Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 34 Entries. Friday, May 1 View Page 2015 is going to be a WOW season....for me ....and for you!   Friday, May 1 View Page For me, it's as good as Christmas, when Todd comes up the drive with his tractor!   Friday, May 1 View Page The cover crop........   Friday, May 1 View Page soon turns into a tilled garden. Do you think the left side, for the AG's, got the most compost?   Sunday, May 3 View Page These kids were sure cute when they were little, but now that they're big.....   Sunday, May 3 View Page I can put them to work. They were a huge help in setting up the patch!   Sunday, May 3 View Page Haley and Hannah are taping the plastic cover to one side of the huts.   Sunday, May 3 View Page Taking a break!   Sunday, May 3 View Page 2323 Meier   Sunday, May 3 View Page and the 1738 Barron, are in good company with the 1730 Werner - 1916 Barron - 1327 Rea - 907 Young - and 1317 Clementz.   Thursday, May 7 View Page 7 plants are now in the ground. On this beautiful, 85 degree, sunny day, the young plants begged for a little break from the direct sun!   Monday, May 11 View Page 3 lines of drip tape in....ready and waiting. I figured there was more time now to get this done, rather than later, when the plants will require more time. I also have the 75' x 150' patch divided into 4 sections, each with its own hoses for hand watering and sprinkler hookup. 11 hoses in all! No dragging hoses around!   Monday, May 11 View Page Soil compression? Not with these walking boards. Just be careful you don't fall off!   Monday, May 11 View Page 1730 Werner, 3 weeks since starting the seed.   Saturday, June 13 View Page Stressed plants.....all seven of them! Stressed grower! Self diagnosed and treated for one week. John Taberna of Western Labs Idaho is on it now. I'm amazed at how the plants could go from picture perfect, to this, in such a short time.....total of 10 days now.   Friday, July 31 View Page So what does an obsessed giant pumpkin grower do, when she doesn't have a giant pumpkin to obsess over? (Yes, all 7 AG's done in by Roundup overspray!) This is "Swinehart's Surprise Medley" - 10 plants in a 35' x 35' plot. Tom Swinehart is always so nice to send some of his designer gourd and specialty small pumpkin seeds. It's fun to see what develops!   Friday, July 31 View Page 30 field plants, which I call my "party pumpkins" are just starting to take off.   Friday, July 31 View Page The Cronus variety is an interesting plant, that mounds up before vining out, and grows large jack-o-lantern pumpkins.   Friday, July 31 View Page Hmmm! Maybe I can grow up and go to Canfield!   Friday, July 31 View Page The first pollination was this week, on a 150 Rea 06! It has always produced bright orange......just look at those yellow vines. I don't know how big this pumpkin can get. It will be the first time I've limited the plant to one pumpkin. We'll see! Cecil, you said it was nice that I was making lemonade. But I think I will go for lemon chiffon pie!!   Monday, August 17 View Page While you are having fun measuring your giant pumpkins, I find whatever bright spot I can.........A cluster of Cronus flowers!   Monday, August 17 View Page The patch is filling in. A lot of pumpkins have started for our fall party.   Monday, August 17 View Page Swinehart Medley is in the foreground. Lots of interesting things are growing beneath those leaves. Prizewinners, 150 Rea's and Cronus are to the right of the path. "CORN" is on the far right!!!   Monday, August 17 View Page 150 Rea's are full of team spirit, and beginning their growth spurt!   Sunday, September 6 View Page Yaaay! I've got a pumpkin! From my 1327.5 Rea 13. She is yellow.....and her name is "Le-Le-Le Lemonade". Maybe you've heard the McDonald's commercial - not sure if it's national or regional. Seed was germinated 6/20 - in garden 6/30 - pollinated 8/9.   Sunday, September 20 View Page Le Le Lemonade, Le Lemonade. I told her, she was 2 months behind and to git growin'. So she did!   Monday, September 28 View Page Some surprises hiding in the Swinehart Medley patch. Thanks so much Tom for the seeds. All our visitors love them!   Monday, September 28 View Page The grandkids......getting in on the Le Le Lemonade fun. They just finished a cross-country meet. And Le Lemonade is also making her sprint to the finish line!   Monday, October 5 View Page Hannah, with a 150 Rea that I grew up on end.   Monday, October 5 View Page Hannah, again, with Le Le Lemonade, who continues to grow in spite of the weather cool down!   Monday, October 5 View Page My niece Heather, who goes with me to all pumpkin events, and part of her family, being silly with Le Lemonade.   Wednesday, December 23 View Page Look what a friend gave Papa Rea for Christmas! Very cool!   Wednesday, December 23 View Page One of my favorite Christmas decorations. A fellow in PA carves and paints wooden plates. He designed this one for me in 2008.   Thursday, December 24 View Page Merry Christmas from the Rea family! I wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year! Glenna