now topped. This is all the plant i will keep in growing my gaint tomato
 
Thursday, July 11 View Page
Starting to get some broccoli heads now
 
Thursday, July 11 View Page
This tomato is starting to grow now
 
Thursday, July 11 View Page
Here is a promicing bud on my 5.95 Domingo
 
Saturday, July 13 View Page
My best looking megabloom and its not a real competition plant its called climbing triple crop a potato leaf plant ??? Well i hope it takes and we will see what it can do ?
 
Saturday, July 13 View Page
Another promicing one on a megazac. We are supposed to be in the low 90s the next 7 days
 
Saturday, July 13 View Page
I have a nice set on this Megazac
 
Saturday, July 13 View Page
Another set on a different Megazac
 
Saturday, July 13 View Page
I got more leaf mulch down today shouldn't have to weed this area anymoe this year
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
It's HAMMER TIME !!!
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
Naa na na na........naa na na na CAN'T TOUCH THIS !!!
 
Wednesday, July 17 View Page
My yellow squash is really putting out this year !
 
Wednesday, July 17 View Page
Can't wait for my sunflower to bloom !!!
 
Wednesday, July 17 View Page
I think that i might keep this one !!!!
 
Friday, July 19 View Page
Here is this megabloom on july 12
 
Friday, July 19 View Page
Here is the same tomato july 16
 
Friday, July 19 View Page
And here is the same tomato july 19 seven days later
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
Here is the full plant next to my grafted bigzac. I have already topped it so this will be the full size of this plant. It stretches more than the other plant and it is 3 feet tall. A little taller than my other plants
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
This angle shows the size of the stem better and it's now 9" circumference up one inch from yesterday
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
Here is my 5.51 Megadom i think it still has about 4 or 5 more days before it blooms. Crazy looking bud i just hope it takes !!!
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
A close up of this mega mess !!!
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
All these Megazacs have nice sets and all the plants have been topped. So this is as big as they will get
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
Here is an overhead view of how i prune my plants
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
Growing 4 cucumber plant in 2 five gallon pots.
 
Saturday, July 20 View Page
Just picked these 4 seedless cucumbers from my driveway grown cucumber plants. These plants have a lot of cucumbers on them still.
 
Monday, July 22 View Page
Most of my garden is diong prety good but we had about 3" of rain since Thursday and my garden is over saturated again. Found a few tomatoes with BER today ?
 
Tuesday, July 23 View Page
Well it looks like we won't get to know how big the climbing triple crop. Tomato will get ? After 3" of rain over the weekend has caused BER to it !!! Not suprized my ground is over saturated again.
 
Tuesday, July 23 View Page
High winds blew my 5.61 megadom plant off the fencing i had it on. It looks to be ok but its all twisted up tring to straighten up !
 
Thursday, July 25 View Page
To much rain last weekend now im getting bad blight on my eating tomatoes
 
Thursday, July 25 View Page
I do have about 15 tomato sets but nothing special. Probably a bunch of 4-5 pounders.
 
Friday, August 2 View Page
My first ever cauliflower 30" circumference that would be abojut 10 pounds on the tomato scale !!!
 
Saturday, August 3 View Page
Here is one of my big marleys prominently 23 dap.
 
Saturday, August 3 View Page
Here is my other big marley about the same age.
 
Saturday, August 3 View Page
Here are some of my megazacs. All these tomatoes are around 22-24 Dap.
 
Saturday, August 3 View Page
Close up of my megazac . only average sized flowers
 
Saturday, August 3 View Page
Another megazac tomato
 
Tuesday, August 6 View Page
A mean looking storm heading porkchops way !!!
 
Wednesday, August 14 View Page
Here is a nice set on my 5.95 Domingo. Hoping for some late tomatoes this year
 
Wednesday, August 14 View Page
A nother nice megabloom on my 6.23 Megazac
 
Wednesday, August 14 View Page
Here is another crazy megabloom on my climbing triple crop. The first on is only about 3 lbs. They are interesting but i don't think they will grow to any gaint size
 
Friday, August 16 View Page
Cindy Tobeck's tomato harvest. This lady doesn't fool around !!! Lol... : -)
 
Friday, August 16 View Page
Here is my Big Marly entry 3 lb 3.4 oz.
 
Friday, August 16 View Page
Here is that crazy climbing triple crop tomato with the potato leaf. Not that big only 3 lb 2 oz.
 
Monday, August 19 View Page
This megazac is around 4.5 lb. Hope to get it in the 5 lb range
 
Monday, August 19 View Page
I have 2 more big marleys that might get over 4 lbs.
 
Monday, August 19 View Page
Still hope to get some nice late tomatoes. This is on my 5.95 Domingo. And i am getting a lot of nice megablooms now just hope they can grow some decent tomatoes. The heavy rains killed me this year.
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
Of course i am getting a lot of nice megablooms late in the season so im cleaning all my plants and spaying them for blight and hope i can have a nice one for October
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
Another nice megabloom
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
These megablooms are all on my Megazacs plants
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
I should have about 5 or 6 of these to work with
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
Many chances for October
 
Tuesday, August 20 View Page
And this one is again on that climbing triple crop plant again. The first one only reached 3.2 lbs so lets see if i can do better this time.
 
Wednesday, August 21 View Page
A picture this morning on a trail cam in porkchops garden !!! You better get him chops !!!
 
Saturday, August 24 View Page
Here is my first tomato this year. How big is this sandbagers tomato ??? Lol... :-)
 
Monday, August 26 View Page
Well hear it is 4.47 lbs. Off my 6.23 megazac seems to grow a decent single or double.
 
Monday, August 26 View Page
Here is the taping of the tomato at 23.5"
 
Monday, August 26 View Page
Here is the bottom side of it. Makes a nice eating tomato
 
Tuesday, August 27 View Page
I haven't been to my garden for 4 days and was sad to see a young red tail hawk got into one of my eating tomato cages and couldn't get out for some reason and died !!! The openings are 6"x6" but apparently couldn't get out? Feeling a bit sad about it. I had a groundhog tearing through my garden also and it was probably trying to get it when it got trapped ?
 
Tuesday, August 27 View Page
As you can see a groundhog started tearing into my broccoli and tried to tunnel under my wooden walkway !!! Now i have to clear all the 4 foot tall weeds around the perimeter of my garden to see where its breaking in ???
 
Tuesday, August 27 View Page
Slowly getting bigger with the big marley. Now at 3.73 lb. And i have one more to go hopping to reach 4 lbs with that one !
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
Ok, they should be called team soaker !!! They don't even try to hide it ???
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
Yeah porkchop is showing off his magic mike again but Ned seems to have learned something new about val too ??? Lol...
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
I think ned is tiered of porkchop showing off his magic mike !!! Lol...... :-)
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
Hey ned it's great to see you and val took the time to go visit porkchop and lambchop on your trip. That is awesome to see you guys getting along so good. I have thought about making a trip to see some close growers but haven't made the effort to do it yet !!! Maybe i will have to give it a another thought !!!
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
Well i picked my last big marley and the biggest one. 4.22 lbs
 
Saturday, August 31 View Page
My last 2 big marly's the green one clearly has a lot of Domingo in it and the red one has a lot more bigzac in it. Rebel you made a good cross with this one and im going to save seeds from both of these. Both plants grew like the domingo plants strong and agressive.
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
I still have a few chances for October weighoff
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
Picture didn't go through on last post
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
Another potential one !
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
Another one
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
This one is on the climbing triple crop plant ? Last one was about 3.2 lbs
 
Tuesday, September 10 View Page
And my Best one currently on my 5.95 Domingo
 
Friday, September 13 View Page
It looks like the stress of talking to Wilson everyday may be getting to porkchop ??? Lol.... :-)
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
Uuuuugh !!! Two days of heavy rain and i see all my plants wilting ??? I don't know what to think ? We are suposed to have nice dry 80° weather for the next week so im hopping that everything is still ok.
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
Ok i caught these 2 snakes getting it on several feet up my fence in plane sight !!!
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
I got this from joe menting !!! Lol... :-)
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
Cereal pumpkin killer
 
Monday, September 16 View Page
All but one plant came back from the heavy rain !!!
 
Monday, September 16 View Page
I picked most of my butternut and accorn squash because critters are getting at them now !!!
 
Monday, September 16 View Page
I picked most of my butternut and accorn squash because critters are getting at them now !!!
 
Wednesday, September 18 View Page
Tell me that you never did stupid things while drinking with your friends !!!
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
I had high hopes for this one for my September 28 weighoff and a personal best !!!
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Uuuugh...... It developed a soft spot and started leaking !!!! It's finnished !!! And it tied my personal best too at 6.23 lbs. Since it is leaking i will not put it on a store scale. No gpc listing this year.
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here is one dimension
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here is the other measurement
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
I did make a new cross this year in my garden. 5.95 Domingo x 6.23 Megazac
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here is the 6.23 Domingo. I pulled all the plants around it and through everything and the kitchen sink on it to grow it !!! Lol.....it was off the 5.95 Domingo
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here was another 3.5 lb tomato
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here is my 6.23 next to the 3.5
 
Saturday, September 21 View Page
Here is my HAMMER TIME bowling ball next to me 6.23 Domingo tomatp
 
Sunday, September 22 View Page
Here is the weight to my new cross 5.95 Domingo x 6.23 Megazac
 
Sunday, September 22 View Page
Sorry bnot wrong tomato this is the crossed tomato
 
Wednesday, September 25 View Page
Wow taking a break on spreading seeds to dry from my 6.23 Domingo
 
Wednesday, September 25 View Page
Seeds are dried and counted 882 seeds from the 6.23 Domingo. That is the most seeds i ever counted from one tomaro
 
Wednesday, September 25 View Page
Well these are the seed i decided to harvest this year. I got a decent count on all of them.
 
Wednesday, September 25 View Page
People ask do you like being crazy ?
 
Friday, September 27 View Page
Sad day for us yesterday as we had to put down our tiger of 19 1/2 years. She will surely be missed !!!
 
Thursday, October 3 View Page
From the wise one !!!
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
Turning my 2 poinsettia plants. This picture taken OCTOBER 18
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
10 days later October 28
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
Here are the plants today November 3
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
Here is a better picture of the big ones size. I have had this one for it's 3rd year !!!
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
This is suposed to help your hemorrhoid problem ???
 
Friday, November 15 View Page
Well winter showed up over a month early this year we had 10"-11" of snow the largest snow ever for the month of November
 
Friday, November 15 View Page
Another view of our record snow fall
 
Friday, November 15 View Page
No winter tomatoes this winter. I started with turning 2 poinsettia plants and now added 2 mandivill plants. No room for any extra projects this winter
 
Friday, November 15 View Page
Here is a better picture of how far along my poinsettia is
 
Friday, November 15 View Page
Meet the new member to our family This is leo. His nick name is Mehem !
 
Sunday, December 8 View Page
Does anyone know what the name of this plant is and is it poisonous to cats
 
Monday, December 9 View Page
Ughhhhh !!! Well the problem with having a new KITTEN is that they have to eat everythingon the floor and all your house plants. Well after you research every house plant you find the prety much every plant is poisonous to a KITTEN !!! So now i have to try and keep all my house plants alive under one 300 watt lamp ??? ??? Clearly i don't have enough space or light to grow everything here !!!
 
Thursday, December 12 View Page
This is what happens when your on santa's naughty list !!!
 
Thursday, December 19 View Page
Bnot i sent you my best michigan tomato seeds for your new grow room im sure you can grow it to more than a pound !!! Good luck !!!
 
Thursday, December 19 View Page
Ok be honest what list are you on !!!
 

 

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