Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 12 Entries. Friday, March 27 View Page Pumpkin patch all tilled and soil test sent out   Monday, April 6 View Page Got some of my soil amendments in. I will add the rest when I'm ready to plant. Planted a cover crop of oats over the whole patch   Friday, April 10 View Page Late last summer I made my pumpkin patch a bit smaller. Instead of being 100'x 120', now it is 76'x 120'. The difference with the 24' of soil, I took that soil and pushed it onto the center of the pumpkin patch than tapered it towards all four sides of the patch. The sides are about 6" above the lawn level and tapper up to about a foot and a half in the center. One huge raised bed pumpkin patch now. The photo gives an idea of how much the center is raised above the sides. My patch did drain good before, but I see a huge difference already this year with some heavy rains we have had   Tuesday, April 21 View Page I got a box of these given to me for my pumpkins. Making good use of these this year. In the soil under the hoop houses.   Wednesday, April 22 View Page Happy Spring! 25 degrees, 3 inches of snow and 2-4 more to come today   Saturday, May 9 View Page Spring came, Spring left. Winter decided to return. 16 with wind chill   Tuesday, May 12 View Page May 12th 2020. Snowing like He?? tonight. Expose to go down to 28 tonight. What a crazy Spring..... Farmers are way behind to plant because it's to cold   Thursday, May 14 View Page Throw back 2002 First year growing. 5th Place at Altoona, Pa   Thursday, May 14 View Page 2002 First Pumpkin 822.4 At Altoona, Pa. 5th Place   Thursday, May 14 View Page 2002 Altoona, Pa Top 5, 1st 1097.8 Tony Ciliberto 2nd 986.4 Larry Checkon 3rd 917.4 Andy Wolf 4th 826.2 David Hilstolsky 5th 822.4 Brian Staring   Saturday, November 14 View Page American people backing our great President Trump Nov.11 2020   Saturday, November 14 View Page American people supporting President Trump Nov. 11 in front of the Supreme Court