Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries. Saturday, February 3 View Page I have been growing these things called giant pumpkins with my family for 7 years now (got 1000 lbs. in the first year), and just about every year I say I am going to take a year off… but it never happens. Here is the patch covered in a mulch of last year’s vines. On the left is the new asparagus bed where we grew the 1183 Hochstetler DMG last year.   Wednesday, March 6 View Page I started a couple field pumpkins in the winter just for fun. The butternut won 1st place at a local show last year and is still intact.   Saturday, March 23 View Page In my main patch I have a bit of a cover crop going with some broad beans and the odd rye plant.   Tuesday, March 26 View Page Here, the field pumpkin plant has gotten bigger and the butternut has gotten smaller. The latter was delicious.   Saturday, March 30 View Page My kids have new respect for my carpentry skills after they saw my new hoop house.   Sunday, March 31 View Page Here is the finished article. The whole thing is made from reclaimed materials including the skin which I pulled out of a dumpster/skip.   Tuesday, April 2 View Page Seed starting day for my early batch. I am really excited to be growing the Cinderella-AG hybrid: 162 Toboyek. Thanks to Jim Ford for the seeds and to Pete Caspers and Ian Paton for relaying them to me.   Tuesday, April 9 View Page Here are my AG's for the year; an all-star line up in my opinion. Clockwise: 2037 Crews, 2020 Paton (1885 x 2907), 2319 Stoeckl, and 2045 Daho. Many thanks to these 4 amazing growers from 4 different countries.   Monday, April 29 View Page All plants are in the ground and doing well despite fairly wet and cloudy days. Here are the seedlings before they got planted out. Only the 2037 Crews looks a bit deformed.