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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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With the help of a walking stick and Jacob along to steady me I was finally able to check the patch after 10 days. The growth of some of the pumpkins startled me. Our best is estimated 242#, adding on around 22# a day in my absence. At just 10# average the rest of the season it will be a new personal best, and if it keeps up the 22# average we could give the rest of the growers some good competition. We have several others that could easily top 1000# if things cooperate. But we also know how fast that can change.
I'm on a 10# lifting restriction until Auguat 8, so Jacob gets to keep the chores a while longer. The gall bladder pain is gone, so now I just have to deal with the recovery and the dizziness the pain pills cause.
We found the first cucumber beetle infestation of the year. They had gotten a garlic treatment just 10 days ago. They will get more garlic, plus I will have Jacob use an insecticide spray too. I don't like letting him handle chemicals, but we will take all the precautions.
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