Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 87 Entries. Tuesday, January 12 View Page Tilled for 2016   Wednesday, January 13 View Page another spot down   Saturday, January 16 View Page Yep   Thursday, March 10 View Page All ammended according to Cecil recommendations, followed it to the lbs   Thursday, March 10 View Page All ammended according to Cecil recommendations, followed it to the lbs   Thursday, March 10 View Page All ammended according to Cecil recommendations, exactly to the lbs   Monday, March 21 View Page it wont be terrribly much longer   Tuesday, April 5 View Page Welcome to the 2016 meloning trying something a little bit different this year and also making it happen with the black diamond melon   Wednesday, April 6 View Page Just staying ahead of that delta ag Lindley guy   Saturday, April 9 View Page Just a wee little guy 1965 brandt   Monday, April 11 View Page 2145 getting going   Tuesday, April 12 View Page and we begin the journey into 2016 with the new size comparison mascot   Tuesday, April 12 View Page this is the 110 black diamond next to the new mascot   Tuesday, April 19 View Page Fluffy patch patrol knows to stay on the board   Thursday, April 21 View Page 2145   Wednesday, May 4 View Page 1965 Brandt   Monday, May 16 View Page Just trying to keep those ducks in a row   Tuesday, May 17 View Page looks like the early cullman melon is game over on another note very happy daniel white had a spare floating around so can not have a wasted spot   Thursday, May 19 View Page final view of the 199.5   Thursday, May 19 View Page gummy stem blight is ugly   Thursday, May 19 View Page and there goes the 199.5mudd on out   Thursday, May 19 View Page all cleared   Thursday, May 19 View Page in the patch today thought i found me a big keeper black diamond melon.. wasnt the one so culled and removed it from patch(safely) maybe the next melon will be less turtle shaped   Thursday, May 19 View Page 2145 mcmullen main just hit down and running   Monday, May 23 View Page 2145 mcmullen   Tuesday, May 24 View Page 2145 mcmullen   Friday, May 27 View Page melon ROOTS   Friday, May 27 View Page some people use those little marking flags.....ducks work just the same way   Monday, May 30 View Page 251 kent   Monday, May 30 View Page 110 black diamond stump   Monday, May 30 View Page dandy melon   Monday, May 30 View Page still waiting on the kin   Wednesday, June 1 View Page 2145 vine size...it had to go yellow vine was issue   Wednesday, June 1 View Page 2145 getting a little leaf burn!   Thursday, June 2 View Page black diamond going   Friday, June 3 View Page 2145 all cleared out!   Friday, June 3 View Page for those wondering what yellow vine decline looks like yeppppp   Friday, June 3 View Page pay attention to vine tips....upward look   Friday, June 3 View Page a touch rarer from my understanding but vine went from greeen green green to DULL yellow i repeat DULL milky type yellow not to be confused with a regular yellow vine nearly all pumpkins have some yellow stripes atleast in vines   Friday, June 3 View Page new growth discolor   Friday, June 3 View Page new growth discolor(with picture)   Saturday, June 4 View Page 110 black diamond day 6   Saturday, June 4 View Page now we have a bit later season it looks like 1514 Notchell ( cant spell this one but it was a 1317 clements self) now in the 2145 spot   Sunday, June 5 View Page black diamond day 7   Sunday, June 5 View Page 2185 brandt just getting going   Sunday, June 5 View Page 110 black diamond patch   Monday, June 6 View Page black diamond day 8   Tuesday, June 7 View Page 110 day 9   Tuesday, June 7 View Page 2185 brandt   Tuesday, June 7 View Page 1514 knochell? ill never spell this right..   Wednesday, June 8 View Page 110 black diamond stump   Wednesday, June 8 View Page black diamond leaves   Thursday, June 9 View Page party time day 11 for the black diamond!   Friday, June 10 View Page 110 black diamond day 12   Friday, June 10 View Page 251 kent that burnt 100% up, vine i just let it sit around for a minute it finally put out a couple vines and some odd growth trying to recover even got a neat multivine(double) seen here   Monday, June 13 View Page 1 in 12 americans are unware and have not yet heard. day 15   Tuesday, June 14 View Page 1514.5 knochel   Wednesday, June 15 View Page black diamond day 17   Wednesday, June 15 View Page found me one near the size of my keeper   Thursday, June 16 View Page Holy pear tree batman   Wednesday, June 29 View Page final view of the black diamond before we pull it   Thursday, June 30 View Page all cleared out so no issues for the future and making disease type issues much worse over time   Saturday, July 16 View Page belle   Thursday, July 21 View Page even blossum end split a melon....thats as clear of a blossum end split as there could be   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Im hunting something big and striped for cullman aug 27 that resembles this   Wednesday, August 10 View Page unfortunately this is the case   Sunday, September 4 View Page when pear was little   Sunday, September 4 View Page teenage pear   Sunday, September 4 View Page fullgrown pear   Sunday, September 4 View Page pears stem day of picked   Sunday, September 4 View Page pear on the tarp   Sunday, September 4 View Page the lineup at hope,ark pear ended up 193.11 lindleys black diamond with the spot ended up 189.71   Monday, September 26 View Page People don't believe me when I say how tall the weeds currently are! This is what things look like when you let the weeds get the upper hand on things! However there is still a melon in this picture   Thursday, September 29 View Page If it goes good and heavy it could be a new state record   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 Glasgow blossom side view   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 side view in truck   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 Stem side   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 vs small child view   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 Glasgow on scale was a good picture moment   Monday, October 3 View Page 272 back a week ago on the Shelf   Sunday, November 13 View Page little guy was waiting for the mail to run saturday   Sunday, November 13 View Page this is what he was waiting for...after being in a dark box for 2 days as expected they were a little worse for wear but the critical parts all still in tact... how many postal workers threw the box around from chris kents house to my front porch?   Sunday, November 13 View Page then we tilled alot   Sunday, November 13 View Page then we flipped the pot upside down.... realizing kent stole all the roots on that other plant (see smokey mtn pumpkin diary for his rootbound looking picture taken 2 days earlier)   Sunday, November 13 View Page then it got planted! the 302kent(318clone(and all of its glory)) has been planted 11/12/16   Sunday, November 13 View Page and here we are clone of 318 kent plant day 2   Friday, November 25 View Page 318 Clone update