Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 7 Entries. Monday, January 18 View Page 2021 plan #1 1938 Sperry Seeds purchased. Hopefully one of my these germinate. Last year the same seed failed. This year I'm filing down a bit. Thinking about growing 3 pumpkins . I am Still pending on my other two selection. Plus backups. Poor germination rate last year.   Sunday, January 24 View Page Today - I put all my seeds on an Excel Spreadsheet by Year, Seed, Parents, Ott , +or - Heavy - and any important factors... thinking about who gets to be germinated this year. Usually I just get them out of the fridge and gaze at each little package one at a time, and forget who I have ..... I may plant one seed that is unproven but a nice orange.   Friday, January 29 View Page A treasure trove of goodies from the seed exchange. Thank you Leif for all your time and effort. Much appreciated.   Thursday, February 4 View Page 2021 patch design on graph. Thank you everyone for your input.   Thursday, February 4 View Page I read good things about this on my pumpkin Facebook group. I'm game on giving it a try.   Friday, February 12 View Page Finally took the step and ordered my medium size drip tape kit from dripworks. Most of my goodies came Except for the drip tape kit. It should arrive in a few days. I'm trying all kinds of thinks this year in regard to watering and fertilizing to make life easier.   Sunday, March 28 View Page Got out my BCS. Plan. 1. Rototill in my rye cereal cover crop. 2. Spread out my composted horse manure and mulch. 3. ADD all my nutrients. 4. Rototill it all in. That's my plan.