Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 89 Entries. Saturday, May 1 View Page Greetings from Finland, this is my 1191.5 Northrup plant :)   Saturday, May 8 View Page Where is summer??? My pumpkin plant try to survive in that greenhouse behind that trampoline and other vegetables try to do same thing in that smaller greenhouse. This is really extreme hobby here up north!!!   Wednesday, May 12 View Page My pumpkin plant now, i have only one plant and i know that many things can go wrong, but i try to my best here :)   Wednesday, May 12 View Page First female :)   Wednesday, May 12 View Page With these flowers i want to wish the very best growing season to everyone :)   Sunday, May 16 View Page Heat wave, jiihaa!!!   Tuesday, May 18 View Page My plant today.   Tuesday, May 18 View Page It seems to me, that i have to do something... maybe tomorrow...   Thursday, May 20 View Page I am in big trouble here, males have no pollen so i lose my first female :(   Saturday, May 22 View Page Beautiful female in full bloom...   Saturday, May 22 View Page ... but no males with pollen for her, this is so frustrating...   Saturday, May 22 View Page ...lucky me, i am now too busy to worry about pumpkins, i am farmer and this is what i do for living... work, work, work all days and nights, when i can sleep? Maybe in June :D   Monday, May 31 View Page This kind of destruction waiting me in greenhouse this morning, somebody has broken mainvine... then i notice dogs paw tracks all over the place...   Monday, May 31 View Page ... Guilty... i was very angry... what going to happend to that poor dog...???   Monday, May 31 View Page ... absolutely nothing, i just can't be angry for him... ever... :)   Monday, May 31 View Page M... this is my beetroot!   Tuesday, June 1 View Page Miika and Aami, i just have try to achieve something... lol ... we dont tell to anyone that i mix up rutabaga and beetroot... right :D But, take a look at my onion, woohoo :D   Wednesday, June 2 View Page At last, summer is here!   Wednesday, June 2 View Page I prodly present my grapevine...   Wednesday, June 2 View Page ... to me is miracle to have grapes here up north :)   Wednesday, June 2 View Page Giant tomatoes start to bloom.   Wednesday, June 2 View Page My marrow plant suffer little bit about cold weather, but it is still alive :)   Wednesday, June 9 View Page IIIIK!!!! Sidevine female opened this morning... but where i get maleflowers???   Wednesday, June 9 View Page No problem, Mr.Tarkkinen send me few of them, JIIHAA!!! ... and rose too, oh, this is too much :)   Wednesday, June 9 View Page Males on action.... :D   Wednesday, June 9 View Page All done... now i have time to smell this beautiful rose... mmmmm... wonderful, thanks to everyone to helping me!!!   Saturday, June 19 View Page At long last... :D   Saturday, June 19 View Page Pumpkin plant is very healthy and good looking too, background you can see my long gourd plant.   Saturday, June 19 View Page Oh, this is so cute :)   Saturday, June 19 View Page Beetroot   Saturday, June 19 View Page Beetroot in greenhouse.   Saturday, July 3 View Page I have no luck with pumpkins this year, they just not growing...   Saturday, July 3 View Page ... and that is because there is too much nitrogen in that soil, how that happend??? Well, there was little mistake in soil test results... oh well :(   Saturday, July 3 View Page But i refuse to be depressed... i have pretty good looking tomatoes, here is 3.67 Mantyniemi   Saturday, July 3 View Page 7.18 Harp   Saturday, July 3 View Page ... Nice looking flowers in my garden...   Saturday, July 3 View Page ... and my beetroot :)   Saturday, July 3 View Page It is quite big...   Saturday, July 3 View Page Caraway field... i can do something right way :)   Saturday, July 3 View Page Aaaah, i love Finnish summer... but i love something else too...   Saturday, July 3 View Page This is my new love :)Chevrolet Silverado, 6.6-liter V8 Duramax turbo-diesel :D   Saturday, July 3 View Page What a beauty :)   Saturday, July 3 View Page Okay, this is the last picture... lol   Monday, July 5 View Page My outside beetroots growing fine :) front you can see my little marrow plant.   Monday, July 5 View Page Huge sunflower... well, tell the truth, it is not so huge...   Tuesday, July 6 View Page My little manure makers <3   Tuesday, July 6 View Page I feel so sad right now, but i have to do it... that pumpkin was so badly deformet :(   Tuesday, July 6 View Page Well, i am not sad anymore :D My little pumpkins :D   Saturday, July 10 View Page In middle of the night it is so nice just listen to the silence...   Monday, July 12 View Page 7.18 Harp... nice one :)   Monday, July 12 View Page 3.67 Mantyniemi... woohoo :)   Monday, July 12 View Page I have this kind of friend in my greenhouse, i think she or he is so cute :D   Monday, July 12 View Page My outside beetroots rise up of the ground like this... is it normal growth?   Sunday, July 18 View Page I know i going to disappoint many people right now, but i have to say this... no pumpkins in this year... that nitrogen thing ruin everything, all my pumpkins are deformed... i am so sorry :( If there is competition for biggest leaf or thickest mainvine, let me know... lol   Sunday, July 18 View Page My first tomato for this season... 1.148 kg, it is my new PB, jiihaa!!!   Monday, August 2 View Page We have a holiday trip in Lapland, this is our cottage... sorry about misty picture.   Monday, August 2 View Page Inside the cottage.   Monday, August 2 View Page Fishing... lol... we catch lot of pikes and trouts... it was so fun :)   Monday, August 2 View Page ... more fishing :)   Monday, August 2 View Page Beautiful views...   Monday, August 2 View Page ... and more :)   Monday, August 2 View Page We saw almost white reindeer <3   Monday, August 2 View Page Little bit beer too... lol, it was so nice holiday trip, i miss that place so much already :)   Monday, August 2 View Page Back in business..:D Here is my biggest tomatoes, they are from 7.18 Harp plant... left 1336g and right 1470g. I am so happy :)   Monday, August 2 View Page Marrow day 15, not so big but it is my first one ever, so i am very proud of that :D   Monday, August 2 View Page mmm... yummy!   Wednesday, August 4 View Page My first "megabloom" (7.18 Harp)   Friday, August 6 View Page My giant onions, biggest weight 948g... not much, but they grow too hot place in my little greenhouse... next year i growing them much better place... but anyway it is my pb...lol   Saturday, August 7 View Page I let my pumpkinplant grow free way and thats why the plant has use all extra nitrogen off that soil... and what happend...?   Saturday, August 7 View Page ... it start produce very nice looking pumpkins... i know it is too late, but i am happy that there is no other problems in that soil... and i have fun to look them growing... i can tell there is plenty of pumpkins :D   Monday, August 9 View Page We have few very strong storms here in Finland... this is sad view from my bedroom balcony... those storms almost destroy every outside plant i have..:(   Monday, August 9 View Page ... but not all, this is Lilja sunflower, it have only 4 leaves left, but it growing anyway:)   Monday, August 9 View Page ...my marrow, i am worry about those "dill rings"... plant is also very small, that fruit is 2.5m from stump.   Monday, August 9 View Page These are my last tomatoes for this season, 1234g and 1204g, from 7.18 Harp plant.   Wednesday, August 11 View Page It cant be good thing, if you can see trough your beetroot... oh, well...lol   Friday, August 13 View Page I have been struggle with my long gourds too, i have trouble getting them set... but here is my first one :) (plant looks awful)   Friday, August 13 View Page I love lg flowers, they are so delicate <3   Thursday, August 26 View Page Here is my first marrow... and one of my cats :) marrow weight 23.1kg. Autumn, i think it is best time of the year... cold and rainy, but i love it!   Saturday, September 25 View Page Yummy, i love to walk in forest and pick up mushrooms... well, i afraid bears, but they haven't eat me ...yet.   Saturday, September 25 View Page Basket start to fill very quickly...   Saturday, September 25 View Page My guard dog...lol.. i think he be afraid bears more than i am :D   Monday, September 27 View Page One more... Boletus edulis :)   Friday, October 15 View Page Ludwigsburg, what a great place... warm, sunny, great people and big pumpkins... Thanks to everyone!!! ... then i have to go back home...   Friday, October 15 View Page ...early in this morning... i can tell, they are not a stars...   Friday, October 15 View Page Yup, i think this is the good sign that this season is over... lol   Friday, October 15 View Page OMG...lol   Monday, November 8 View Page Summary for this season... well, no pumpkins... but 6.35kg beetroot, 1470g tomato and 23.1kg marrow... So i am quite happy for these results :D ... and there is always next year and then i going to grow big one for sure...lol i just dont know what veggie that going to be...lol But, i have learn a lot, thanks to all :)   Monday, November 29 View Page Here we go again :D Giant onion (kelsae)...   Monday, November 29 View Page ... and little cabbages, thank you Peter :)