Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 164 Entries. Friday, March 14 View Page Wel first entry of the year. Started our patch this year and its gonna be a joined effort, Tina and me,,,are gonna give a shot at growing a big one here in the south. The patch is gonna be brandnew and i got my first blisters already..but he, no pain, no gain,,,,   Friday, March 14 View Page Ok, started the patch yesterday..lawn made into patch.....   Friday, March 14 View Page first some raw work,,,not a fun job turning a lawn by hand but,,pumpkins need sacarafice,,,special thanks to Tina, who after a days work spent three hours in the patch,,   Friday, March 14 View Page and after a days work,,well...your fuse gets a bit shorter,,lol   Friday, March 14 View Page then for some fine chopping,,,   Friday, March 14 View Page And finaly i think its time for a seed auction. One to provide the cooks with a tiller. i mean look at them hands,,,ouch!! tina,s could not be shown because there childeren on here to......   Saturday, March 15 View Page wel day three on the patch. Its coming along fine. hand tilled, grass free ( lots of work) and looking pretty good. delt with the grubs, added 25 lbs of lime and 1300 lbs of manure. Just a few more things and were ready to go,,,cant wait.......   Monday, March 17 View Page 4th day working the patch and a buissy one. Started out the day with digging the plant hole, a nutrient pit, filled it out with manure, compost, blood meal, bone meal, alfa alfa pellets, peat moss, lime. thursday other amendments wil arrive such as humic acid, kelp, myccor,,all wil be added. the pit wil be dug out again, and wel mixed then finished for planting.   Monday, March 17 View Page althoug we treated the soil a couple a days ago, stil found these puppys while diggin...ewwwwwww!!   Monday, March 17 View Page then after the pit, a rough till with the shovel..air for the soil and ready for some amending..   Monday, March 17 View Page ammending ,,all kinda stuff...   Monday, March 17 View Page and dont forget the coffee grounds, thanks to the local hospital!!   Monday, March 17 View Page then some black gold, starting to look better and better this patch...   Monday, March 17 View Page And then to finish off a long but good day, a final till, by hand mind you. It wil be roto tilled once before planting. Then to top it off a mollases drench... two days rest now,,,time to think fensing, pesticides, hoophouse,,,watering.....:) and dream bout that big one,,   Tuesday, March 18 View Page nother garden day, not in the pumpkin patch though.. started on the tomato patch,,just for fun,,,, few big ones, some cherries,,,bell peppers and relocated some garlic,,,   Wednesday, March 19 View Page Lots a stuff arived today. So back in the patch,, added today: humic acid, kelp, wormcastings, fish &seaweed drench...calcium...   Wednesday, March 19 View Page And after the ammendments, to top it off another 1000 lbs of manure and compost. the patch is now some 5 inches raised from the rest..   Wednesday, March 19 View Page then spread out and left til saturday. We have done everthing by hand, but last til wil be a rototill. I need it mixed good. Been spares with the ammendments though,,anyway,,soil test of tommorow and wil see what we got next week. After the final til, i,l start the hoophouse and fense it in,,some windprotection. And lets not forget watering...misters and soakerhoses//   Thursday, March 20 View Page Supply day here in the south: got some misters, soaker hose, wind protection, material for the hoops. tommorow pick up the rototiller. And soiltest went out to a&l today,,,very curious,,,,,,,   Thursday, March 20 View Page oh yeah, lol and planted some giant sunflowers..   Friday, March 21 View Page Today i got a tiller,,,gave the patch two tillings..some more pellets,,and tommorow mix it up one more time,, Any fluffier and it would flote away..   Friday, March 21 View Page Also started brewing tea for the patch,,,did two recipes,,, two five gallons buckets,,i wil leave them brewing til munday ,depending on the night temps,,its not heated..   Saturday, March 22 View Page ok here a pic of the tea brewing, i did two recipes, this one came to life first..   Saturday, March 22 View Page then i started the day tilling, i use the shovel to move soil and get to the subsoil, top 4 feet are tilled, my subsoil seems to be sand..curious as to how thats gonna turn out,,   Saturday, March 22 View Page oops wrong pic, here tilling the lower layers...   Saturday, March 22 View Page Heres me working a sweat..lol   Saturday, March 22 View Page inbetween tillings this went in: a mix of fish meal, cottonsead meal, and greensand. special mix for my soil, hopefully the greensand wil bind the sandy part a bit, and the cottonseedmeal and fishmeal for slow nitro release. All sounds good in theory,,but the plant wil tell the truth,,,,   Saturday, March 22 View Page then next project of the day, the hoop..thanks buddy, lol   Saturday, March 22 View Page No plastic yet though, i,l do that next week..been a good day,,,but stil some stuff to do...   Saturday, March 22 View Page eastercakes, mostly done by tina,,big thanks to her,, for driving me around here in my search for all that we need ,,,no pumpkins here without her!! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@   Sunday, March 23 View Page i was gonna let the tea brew til munday, but the foam came over the edge so, i gave the patch a drench. did one compost and wormcastings, one just wormcastings. wormcasting alone was alive earlier and i think i wil stick to this one.   Wednesday, March 26 View Page wel was planning on finishing the patch, but i got my soiltest back today,,stil needs some work,, thankfully its not to late yet,,,thanks for the advice growers,,,   Thursday, March 27 View Page Didnt waste any time after the soiltest yesterday. I started the day by adding another 1000 lbs of compost/manure, 15 lbs of bloodmeal,20 lbs of lime, 6 lbs of humic acid(total of 18 lbs now) 10 lbs of greensand. Put in the soaker hoses. And thats it for prep this year.   Thursday, March 27 View Page line up for 08: 1363 werner:985 werner X 1450 wallace back up : 1118 greene: 985 werner X 606 greene Pollinatorplant: 907 van hook: 1231 pukos X 998 pukos back up : 663.5 andrews: 845 bobier X 1370 rose pollinators tina's choice, main plant mine(lol) plants beeing germed as we speak.   Saturday, March 29 View Page The 1363 werner germed in 41 hours. Just came back from the southern growers meeting. Was fun to meet some growers from around here. now wait, for the werner to grow. i would like to see it in the patch within a week from today.   Monday, March 31 View Page problems with germing pollinator plants. 907 and 663.5 both refused to germ sofar. 275 vanhook has sprouted and wil take the 907's place.   Friday, April 4 View Page The 1363, six days after germing.   Friday, April 4 View Page buddys 1118 doing good to!   Saturday, April 5 View Page And its a go!!   Saturday, April 5 View Page 1363 werner on the left, backup 1118 greene on the left.   Monday, April 7 View Page Plants lost none of its momentum in growing, i,d say a succesfull transplant sofar. Temps at night in the 50s lower 60s. During day time anywhere from 70 up to a 100 depending on the sunlight. No extra heating for the nights this year. so far so good.   Monday, April 7 View Page no spookjuice,,,but cookjuice...top secret!   Thursday, April 10 View Page 1363 plowing along,,,keeps growing nice although nights are still on the cool side.   Thursday, April 10 View Page sunday night temps go in to the 30s, so extra protection is needed..left over wire fensing and clingfilm. Its cheap, but it works.   Thursday, April 10 View Page buddys 1118 coming along nice to. Working hard on them roots!   Thursday, April 10 View Page cayenne peppers added to the veggie garden.   Thursday, April 10 View Page and first maters out of their shelter.   Monday, April 21 View Page 1363 werner looking good sofar.   Monday, April 21 View Page 1118 greene on schedule also.   Monday, April 21 View Page and the 907 van hook. this one went in last and got less time in a warm enviroment. Is growing without a hoop, therefore slower growth. Should pick up the coming weeks though.   Sunday, April 27 View Page with the scorching sun here at times, the plants started to flagg last week. 30% shade cloth works perfect, growth remains vigorouse and no more flagging.   Tuesday, April 29 View Page 907 van hook getting cooled.   Tuesday, April 29 View Page 1118 greene next to the hoop and 1363 werner in it for the last day. One chilly night in the 40s and tommorow no more hoop. Plant wil be to big in a day or two. Also a look at at my shade cloth(circus tent, lol) is effective though, and withstoot 50/60 mph gusts the other day, so it wil hold up for the summer. stil some minor adjustments needed.   Tuesday, April 29 View Page closer look at the 1118. Front leaf in the full sun and starts flaggin a bit,,,back of the plant under the shade cloth and ok.   Tuesday, April 29 View Page 1363 werner   Tuesday, April 29 View Page big leafs already.   Friday, May 2 View Page 1363   Sunday, May 11 View Page right: 907 van hook, middle: 1363 werner,,10 feet, left 1118 green,, 6 feet. And thanks for the congrats everyone,,the ceremony was fast enough for me to give them there afternoonmisting. Its all about prioritys,,,;)lol   Saturday, May 17 View Page 1363 werner, female at 11 feet probaly ready by wednessday.   Saturday, May 17 View Page 1363 is a big plant,,huge leafs,,,basking in the afternoon sun here.   Saturday, May 17 View Page 907 van hook...took a while but found its groove,,,first female showing,and bout 5/6 feet now. This plant is tuff!!   Saturday, May 17 View Page this is the 1118 greene. This plant took of the last week, and is about to be pollinated. Very nice plant to grow,,no problems what so ever.   Saturday, May 17 View Page backside of the 1118. Males have started to bloom, but its first date is gonna be with the 1363 werner tommorow. two guys are waiting right now.   Saturday, May 17 View Page female on the 1118 greene.   Saturday, May 17 View Page watermelon seedling hit the soil today. 202 white...wil be fun..never grew these before.   Saturday, May 17 View Page maters are starting to take of to,,this should grow in to a big puppy....   Saturday, May 17 View Page And to avoid people from thinking its all Frank, heres Tina and Heather spraying our pumpkins. Growings a family thing and done for fun. ( but " accidently" breaking a vine is not recomended! lol ;) )   Sunday, May 18 View Page note: pollinated first female on 1118. close to 6 feet out. with two 1363 werner males. 9;15 am. 5 lobes. one slightly deformed lobe. weather is sunny, windy and a 81f high for today   Friday, May 23 View Page note. pollinated female on the 1363 werner. 12 feet out. 4 lobes. used 3 males of the werner. its selfed. culled the pollinated flower on the 1118 to close, but nice practice run. next one ready in two day at about 9,5 feet.   Friday, May 23 View Page looking pretty healthy sofar..1363 werner   Friday, May 23 View Page keepin up the pace...   Tuesday, May 27 View Page My 26 pollinated a 5 lober slightly deformed and with seeds in female, 9 feet out on 1118, more females coming up.   Thursday, May 29 View Page pollinated 5 lober on the 907 van hook with males of the 1118 greene,,aprrox 8 feet out.   Friday, June 6 View Page we have been at 100 higher for two days and the weekend we wil pas 100f. Scorching hot, and dispite misting the plants suffer, had to cut a burned tip today,,and gonna step up the misting. Too cold aint good, to hot sucks to.   Thursday, June 12 View Page patch getting some morning sun. shade cloth gotten to small and even the windbreak wont stop this plant,,lol. 1363 werner.   Friday, June 13 View Page 907 van hook x 1118 greene, day 13, ott 114 for 40 lbs i like the shape of this one,,gonna be orange,,no doubt.   Friday, June 13 View Page 1118 greene x self. day 18 for ott 177 or an est 128 lbs this is a good grower,,fast out of the starting blocks. But the heatwave took its toll on this plant,,and i dont know how long this plant wil support the pumpkin,,wil sqeeze out ever lbs we can.   Friday, June 13 View Page 1363 werner x self, day 21 , ott 205 for an est 192 lbs. King of the patch.   Saturday, June 14 View Page maybe a bit premature, but season is probably over. We are moving to the other side of town and taking care of the pumpkin wil be near impossible. It sucks, but such is live.   Sunday, June 22 View Page 907 van hook x 1118 green, day 20, ott 162 , est 100 lbs   Sunday, June 22 View Page 1118 green x self. circ 88. ott 215 for an est 219 lbs day 25   Sunday, June 22 View Page 1363 werner x self. day 28 circ 110. ott 250 est 337 lbs   Wednesday, June 25 View Page 1118 greene x self,day 30, 282 lbs est.   Wednesday, June 25 View Page 1363 x self day 33, 425 lbs est.   Friday, June 27 View Page 1363 day 35, plowing along.   Friday, June 27 View Page 275 x open, King of the compost pile.   Monday, June 30 View Page I did some pruning to get better airflow around the pumpkin. So heres a nice sidevieuw. past 500lbs est.   Monday, June 30 View Page And heres another front vieuw,,,i love the shape..   Tuesday, July 1 View Page This is our little one,,Heather,,with the pumpkin on the 1118 greene,,,est 345 lbs   Tuesday, July 1 View Page 1363 werner plant stil in good shape.   Thursday, July 3 View Page 907 van hook x 1118 greene, day 35 228lbs est.   Thursday, July 3 View Page Some very nice flowers blooming now,,,   Thursday, July 3 View Page more flowers,,,beautifull!   Saturday, July 5 View Page 375 lbs est. on day 40 gaining very few a day now,running towards its end.   Saturday, July 5 View Page 1363 werner stem end,,,thicker then the can!   Monday, July 7 View Page in the front the 1118 greene x self wich past 400 lbs today. It suprised us by speeding up in daily growth. Did 14 a day last few days,,wich is very good considering the plants size and state. In the back the 907 van hook x 1118 greene, starting to get some color its 263 lbs and gaining slow but steady,,getting some color now hints of green are apearing. both these plants were ment as pollinators and are grown on grass with the stump in the patch. Cant complain.   Monday, July 7 View Page the picture i mentioned in the last entry.   Monday, July 7 View Page 1363 werner x self day 45 700 plus lbs est.   Monday, July 7 View Page fruit on the 907 van hook. Slowly grew its way over 250 lbs. Close to the stump because later pollinations aborted but happy with this pumpkin. I like its looks and its been pollinated with the 1118 greene. Should be fun to see what it grows next year. Hope it packs on some more lbs. Its day 39 for this one.   Wednesday, July 9 View Page Even on your birthday patchworks doesnt stop. Heres Tina washing of the pumkinskin with water and a bit of bleach,(very lightly). By the time this post come up, we will have past the current state record in est. And a new pb! But it aint over untill the last lbs is grown and shes weight..   Wednesday, July 9 View Page First set on our 204 white melonplant. thers a secon one growing a bit further out. First time to grow them here. and by the looks of this one it took. wil be fun to see what its gonna do. Our long gourd is growing good to,,starting to get sides and over 10 feet tall now. its growing along the shed in the back yard,,climing in a net i hung up. Both melon and gourds are lots of fun to grow!! Hope the gourd wil get some fruit to,,   Friday, July 11 View Page We past the current state record in estimates.   Tuesday, July 15 View Page 1118 green day 50, stil growing, 455 lbs est.   Tuesday, July 15 View Page 1363 werner day 53 820 lbs,,stil growing.   Tuesday, July 15 View Page And here my favorite as far as looks go. The 907 x 1118. day 47 and 325 lbs est.   Thursday, July 17 View Page After some popcans here is Tina for some size reference... Day 55 and still growing...   Thursday, July 17 View Page Stem side vieuw. Has the looks of his father from this side,,,the 1450 wallace.   Saturday, July 19 View Page Fruit on the 1118. This plants been amazing with very little plant its stil growing. 477 lbs est.   Tuesday, July 22 View Page Picture from the left side. Here you can see its big but, and a hint about how broad it is. day 60.   Tuesday, July 22 View Page Side profile. We went and got a pallet last week for the pumpkin, it was 4 feet wide and 3,5 long. when we measured the pumpkin today it was 5,5 feet wide and 5 feet long. we need a bigger pallet,,,lol   Wednesday, July 23 View Page when watering a patio plant, tina dicovered we have some guests...   Thursday, July 24 View Page This one inched its way to 502 lbs est. in the back the 907 van hook turning nice and orange, est 361 lbs.   Thursday, July 24 View Page This is gonna have to lift our pumkin to get on the trailer. Once it stopped growing..   Saturday, July 26 View Page 98 gipe,,long gourd plant.   Saturday, July 26 View Page And here i,m pollinating my first long gourd. I hope it took, would be cool to get a fruit going...time wil tell.   Monday, July 28 View Page last update before we harvest and weigh. This is the 907 van hook x 1118 greene, 386 lbs est. Our most orange pumpkin and grown on a plant wich was ment to be a pollinator. a nice bonus this season. small plant that was grown on grass.   Monday, July 28 View Page 907 van hook x 1118 greene est. 386 lbs   Monday, July 28 View Page 1118 greene x self. Grown on a small plant and on grass this one just wouldent stop growing. Because of the small plant size the gains were small but this plant showed me that theres a lot more in it. est. 510 lbs   Monday, July 28 View Page 1118 greene x self.   Monday, July 28 View Page And last but not least, our 1363 werner x self, Right now its est.950 lbs and close to stop growing. I wil do a final measurent before weighing, its hard to get it right in the patch. To reach 1k we wil need to go heavy and although she looks and sounds like it, we wont be shure til we got it on the scale. what ever it wil be, its been a great season. Although breaching a 1000 lbs would the icing on the cake, lol. We wil know by this weekend.   Thursday, July 31 View Page Our biggest in on the trailer. Were gonna weigh tommorow morning. Had the state newspaper over while lifting it out of the patch,,,hopefully a nice artikel,,,lol. Bottom was solid but slightly concave,,so 1k is gonna be hard to reach,,scales gonna have to tell us,,,, Head of agraculture at the farmers market,,,state fair folks,,and more local press is gonna be there,,,gonna be fun.,,,, lol,,,,   Friday, August 1 View Page After lifting this little giant on the trailer in the middle of thunderstorm we were soaked. It was just me and Tina, next time i,m sure it wil go smoother..Glad its on in one piece,,,   Friday, August 1 View Page Arriving at the farmers market there were news teams waiting,,,two newschannels, associated press, state newspaper, agraculture,,,it was amzing,,,filmed from the moment we got in,..   Friday, August 1 View Page Heres my pumpkin superstar giving a way intervieuws..lol   Friday, August 1 View Page news team riding along on the trailer to the weighing site,,they made a nice clip for the new,,check it out: http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8772275   Friday, August 1 View Page As we came in to the big hall we drew a lot of attention,,dozens of people came to watch,,and we were answering questions to the journalists as we began to lift it of the trailer,,   Friday, August 1 View Page pumpkin on the fork lift and off the truck....all of the handling is nerv racking...lol   Friday, August 1 View Page Its off in one piece! thank god,,,,   Friday, August 1 View Page Now to lift it on the scale,,,while being filmed and with an audience ...lol,,fun stuff.....   Friday, August 1 View Page Its on the scale! everyone going for the display to see the number,,but we still need to get the chain and straps of,,, and we had a state food inspector go thrue the gpc rules and check the pumpkin,,,,no holes,,softspots or rot. we had him probe superficial crack,,but the pumpkin was solid. its a go!   Friday, August 1 View Page and the scale says...............?????   Friday, August 1 View Page A NEW STATE RECORD!!!! 897 LBS!!!!!   Friday, August 1 View Page couple more interviews to promote this great hobby in s.c. and get people warmed up for growing giants here,,,!! lots of publicity for the hobby...a nice bonus to our record.   Friday, August 1 View Page Couple more pictures for the folks...all kinds of people taking pictures with cell phones,,,cameras,,,cool. As i write this the phone keeps ringing,,,quit the experience..   Friday, August 1 View Page The people of the state fair offered to store the pumpkin in a cooler and see if it wil hold til oktober,,they wil pay,,wich is cool! i hope it holds and we can display it for a greater audience..to once again promote growing in sc. So here it is, resting til oktober. We wil check on it regularly and treat it with a mild bleach solution.   Friday, August 1 View Page And just for the record, 897 lbs is something we are very proud of. Never the less there was some slight dissapointment that it didnt go heavy as we hoped. So the magical 1k mark wil remain a goal for us. But our learning curve made us realize that much more is possible here in sc. And we got plenty years to prove it. All in all we had a great season. And we topped it off with a state record,,,we couldent ask for more.. a final thank you to all growers,,and good luck to all of you, may your season atleast be as good as ours, Grow em Big!! (attached a picture of the offical weightform. the weighing was attended by inspectors of agraculture and the sc,state weightmaster.)   Friday, August 1 View Page Here are a couple of news links to look at. Both links have a video on them to look at. http://www.thestate.com/local/story/477464.html http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8772275 This link is from another news channel which will be on the tv at 5 today so no video yet http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=64762&catid=35   Sunday, August 3 View Page this is now the 337 Finders uow. Its 907 van hook x 1118 greene and was right on the chart.   Sunday, August 3 View Page a moderate seedcount and one or two germed inside the pumpkin. All in all this been a nice fruit, not the biggest but nice shape and good color. Now crossed with the 518 finders wich went 7.5% heavy i wil give this seed a try if i can next year.   Sunday, August 3 View Page This is now the 518 Finders uow. It went 7.5 % heavy and its 1118 greene x self.   Sunday, August 3 View Page It had nice thick walls, but unfortunately all seeds were hollow. Not one good seed. It has been a nice fruit though. and if the plant wouldent have been severely sunburnt who knows what might have been. Never the less a good result for a pumpkin grown on grass.   Sunday, August 3 View Page Heather in our 518...   Sunday, August 3 View Page Our 897 is current waiting for the fair. I hope to harvest some seeds in oktober now,,,but have to wait and see how that turns out,,,   Wednesday, August 6 View Page Stil got something growing,,,beside a very late melon set, we this 98 gipe long gourd. Its on day 12 and its 33 inch long. Been doing 3,5 inch the last 4 days. I hope its gonna speed up just a bit more. Theres 2 gourds on this plant but if the smaller one dont pick up i wil cull it and try for one.   Sunday, August 10 View Page 15 days now and 42.5 inch. i culled the smaller gourd and i,m down to one. I also ended alot of vines and pinched of third growth. Now curious to see if this effects daily growth. The last three days,3 inch a day,   Saturday, August 16 View Page 55 inch day 22. Growth slowed down to a little over a inch a day. Since the clouds have take over and sunlight has been few, growth rates went down fast. But still growing. We will see were it ends up.   Saturday, August 16 View Page And finaly a little melon growing. after two aborts here a 204 white x self. But this also needs more sun. Hard to believe after the hot days we already had that august turns out like this. temps are nice,,,in the high 80s but to much cloudcover for optimal growth.   Thursday, August 21 View Page And this is our first long gourd. its now the 57.5 Finders. After a storm the net on wich it grew came down,,and as i tried to adjudst it, the gourd fell down. Dum, but a good lesson. Not a big disaster, cause it only grew 2.5 inch the last 4 days. It came down on day 26, so it was close to stop growing anyway. Its been a great experience growing this, and we wil try it again for sure. Next time we wil be prepared,,,,   Sunday, November 2 View Page We found a new patch. 2400 sq feet of virgin soil waiting to be pimped for pumpkin growing. Prep starts on tuesday. Its game on for 2009!   Monday, November 17 View Page Patch prepp for 09 has started and is in progress. Soil test revealed poor soil on this new patch, but we are working hard. Added over 13 yard of manure sofar and probably gonna double or triple that. 350 lbs of lime has been spread and 100 lbs of alfa alfa pellets. More to come...   Sunday, November 23 View Page We added another 13 yards of manure this weekend, so total now 26 yards of manure, along with 500 pounds of leaves and 16 pounds of Epsom Salt.   Sunday, November 23 View Page Look at the steam coming off that horse manure...Now that is some hot stuff....   Sunday, November 23 View Page I'd say we put a dent in that pile of manure, the Finders way with nothing but shovels. No pain no gain...   Sunday, November 23 View Page These leaves will have to wait till morning to be put on its getting dark and it is gonna be a cold one, 28 degrees.   Sunday, November 23 View Page Ok leaves are spread out along with first load of manure for the day...   Sunday, November 23 View Page Second load of manure for the day....   Sunday, November 23 View Page Spreading out the shit by shovel, we cant break tridition. :)   Sunday, November 23 View Page Manure and leaves tilled in. Next two weeks we will be ammending stuff like gypsum, calcium nitrate, etc. We will also start adding benificial bacteria, to assist in the breaking down of all the raw organic matter we added. Further more several kinds of meals, like kelp, blood, bone, cottonseedmeal and coffeegrounds will be added. After all necessary ammendments are in a period of rest for the soil.   Thursday, November 27 View Page Cool picture of our 897 finders we hadnt posted yet.   Saturday, November 29 View Page gypsum, calcium of nitrate and potash,,   Saturday, November 29 View Page and tilling it in..   Saturday, December 6 View Page Another day of patch work. More manure, this not only a couple yards of horse,but also cow manure and compost. Next to that about a 100 lbs of bonemeal down and extented the patch, making it suitable for 4 plants. as you can see, its a familie thing, the growing here. This is our little Heather, she wil get a plant for herself next year wich she can take care for. (under some strict supervision ofcourse)lol.   Saturday, December 6 View Page and its always gets late,,,,   Monday, December 22 View Page Slowly getting there. Added more coffee grounds. Mollases, benificial bateria, and a light spraying of humic acid, fish, and seaweed. extension got epsom salt, lime. and is now equaly ammended to the rest. Weve catched up. more to come...