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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries.
Thursday, March 11 View Page
diary or no diary
Thursday, March 11 View Page
diary.well after three years off and im unable to sell my house we will put in one plant and a veggie garden tilled garden today . pic to follow
Saturday, March 20 View Page
patch tilled one plant and a veggie garden
Thursday, April 22 View Page
cheap little greenhouse worked slick.started 8 545 dills on the 15th tax day. used moist facecloth . they popped in 48hrs
Thursday, April 22 View Page
entry for this pic in the previous pic. im no puter wiz entry for my large greenhouse, just made it out of stuff in the shop
Thursday, April 22 View Page
cheap heater i got at wallymart.
Thursday, April 22 View Page
545 dills in pots
Thursday, April 22 View Page
545 dill in pot in the ground
Thursday, April 22 View Page
direct seedsed 2 545s interested to see if they pass yhe one in the pot.
Thursday, April 22 View Page
ignore the bad spelling
Thursday, April 22 View Page
545 dills in pots
Thursday, April 22 View Page
the two larger plants were tests for the new green house in march. will bring them to the SNGPG seminar sunday
Friday, April 23 View Page
new member of the family.fence around patch a must. he looks a little like pap. they both sit the same right after dicks been in the keg in the carraige house. lol
Monday, May 17 View Page
545 dill about a foot main vine.
Sunday, May 30 View Page
5ft main,with the early start and the nice weather im ready to polinate lol
Sunday, May 30 View Page
what a tease a pumpkin in may.
Sunday, May 30 View Page
wind and puppy protection
Saturday, June 12 View Page
13ft main
Saturday, June 12 View Page
have removed two pumpkins,have one on the end that i will polinate between 20 -25.hopefully the sides will be started to dead head by then to push the plant to the end.
Friday, June 25 View Page
weather has been great
Friday, June 25 View Page
plant will easily cover the 600 sq ft
Friday, June 25 View Page
first polination
Friday, July 9 View Page
plant looks great should give me a good run
Friday, July 9 View Page
big shoulders just like the 1340
Friday, July 9 View Page
6-24 pol 14 day cir-50 inches.same basic shape as the 1340 two generations removed
Wednesday, July 21 View Page
25 days 300 lbs
Wednesday, July 21 View Page
not as long as id like
Wednesday, July 21 View Page
best side
Saturday, July 24 View Page
30 days -450 lbs.pic to follow,if i can get 30lbsx 30 days ill be happy.
Friday, July 30 View Page
35 days - 580 lbs doin 27 aday. id like to see 30 plus
Friday, July 30 View Page
best side , developing some nice color
Monday, August 2 View Page
insurance
Monday, August 2 View Page
im 6'6"so figure it out thanx to joe vunak for the seeds
Monday, August 2 View Page
lol wrong pic
Tuesday, August 3 View Page
40 days -690 pretty disapointing next measurement 50 days for a ten day average
Thursday, August 5 View Page
cut off the stump today .still have the first two sides.
Sunday, August 8 View Page
45 days est 800 lbs doin 20 plus a day gonna need some legs and weighing heavy
Sunday, August 8 View Page
nice color
Saturday, August 14 View Page
50 days est 880 lbs 18 a day .shes a plugger thats about it. needs legs and im no expert but she thumps heavy. will have to get a jutras thump if she makes it lol
Thursday, August 19 View Page
55 days 950 est weight
Thursday, August 19 View Page
this tomato was hidin on my beefmaster
Thursday, August 19 View Page
3 pounder
Thursday, August 19 View Page
don langevin stopped by. we concluded it has a shot at goin heavy.
Tuesday, August 24 View Page
50 plus mph winds you dont want to see the pics. when the sun comes out ill decide what goes and what stays.
Tuesday, August 24 View Page
50 plus mph winds you dont want to see the pics. when the sun comes out ill decide what goes and what stays.
Friday, August 27 View Page
so you want to grow AGs near the ocean
Friday, August 27 View Page
ditto
Friday, August 27 View Page
north east wind
Friday, August 27 View Page
no leaves were spared
Friday, August 27 View Page
surgery time
Friday, August 27 View Page
ill clean up the leaves as best i can. shes only doin 10 a day so its a wsah.
Friday, August 27 View Page
wash lol
Saturday, September 4 View Page
70 days -1050 lbs i think its doin about 5 a day now. how long will it grow thats the question .
Saturday, September 4 View Page
hurricane earl? i had more damage from the noreaster.
Sunday, September 5 View Page
70 days est 1050lbs
Sunday, September 5 View Page
70 days
Friday, September 10 View Page
shes a beauty
Sunday, September 19 View Page
80 days 1080 est
Thursday, September 23 View Page
cut the vine today the stem dried up then it was wet again.final est weight 1100 lbs

 

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