Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 131 Entries. Sunday, January 17 View Page HERE GOES MY FIRST DIARY ENTRY EVER. THIS IS MY POSSIBLE LINE UP FOR 2010. NOW I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOME CROSSES TO GO WITH Sunday, January 17 View Page HEREIS PART OF THE PATCH I WILL HAVE AT MY HOUSE IN GIG HARBOR THIS YEAR. ROOM FOR TWO GOOD SIZED PLANTS IN THIS AREA. Tuesday, January 19 View Page Here is the new 60X90 patch we we tilled up last fall at my dad's place. He is located about 40 minutes south of me near Little Rock Washington. Tuesday, January 19 View Page This is the start of adding manure to the patch in Little Rock. The next day, we got (5) 7 yard loads in a dump truck added for a total of 35 yards in the 5600 sq. ft. patch. Tuesday, January 19 View Page The little Mitsubishi trator my dad has in Littel Rock. It has a 1/4 yard bucket and a tiller that works great. Kind of made to order for novice pumpkin growers like us. Tuesday, January 19 View Page Foggy sunrise in Little Rock. Saturday, February 13 View Page Working on a gemination chamber today. This picture shows it with the sides and bottom complete including 1/2" of insulation. Saturday, February 13 View Page This image shows the wire mesh shelf for the seeds and potted seeds to sit on. Saturday, February 13 View Page This pic shows the germination chamber with the top added. All we need to add now is the door, the heat source, and the thermostat. Heat will be from either a heat mat or a heating pad. We will also add grow lights suspended from the top next week. Sunday, March 14 View Page February 28th, spring is early in the stte of Washington this year. Sunday, March 14 View Page Another shot taken on February 28th. More evidence of our early spring. Sunday, March 14 View Page Tilled the patch at my house on 2-28-10 before sending off a spring soil sample to Western Labratories. Sunday, March 14 View Page Tagro and compost pile waiting to be spread on the patch. Sunday, March 14 View Page Started my first test of the germination box on 3-8-10. Soaked my seeds in water mixed with soluable seaweed powder for 14 hours. Sunday, March 14 View Page Temperature holding steady around 84 degrees. First 3 seeds starting to come up on 3-11-10 three days after being planted. The germniation box seems to be working very well. Sunday, March 14 View Page Another shot of one of the seeds coming up on 3-11-10. Wednesday, March 17 View Page Test plants after 7 days on 3-15-10. All of them are getting their 1st true leaf and looking good. One of them is getting a little leggy so I'm wondering if I should lower the grow lights in my germination chamber or if I need to try a different type of light? Thursday, March 18 View Page Last day of this germination test 9 days after starting the seeds. It is amazing how much the starts grew intwo days since my last post. Taking everything into account, I think this first test was a success. In a few days, I will start another test run in with a different starter mix and some mycorhiza mixed in to see how that impacts the size of the root ball. Sunday, March 28 View Page Went to the combined PGVG & PNGPG seminar on Saturday and had a great time. The attached picture shows the panel for the afternoon Q & A session that included Christy & Nick Harp, Jim Sherwood, Jake VanKooten, and Sandy Jefferson. Ron Barker is in the foreground. I learned a bunch of new things and won a Harp 1236 seed in the raffle. Need to change my line up again. Thursday, April 8 View Page Started another seed germination test on 3-28-10 by soaking some seeds in warm water with a little soluable kelp powder mixed in. I will try using a little mycorrhiza mixed in when I palnt the seeds tomorrow. The seeds will soak overnight in the germination chamber at about 80 degrees. Thursday, April 8 View Page Planted 4 seeds today with some mycorrhaza mixed in. I am now playing around with my thermostat to get the temperature up to about 85 degrees. Thursday, April 8 View Page Correction, planted the seeds on 3-29-10. Thursday, April 8 View Page By day 4 on 4-2-10, all of the seeds I started are now coming out of the dirt. I am now 9 for 9 on the test seeds I have started this year. The temperature in my germination chamber is holding steady at between 82 and 86 degrees. Thursday, April 8 View Page Day 5 on 4-3-10 and 3 out of 4 sedds are up and I am seeing the first true leaves. Thursday, April 8 View Page On Easter Sunday, I finally got the rest of my amendments on my home patch and tilled them in. I finished tilling in the rain. I was pleasantly surprised that the tilling went well and the soil was not full of clumps etc. when I finished due to all the rain we have been getting. Amendments included bone meal, coffee grounds, epsom salts, soundgrow, compost, sulphate of potash, and a little chicken manure. Thursday, April 8 View Page Yesterday on april 7th, I transplanted a couple of the starts to larger pots. These two plants will either be my back ups for the upcoming season or I will use them as early starts to grow a pumpkin for the Puyallup Fair which is in early September. The two plants in the larger pots are the 980 Mohr and the 851 Fowler. I used some additional mycorrhiza when I transplanted the them. Monday, April 19 View Page 4-17-10. The day is finally here when I will start my seeds for this season. My line up will include 9 of the 10 seeds shown in the picure which i will start today! Monday, April 19 View Page All 10 seeds in the kitchen sink wrapped in paper towels soaking in warm water with soluable kelp. They are headed to the germination chamber next. Monday, April 19 View Page Seeds are in the germination chamber holding steady at about 84 degrees F. Wednesday, April 21 View Page 1236 Harp coming up on day 2,4-20-10 about 54 hours after I put it in the dirt. This is the fastest I have had a seed sprout yet! I have high hopes for this one. Wednesday, April 21 View Page Started on my first hoop houses on Sunday the 18th. I hope to have all three done by this weekend with the plastic on to warm the soil. I am still trying to decide if I will try to get some heat lamps innside the hoop houses to warm things up at night. The temps have been in the mid to high 40's at night here in Western Washington so the heat lamps may be a good idea. Wednesday, April 21 View Page Wednesday 4/21/10 at 6:00 Am in the morning. I just checked my seeds in the germination chamber and 7 out of 10 are pushing up the dirt after 65 hours. 1:00 PM today will be exactly 3 days since the seeds were planted after a 24 hour soak in wet paper towles with kelp so things are going well. Thursday, April 22 View Page Checked on my seeds this morning on day 4 and 9 out of 10 are coming up. The only one that is not doing anything is the 1355 Kilburn which is very dissapointing. I dug it up and there was no signs of life. I put it back in the dirt, added some water, and now will wait to see if anything happens. I am not very optomistic at this point in time. Sunday, April 25 View Page Finished up two of the hoop houses on Thursday night. It's a little rough around the edges but not too bad for a first try. I finished the last one yesterday afternoon. Sunday, April 25 View Page Ttransplanted 4 of the plants to bigger potts yesterday afternoon. I will post some pictures tonight. I am heading down to my dad's this afternoon to build three big hoop houses for the six plants we are growing down there. We are also tapping into the water line between his well and the house for a water source on the edge of the patch. Sunday, May 2 View Page Frame is up for a hoop house for two plants back to back at Dad's patch on 4-25-10. Two more that are the same size. 5'x12' are also in the patch for 6 plants. Sunday, May 2 View Page We also installed a new water fawcet in the in line between the well and the house next to the patch. This will mean the water for the patch will not go through the water softener and have any unwanted cheicals added. Sunday, May 2 View Page All nine plants were given their first feeding of soluable kelp on 4-28-10. Sunday, May 2 View Page 1579 Revier ready to put out on 5-1-10. Sunday, May 2 View Page 1462 Starr ready to go on 5-1-10. Sunday, May 2 View Page 1303 Popp looking good on 5-1-10. Sunday, May 2 View Page Ready to put the first plant of the season into the ground on 5-1-10. The first one to go in will be the 1236 Harp. It was the quickest seed to to germinate but has since slowed down and is a little behind now. Hopefully things will pick up. The bag on thenleft contains RTI Pumpkin Pro. Sunday, May 2 View Page Here is a shot of the 1236 Harp after it was put in the ground. Sunday, May 2 View Page The 1467 Perham after it was transplanted. I have high hopes for this plant. Sunday, May 2 View Page This is the 1579 Revier in the ground. This his been the best plant so far of the nine that I started. I will probably cross it with the 1579 and see what happens. The three plants at my house this year are the 1579, the 1467 Perham, and the 1236 Harp for my first serious year of growing. I have learned a lot since last year and put in some time and money so now I will get to work and hope for some results. Sunday, May 2 View Page These 6 plants will be going in the grounds later today, 5-2-10 at my dad's. They include the 1303 Popp, the 1136 Pugh, the 1462.5 Starr, the 908 Roof, the 1425 Revier, and the 1160 Mohr. I also started a 1355 Kilburn that finally germinated after about 10 days but looks a little deformed. I will keep it growing to see if it takes off and maybe use it to polinate somthing. Monday, May 10 View Page I would like to send out my condolense to my friend Cindy in Little Rock for the loss of her plant last week. I made a stupid decision last Thursday and now I know exactly how she feels. I left my house at 6:00 AM on Thursday to drive the 300 miles to Spokane Washington to pick up my son from Gonzaga University for the summer. It was cool and cloudy with no sign of any sun. I opened two cloches and left one closed due to the poor way I set up the door. Turned out the sun came out and when I got home at 7:00 PM, the plant in the closed cloche, the 1579 Revier was cooked! I felt horrible but another lesson has been learned and I have moved on. I replaced the 1579 with an 851 fowler back up on Saturday and will hope it does well. Monday, May 10 View Page 1467 Perham on 5-8-10 one wekk after being put in the ground. It is a little slow to get going but is very healthy and is starting to take off. Monday, May 10 View Page The 1236 Harp on 5-8-10. It is also starting to get going. Interesting how the shape of the leaves on the two plants is a little different. It is a wet day here today after a few days of sun. The weather is supposed to take a turn for the better the next few days and we may even see some 70's before the end of the week. That should really get things moving. Friday, May 14 View Page Here's an updated picture of the 1236 Harp on 5-13-10. Friday, May 14 View Page This is a pic of the 1355 Bhaskaran I started it on 5-3-10. I had to put it in the ground because it is almost as big as the 1236 Harp that was started on 4-17-10. The 851 fowler I planted as a replacement for the 1579 revier may need to be removed soon so I can grow this agressive monster. Friday, May 14 View Page This is the 1467 Perham on 5-13-10. It is my biggest plant by far and you can see it getting bigger every day. Sunday, May 16 View Page Finally got a chance to go down to my dads on the 13th. The next few posts are of the plants growing at his place. This one is the 1425 Revier. Sunday, May 16 View Page The 1462.5 Starr on 5-13. Sunday, May 16 View Page The 1136.5 Pugh on 5-13. Sunday, May 16 View Page the 1303 Popp on 5-13. Sunday, May 16 View Page The 1160 Mohr on 5-13-10 looking good. Sunday, May 16 View Page Last but not least, the 908 Roof. This is probably my best hope for a Dill award this year. I think the 908 Roof was my favorite pumkin that I saw last year. Wednesday, May 19 View Page This is the 1467 perham on 5-18-10. The largest leaf is about 9 inches across and it is growing nicely. There are visable changes every day. My next worry will be getting the vine pointed in the correct direction and getting it to lay down. I will probably put a post asking for advice about that on the new growers message board. Wednesday, May 19 View Page This is the 1236 Harp on 5-18. It is finally growing well now and starting to catch up with the 1467. Wednesday, May 19 View Page Here is the last plant at in my patch, the 1355 Bhaskaran on 5-18-10. It was just started on may 3rd and is not that far behind my two plants started on 4-17-10. This one is growing nicely. Sunday, May 23 View Page Things are moving slowly forward up in the state of Washington this year due to the cold wet weather we have been having. I didn't get around to installing soil heating cables so the lack of a heat source at night is not helpful with the cool temps. Here is an update on the 1467 Perham on 5-22-10. The bottle of pumpkin ale gives the picture a sense of scale. Leaves are 10-12" now and it is starting to vine. Sunday, May 23 View Page Here is the 1236 Harp on 5-22-10. The leaves are not as large as the 1467 but I think it is trying to catch up. I may throw a little space heater into the cloche at night to see if that helps the growth at all. Sunday, May 23 View Page This is the 1355 Bhaskaran on 5-22-10. I started this seed late on 5-3-10 as a replacement so it is doing quite well. It may turn out to be the best plant of the three at my house. I am headed to my dad's later today so I will try to post some updated shots of the plants down there later today. Wednesday, May 26 View Page Here is the 1236 harp 4 days after my last post. Despite the cold wet weather here in Washington, all of my plants are growing fairly well. Now I am using bamboo skewers to try and get them headed in the right direction. Wednesday, May 26 View Page the 1355 Bhaskaran 23 days after I soaked the seed. 2 weeks younger than my other two plants but not far behind. Wednesday, May 26 View Page Here is the star of my patch up to this point, the 1467 Perham. The leaves on the right and left are almost 15" from end to end. It is finally starting to vine and tendrils are growing. There are 6 skewers under the leaves trying to get it to lay down and not snap off. I have been a little worried because so much energy is going into the leaves but it is sure nice to look at. It has almost doubled in size over the last 41/2 days. Wednesday, May 26 View Page Here are couple shots of th eplants down in my dad's patch. They are a bit behind the plants at my house and we are trying to figure out why. He is trying a little more water and trying to loosen his soil a little more. This is the 1462.5 Starr. Wednesday, May 26 View Page This one is the 1303 Popp. Tuesday, June 1 View Page Here is the 1467 on 5/31/10. It is over 18" long and stil has not touched down. The end of the vine is iding below the leaves. I fear I may have made a strategic error pointing my plants north away from the sun. Today it finally warmed up a bit and gave the plants their first folier feeding of kelp. The big leaves are about 17" accross. Tuesday, June 1 View Page here is the 1236 Harp. I have a heat lamp on this one t night and it may be helping things along a little bit. Tuesday, June 1 View Page ANd here is the 1355. It may end up laying down before the other two plants tht are 2-weeks older. I don't know why but it is cooperating with my attempts to stake it down than the other two plants. Tuesday, June 1 View Page Oops, forgot the picture. Friday, June 4 View Page Here is a view of the 1467 Perham from opposite direction of all of the other pictures I have posted. The end of the vine is about 2' from the stump and touchdown finally appears to be at hand. Friday, June 4 View Page here is the 1236 Harp from the opposite direction. The leaf with damage got too close to a heat lamp during the night a couple days ago. Monday, June 7 View Page The 1467 has touched down and is getting covered in Tagro with some Pumpkin Pro etc. in the trench. Monday, June 7 View Page The end of the 1467 vine. Tomorrow the cloche goes away. Monday, June 7 View Page The 1236 Harp is also finally on the ground and getting covered. Wednesday, June 9 View Page Here is the 1467 Perham yesterday while I was taking down the cloche that it out grew. It is very healthy and the leaves are huge but the vine is only at about 42" long. I hope the vine starts growing faster now that we are supposed to get some warmer weather the next few days. Wednesday, June 9 View Page Here is the 1355 yesterday. The vine is growing faster than the perham and the cloche thich is almost 4 feet wide will be gone by the weekend. Wednesday, June 9 View Page 1462.5 Starr at dads place on 6/6/10. His plants are finally getting moving. I have decided what I am getting for Christmas next year already. With the crappy spring we have had in Washington State, it has become obvious the soil heating cables are a necessity early in the season. Wednesday, June 9 View Page The 1136.5 Pugh on 6/6/10. Wednesday, June 9 View Page The 1303 Popp starting to grow a little bit. Sunday, June 13 View Page The cloches are now gone as of 6-12-10 and the sun has come out. This is the 1467 Perham with the main at about 5'-0" out. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year and the main grew 6"-8" in 24 hours. If it stays warm, polination in the first part of July should be possible. Sunday, June 13 View Page Here is the 1236 Harp with the main at about 4'-0". It is now growing quite well. This plant seems like it is going to go where I would like it to with no problems. Now I need to make a final decision if I am going to grow this palnt in a flag pattern or with some short secondaries. It is in a 14'x25' strip so I'm not sure what I want to do yet. With either pattern, I plan to polinate this one as far out on the main as possible to get as much plant behind it as I can. Sunday, June 13 View Page Here is the 1255 on 6-12-10, the plants first day outside. This plant has some very agressive secondaries. Could it be because of the small crack in the main from a couple weeks ago? Only time will tell how this one turns out. Thursday, June 24 View Page This is the 1467 perham on 6-23-10. It is growing well with the main out almost 9'. Summer is finally here in the great northwest and that is really helping with the plants. Thursday, June 24 View Page Here is a great shot of the 1236 Harp on 6-23-10. This plant is very healthy and is my fatest grower. The main is out past 8' and growing about 6" a day with our warmer weather. This plant should produce somthing nice if the limited space I have for the plant isn't to big a problem. Tuesday, June 29 View Page Here is a shot that shows all three of my plants and some of the rest of the garden. Tuesday, June 29 View Page The 1355 Bahskaran on 6-28-10. The main is only about 8' long but two of the secondaries are as long as the main! The shape of the plant is almost a perfect triangle. I took a female off at about 7'-6" on the main hoping it will grow a little bit more before I set anything. Tuesday, June 29 View Page Here is the 1476 Perham on 6-28-10 with the main out about 12'. There is a nice female on at about 11' that I will polinate and another one on the vine at at the end that should up around 13' that I will also try to set. Tuesday, June 29 View Page Here is the 1236 harp at about 10'. There is a female on the end that I will try to polinate next week. Sunday, July 11 View Page We got back from spending the three hotest days of the year at the ocean and came home to find the patch in need of a lot of work. Everything had grown about 18" but I also had some sun burned leaves to take care of. The person house sitting tried to keep everything cool but was unable to leave work during the day to spray down the plants. The good news is that the two polinations I did right before we left appear to have taken. Thanks again to Cindy in Little Rock for the four male flowers off of her 1502 Wallace that made the polinations possible. I spent about four hours in the patch yesterday and stil didn't get caught up. Sunday, July 11 View Page Here is a good shot of a female on the 1467 Perham at 13' taken yesterday. I woke this morning and pollinated the pewrfect 5 lobe female with four male flowers off of the 1236 Harp. Sunday, July 11 View Page Here is a shot of anice female on the 1355 Bahskaran at about 11'. I already have one polination growing on this plant on a secondary at 8' so hopefully this one or the next one down the line will be a keeper. It should open in the morning and I will pollinate it with the 1467 or 1236 Harp. Monday, July 12 View Page Pollinated a nice 5-lobe on the 1236 harp this morning at 6:00 AM at 13' with four male flowers off of the 1467 Perham. Also pollinated the first set on the main of the 1355 Bahskaran at about 11'. The males came from the 1236 Harp. I already have a nice set on the first secondary at about 8' with the male being the 1502 Wallace so I will wait and see which one takes off. Sunday, July 18 View Page Here is a shot of the tsump on the 1467. It is my largest plant .The stump is large just like everything else on this plant. Hopefully the pumpkin at about 14' pollinated with the 1236 harp will be also. Sunday, July 18 View Page This shows pat of all three plants in the patch. The far plant is the 1236, front lesft is the 1355, and just a piece of the 1467 the lower right. The upper right is tomatoes and field pumpkins in the middle. Sunday, July 18 View Page The first pollination on the 1236 Harp on day 4. that was on the 14th. Sunday, July 18 View Page Pollinated one last pumpkin on the 1236 and the 1355 at 7:00 AM this morning. Hopefully those are just back ups and will be eliminated later. Thursday, July 22 View Page Pumpkins are set on all three plants but the 10 day measurements are a little behind all of the numbers I have seen in other grower diaries. Could it be because of the cooler temps out here in the northwest or because the plants are still growing and taking energy from the pumpkins? The PNGPG patch tour is next week and I will ask some questions then. I also wonder if I should be taking off all the imature male flowers now that the pumpkins are set? Wednesday, July 28 View Page Shot of pumpkin on 1236 Harp three days ago. Wednesday, July 28 View Page I found this longitudinal split in the stem of the pumpkin I have set on the 1355 Bahskaran. Could this be from stem stress or is there somthing that I being in my fisrt year of serious growing don't know about? Help!! I just posted a thread in the new growers forum if anyone can help. Wednesday, July 28 View Page Here is a shot of a similar spit that is a few days old on my set pumpkin on my 1467 Perham. It seems to be healing but I would still like to know how to prevent or treat this. The next post is another shot of the same thing. Wednesday, July 28 View Page Another view of the old splits. Friday, August 6 View Page Here is a shot of the 1136.5 Pugh at my dads on about day 20. It measures about 49" circumference. Friday, August 6 View Page This is The 1236 Harp on day 20. It measured 53" and is chugging along at a little more than 10 lbs a day. That is not enough growth at this point to get to get to the size I am hoping for so I am reading and asking a lot of questions to see how I can ramp things up to 20+ lbs per day. Sunday, August 15 View Page Here is my 1355 Bahskaran on day 32. Some good color on this one. Growth is up to about 20 lbs per day so I hope to get his one up to a good size. Sunday, August 15 View Page This is my 1236 Harp on day 32. OTT is 207 or about 197 lbs. It looks a lot like the 1725 which I guess would be it grandfather. The size may not seem like much but I will zoom by my PB of 232 from my first year last year today on day 34. The small plant size is the only thing holding this one back. I have another 1236 seed and will grow it again next year with at least 700 sq.ft. of space. Monday, August 23 View Page This is the 1467 Perham on day 42. This one has finally picked up the pace the last few days averaging 17-18 pounds a day for the last 5 days. OTT is 234.5 for a weight of 280 lbs. Monday, August 23 View Page This is the 1236 Harp on day 41. It slowed down to 13 pounds a day the last two days. Hopefully it was because of the cold weather. If not, the small plant size of about 200 sq. ft. may be catching up with it. It has been completely terminated for about two weeks. It sits at 252.5 OTT, 347 lbs. Monday, August 23 View Page Here is a stem shot of the 1236. Monday, August 23 View Page Here is the best thing I have going, the 1355 Bahskaran at on day #41. This one is perfectly round, is going to be bright orange, and is averaging a little over 20 lbs a day for the last 7 days. I have plenty of new growth on this plant that should keep it going for a while longer. It is at 250.5 OTT, 340 lbs yesterday. I have visions of a Howard Dill award when I look at this one. Tuesday, August 24 View Page This is the 1136.5 Pugh at my dad's patch on Day #43. It is 232 OTT, 272 lbs on dya 43. This one is low and wide plugging along at about 12 pounds a day for the last 5 days. Tuesday, August 24 View Page Here's the 1425 Revier on day 43. This one is sort of a mutated wheel but it is growing well, about a 14 pound average over the last 5 days. It is at 225.5 OTT, 250 lbs. Tuesday, August 31 View Page Here is my 1467 Perham on day 50. It is at an OTT of 264" or about 394 lbs. It will be the last pumpkin I cut off in a little over a month so hopefully it will keep growing. It has been pretty steady at 12-15 pounds a day for the last 10 days. Tuesday, August 31 View Page I spent Sunday afternoon working on a Tripod to load the pumpkins at my house. All I need to do is attach a come along with some good strong chain and the punpkin lifting harness we picked up and it should be ready to go. I'll test it this weekend lifting a recycle bin that should weigh 300-400 pounds. Thursday, September 2 View Page Here is a stem shot of my 1236 Harp on day 51. It is slowing down and may go to the Puyallup Fair on September 10th. Current numbers are 278 OTT at 458 lbs. Thursday, September 2 View Page Day 51 shot of the 1355 Bahskaran. It hit 502 lbs yesterday with an OTT of 287. This one is still doing about 14 lbs a day and has a month to go. Hope to reach at least 700 before it is done. Tuesday, September 7 View Page Tested out the tripod on Sunday. Lifted a recycle bin full of compost, about 300 lbs with no problems. The set up worked great. Tuesday, September 7 View Page This the 1236 Harp on day 55 on Sunday. It measured 285.5 or 494 lbs. This one will be going to the Puyallup Fair on Friday. Not bad for a 246 sq. ft. plant and under 60 days of growth. It will be a new PB for me if it holds toegether. I have another 1236 seed and will grow it on 700 sq. ft. next year. Can't wait to see what that one does. Tuesday, September 7 View Page Here is the 1355 Bahskaran on day 55. It measured 297 OTT or 555 lbs. Did 13 lbs/day the last 4 and still going strong. 28 days til this one comes off so I am still hoping it will end up over 700. Tuesday, September 7 View Page This is the 1467 Perham on day 56. It measured 279.5 or 465 lbs. Did about 11 pounds a day the last 4 days. Sunday, September 12 View Page This is officially the 563.5 Briggs 2010. A personnal best for me by over 300 lbs. The cross is 1236 Harp X 1467 Perham. It came in 16% heavy at 60 days old grown on a 246 sq. ft. plant. I took it off so early because the plant had no new growth in about a month due to space limitations and slowing pumpkin growth. Next year the 1236 will get 600-700 sq. ft and hopefuly it will end up much larger. Monday, September 27 View Page My dad and I with his 1136.5 Pugh before we took it to his first weigh off at the Farm in Snohomish. Monday, September 27 View Page Here is my 1355 Bahskaran a couple days ago. I will decide by Friday what weigh off it will end up at. Monday, September 27 View Page The 1467 perham a couple days agoat day 75. It was still at 8-9 pounds a day 5 days ago and the weather has warmed up so I have my fingers crossed. It is solid as a rock!! Tuesday, October 5 View Page This is officially the Briggs 580, 2010. It was grown at my dad's place in Little Rock washington by both of us. The cross is 1425 Revier x 1136.5 Pugh. Tuesday, October 5 View Page Here is the 1355 Bahskaran with 5 days to go until the big Central Market weigh off. Still growing a little as of last week and a nice sunny day today can't hurt. The next couple of days are should also be nice. I can't wait for Saturday to get here. Tuesday, October 12 View Page This is officially the 804 Briggs 2010. The cross is 1355 Bahskaran X 1236 Harp. It is a new PB for me. Tuesday, October 12 View Page A big pumpkin and a little truck. My dad and the 804 Briggs.