Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 12 Entries. Saturday, February 3 View Page Kicking off the 2024 growing season vlog. Ep. 1 covers starting a new patch in a new location. Soil test followed by compost and pH adjustments for the winter. I’m going to try and grow 4 pumpkins this year in 2 patches. I think the off-season ambition has gotten to me.   Saturday, February 3 View Page Forgot to include the link to the YT video. https://youtu.be/_4M8m6oE0zg?si=uW3FTt9hNdAbGk77   Friday, February 9 View Page Ep. 2 - it has been wet and cold so this one covers picking seeds and my simple patch prep and planting schedule. https://youtu.be/NqNoaitQAfA?si=kFX_PJF6vuzQnj_p   Wednesday, February 21 View Page Cover crop looks great. Will be cutting and tilling soon.   Wednesday, February 21 View Page Close up of the cover crop in patch 1.   Tuesday, February 27 View Page This is the cover crop in PATCH 2. Rye and vetch. This patch has been much wetter than PATCH 1 and you can really see that in the color of the rye. wont be long and I will cut and till. Then a final soil test.   Thursday, February 29 View Page Ep. 3 chopping and tilling the cover crop. Trying to get the cover crop incorporated into the soil now so that it doesn’t skew the final soil test results. https://youtu.be/WTLm77vZBB4?si=k7RVqFtPq0Nernwa   Saturday, April 6 View Page Episode 4. Starting seeds, mixing soil, transplanting… https://youtu.be/_F5g-tbES84?si=Bq9qfp3WoBU6m2Vs   Wednesday, April 10 View Page All plants are doing great in their new 1 gallon pots so far. Going to transplant to 2 gallon this weekend and then one more week and they go into the mini hoops. Targeting around 4/20.   Monday, April 15 View Page Ep. 5 - Soil preparation, testing and using the soil calculator. https://youtu.be/IpXDRp9zqUk?si=ImAv1ajrG3wOmrcs   Wednesday, April 17 View Page Patch 1 is ready. Planning to transplant in 3-4 days.   Friday, April 26 View Page Ep. 6 Planting the 2560 Gienger and the 2006 Wolf in patch 1 and the 2266 Kisamore and the 2245 Andrusz in patch 2. https://youtu.be/2s70DOycrI8?si=Rk8tSkbzhpyWVc8Z