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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 37 Entries.
Saturday, February 17 View Page
I was terrible about keeping my diary up last year and hope to do better this year. Not pumpkins but green plants. The geraniums at the school greenhouse I help at are looking good.
 
Sunday, March 10 View Page
Greenhouse is filling up
 
Sunday, March 10 View Page
On a pumpkin note I had composted horse manure delivered from a neighbor with Clydesdales
 
Sunday, April 14 View Page
Decided to subsoil my patch’s since my tractor rotor tiller tends to develop a hard pan after repeated use. I think I have enough tractor for the subsoiler :)
 
Wednesday, June 12 View Page
Money saving tip. I use pampas’s grass stems cut to shorter lengths to pin my pumpkins down.
 
Saturday, June 15 View Page
Lots of updating to do. Going to keep it to one entry per day. Yes my plants are behind. Main patch. 2560 Geinger, 2376 Stelts, 2360 Montana, 2350 Geinger, 2245 Andria’s, 393 House, 326 Ritter
 
Monday, June 17 View Page
Row 1 commercial plot 2140 Pritchcord, 2088 Casper’s, 2024 Bongers
 
Monday, June 17 View Page
Row 2 commercial. 1965 Casper’s, 1935.5 Casper’s, 1917 Wolf, 1878.5 Lear
 
Tuesday, June 18 View Page
Row 3 and 4 commercial Row 3. — 1853 Stelts, 1849.5 Adkins, 2803 Hazeltone, 1802 Wolf Row 4 — 1782 Montsma, 1461 Rodenbaugh, 1398 Janowick, 1145 Pritchard
 
Thursday, June 20 View Page
Commercial rows 5 and 6 Row 5 - 1113 Goldfyn, 1080 Moser, 500 Wolf, 403 Wolf Row 6 - 393 House, 905 V/ M, 146 House, 146 House, 284 House Cinderella, 85 Rosquita Cinderella.
 
Sunday, June 23 View Page
Commercial plot 2 Row 1 - 2876.5 Adkins, 393 House, 326 Ritter Row 2 — 171 Hebb Lunga, 284 House Cinderella, 85 Rosquita Cinderella, (2) 18 Rosquita specialty pumpkin, 393 House
 
Sunday, June 23 View Page
Specialty area Assorted tall and giant head sunflowers, giant Amaranth, giant marigolds Long gourds. 140.2 Checkon, 152.45 Yohe
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Bushel gourds (2) 308.5 MacDonald, (2) 320.5 Conally (1) 470.5 Conally
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Watermelon 356 Vial, 253.5 Lindsey
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Giant cucumbers (2) 12.9 Brown, 1 38 Barry Sorry if I’ve gotten some names wrong or misspelled. Can’t read my writing on the flags sometimes
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Misc. 1.18 MacDonsld Giant Pepper, 4.72 Brown Giant Eggplant, 7.28 Young tomato, 7.88 Butler tomato
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Photo for last entry
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Corn Giant white corn, giant ear Indian corn, yellow popcorn, white popcorn, glass gem corn, pod corn
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Misc 1335.5 Butlet squash, 71.6 English cantaloupe, 82 Hebb butternut
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
Misc 168.5 House pear gourd, 130 ?AG x Butternut
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
These storms need to stop. Around 7 inches of rain from 3 storms in last week. They all had 40-70 mph winds with them. Played havoc with tall corn.
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
Worse on popcorn
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
Any vines not butted got rolled. Tall sunflowers were broke off and I have a winters worth of work cutting up all the trees that have fallen
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
On the brighter side I planted a bunch of different seeds from the seed exchange. Didn’t know this eggplant from the 4.72 Brown was even there until it broke the bucket I planted it in.
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
A cucumber on the 12.9 Brown plant with my size 17 shoe next to it.
 
Tuesday, July 16 View Page
A butternut on the 82 Hebb. This one is never going to come close to 82 lbs.
 
Tuesday, July 30 View Page
Even with all the winds tall corn is getting some height.
 
Wednesday, July 31 View Page
6.0 House 2024 uow eggplant off the 4.72 Brown.
 
Wednesday, July 31 View Page
Another tall corn picture
 
Wednesday, July 31 View Page
Commercial giant
 
Wednesday, July 31 View Page
Another commercial giant
 
Wednesday, July 31 View Page
Giant watermelon. Nothing special but caterers love them to use as fruit bowls.
 
Monday, August 12 View Page
Pulled sheet off and found this. If you are going to have a BES it might as well be a big one.
 
Friday, August 16 View Page
Getting tired of the high winds that come with every rain. Indian and tall corn flattened again
 
Friday, August 16 View Page
Blow giant sunflowers out by the roots.
 
Thursday, August 29 View Page
Sold my first 3 AG’s of the year. 550, 510, 490. 300- 500 pounders are most popular for me.
 
Friday, August 30 View Page
Not as many pumpkins as Andy but I have more weeds. :)
 

 

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