Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 2 Entries. Saturday, April 20 View Page Patch shot today. Unfortunately, I’ve made the brutal decision to take the year off. Soil disease has been rampant the last 2 years with heavy red clay below, and the area just needs a break. Highlighted are the 2 areas I have a cover crop of rye and vetch growing, and plan on growing a 150sqft and 400sqft in those spots next year (Caspers has one).   Saturday, May 18 View Page The 13 year cicada returns, millions screaming in the trees in the lower Midwest. Here is today and then a diary from 2011 (the parents!). http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=156489