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Tuesday, January 1 View Page
from my family happy new year and may all your pumpkins go big in 08
 
Tuesday, January 1 View Page
when im not in the pumpkin patch im picking this is my other hobby..lol im a pumpkin piked
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
JUST A LITTLE STUFF..LOL
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
i just had to use this o what fun
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
one of my BP. surfing buddys
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
me playing with my christmas toy my wife got me a new 30-06 gun hope to get a deer with it next year
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
Hmmmm whats that ?
 
Monday, January 21 View Page
the one who lets me do what i do to him be the glory
 
Friday, February 8 View Page
my tomatos are up and off let's see if i can keep them going
 
Friday, February 8 View Page
today is my birth day i will be 29 haha still younger than a lot of my pumpkin buds .....lol but still gitting older
 
Sunday, February 10 View Page
look at what i found at wal-mart and it was good to eat to
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
as the sun set's on another day i thank the farther for letting me work another day outside and to see my wife and kid's none more time i am a very blessed person. to god be the glory
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
patch 1 has been tilled now i just got to wait on the kelp and humate to till one more time this year is going to ROCK
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
this is where my tomatos are going i can just taste them fried green maters now YUM YUM
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
this is a pic of my seed starting box
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
this is the therma stat i got it from low's
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
this is what it's hooked up to
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
my my my look at all that cow poop to put in my planting holes
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
and this is what will hual my BIG PUMPKIN this year my new dodge
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
this is what your kid's do when they ain't got nothing better to do they pull up your cover crop and put it in the smalles one's pants and shirt.
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
O my
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
don't i look like larry the cabel guy.......?
 
Saturday, March 1 View Page
heck with all the work we put in the patch to make sure all is right even i got to take potassium all this hard work better pay off (i feel a cramp comeing on)........lol
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
ok first things first send out to that heavy grower for that seed that you just can't live with out.
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
#2 get seed's back and thank all who sent me seed's this year. thanks
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
more seeds yaaaaa
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
next i get some 1 gallon pot's and clean them
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
next i sit down with some secissors and duck tape to cut open my pot's
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
pot cut open
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
next i lay out a piece of tape to tape back up my pot's
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
i sit one side of the pot on the tape then the other.
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
pot is taped on both side's now and i leave a tag to pull so when it come's time to plant the pot will come apart easy.
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
ok now come's the fun part time to file the seed's and start the season
 
Monday, March 17 View Page
once again i give praise to the one who let's me do what i do
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
time to soak
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
tic toc tic toc now time to wait .
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
after a few days in the grow box we have a plant this is the 224 adams
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
the 729 van hook sq has just came up to see light
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
the 1174 ghaye is in the dirt o boy
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
the 1096.5 privitera
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
the 275 vanhook
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
the 793 vanhook
 
Sunday, March 30 View Page
i would like to thake all the growers who sent me seeds again this year......thanks
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
here is the 1174 dont know what's wrong with the leaves but im going to give it some more time.
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
here is the 275 vanhook
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
sorry this is the 275 vanhook the other was toms 1096.5
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
here is the 793 vanhook
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
the 224 adams
 
Friday, April 4 View Page
peach tree from the peach state
 
Tuesday, April 8 View Page
here is the 1174 now one of the new leaves are deformed to so i think im going to pull it and put another plant there will see.
 
Tuesday, April 8 View Page
1096.5 privitera
 
Tuesday, April 8 View Page
793 vanhook seed cotes are almost as big as my hand.
 
Tuesday, April 8 View Page
224 adams
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
275 vanhook
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
i was an ugly baby...........lol
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
forgot to add this one this is the 729 vanhook sq
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
sunflowers looking good
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
just a few tomatos i cant wait to fry up a mess of green tomatos boy o boy that is some good eating.
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
look at my peaches.
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
more peaches.
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
my air pump for making tea.
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
compost tea is brewing.
 
Wednesday, April 9 View Page
my iris plants are starting to bloom.
 
Monday, April 14 View Page
here is the toms 1096.5 today
 
Monday, April 14 View Page
275 vanhook
 
Monday, April 14 View Page
793 vanhook
 
Monday, April 14 View Page
224 adams
 
Monday, April 14 View Page
had to pull the 1174 new leaves where deformed so will replace soon
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
the 1096.5 this is a good growing plant
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
big johns 275 gonna grow a axel buster
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
the 793 going to grow one so big you can see it from 45,000 feet high from a plane.
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
the 793 going to grow one so big you can see it from space.
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
and lets not forget the little guy the 224 adams
 
Saturday, April 19 View Page
some sunflowers from the wiz and brain.
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
the 1096.5 is doing great
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
also the 275 is on the way to a monster plant and pumpkin lets hope.
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
the butt kicker 793 is growing real gooooood .
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
and the 224 adams is comeing on strong.
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
and the new baby the 907 vanhook born a few days ago.
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
just a pick of some pertty flowers.
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
one more flower
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
i like this sign
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
and this one
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
one more
 
Friday, April 25 View Page
729
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
1096.5 still growing good
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
the 275 had to do a little vine work on this one the secondary vines where crossing bad .
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
the 793 is also smoking growing fast
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
224 adams picking up speed doug you sed i could have a refund if it does not grow me a big one well i still got the recipt. lol
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
also the green 729 vanhook this thing wont's to grow north the vine is pointing stright up
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
this is what all the ga growers will look like when they see my ga monster...
 
Wednesday, April 30 View Page
and if i dont grow a bigggg one i will look like this.
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
the 729 has got a good main now so i hope ot will hit dirt soon.
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
the 1096.5 also still growing good it has been 87 deg's here
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
the 275
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
the 793
 
Monday, May 5 View Page
224 adams
 
Saturday, May 10 View Page
the 729 sq is doing fine the wind made a split in it yesterday but it will be fine
 
Saturday, May 10 View Page
the 1096.5 man this thing is doing great hope it grow's a biggin
 
Saturday, May 10 View Page
the 275 is also looking great but a little behind the rest
 
Saturday, May 10 View Page
the 793 is a fast growing plant the pvc in the pic i put it at the tip at 6pm last nite and by 6pm tonite it had grown 12 in's o ya .
 
Saturday, May 10 View Page
the 224 adams likes the heat and it has got hot here the past few days 91 today
 
Thursday, May 15 View Page
729 sq
 
Thursday, May 15 View Page
1096.5
 
Thursday, May 15 View Page
275
 
Thursday, May 15 View Page
793
 
Thursday, May 15 View Page
224
 
Monday, May 19 View Page
told ya jason i had a pic of your pumpkin in the patch so my pumpkin would know what it was up aginst ...lol
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
the 224 today plant is picking up speed real nice.
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
man o man a monster from ky this plant is going crazy you see the white pegs on each side of the pic there 22 feet apart.
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
the 275 is growing slow but slow and steady wins the race.
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
the 1096.5 man i love this plant i hope its a pumpkin growing machine .lol
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
this is the 106.5 lovelace long gourd starting to grow nice any one know the ga long gourd rec.
 
Thursday, May 22 View Page
see this baby boo it is special because i crossed it with a 793 vanhook hope to get seeds and grow a plant next year to see what i get .
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
224 plant
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
met the 224 x 793
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
the 793 plant.
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
met the 793 x 275
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
the 275 plant.
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
met the 275 x 793
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
the 1096.5 plant
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
met the 1096.5 x 793
 
Monday, May 26 View Page
long gourd is doing great.
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
1096.5 plant
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
1096.5 pumpkin
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
275 plant
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
275 pumpkin
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
793 salad plant...lol
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
793 pumpkin
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
224 plant
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
224 pumpkin
 
Saturday, May 31 View Page
i love the weather people here they sed todays high would be 91 deg i think they where way off it got to 101.6 here man i hope this is not what the whole season will be like.
 
Monday, June 2 View Page
10 day circum on two of my plants are 793 27" inch 1096.5 29" inch i will post the other 2 in two days.
 
Tuesday, June 3 View Page
o boy o boy i hope this thing keeps it up the 224 adams has pounded out 34" for its 10 day cercum.
 
Wednesday, June 4 View Page
275 circum for 10 days was 38" o ya baby.
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
1096.5
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
275
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
793
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
224
 
Tuesday, June 24 View Page
the stump of the 793.
 
Tuesday, June 24 View Page
the 793
 
Tuesday, June 24 View Page
the 1096.5
 
Monday, July 7 View Page
the 275 and 224 have gone down dont know why but other 2 are ok.
 
Monday, July 7 View Page
the 793 as of today
 
Monday, July 7 View Page
big toms 1096.5 starting to turn orange.
 
Wednesday, July 16 View Page
weighed the 793 today it taped 600 lbs and weighed 682 for a new pb the 1096 is still growing will weigh it in a few weeks it is taping 716 hope it goes heavy to and i will put up pics when i weigh the other one.
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
new ga state recored ...........920 lbs
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
920
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
920
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
going to weigh the 920
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
certified. i would like to thank my jesus for helping me and all other growers to.
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
my 682
 
Saturday, July 26 View Page
side walls of the 682 it was my pollnater for the 1096.5 it taped 600 pounds but went 682.
 
Friday, August 1 View Page
today is a sad day the man from the news station came to do a story and as i was feeling the pumpkin i found a hole some how when we loaded the pumpkin back up the forks from the lift went thru the pumpkin and now i only have 6 to 8 at the most good seeds from it man that makes me so mad that im ready to cry. all i can ask is WHY WHY
 

 

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