Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 2 Entries. Tuesday, April 21 View Page The 2026 season has begun! Since autumn, I've been dreaming of planting a giant pumpkin again, but... things are a bit complicated by the fact that I don't have my own plot. Plots near Moscow are very expensive. And I could buy a plot somewhere far away, but I wouldn't be able to travel there often. So I turned to my relatives and friends, and I managed to secure two spots for pumpkins. On one of the plots, it's just a clearing. But on the second, the 16 square meters they gave me were littered with the remains of the old house: pieces of the foundation, old boards, and other debris. I spent the whole day clearing it all away. The foundation stones are very heavy, and I was only able to drag them a little and arrange them around the perimeter. Thursday, April 23 View Page The weather hasn't been kind to us this year. It's been +5 to +10�C during the day and 0 to +3�C at night. Right now and to the end of April. So I dug two holes where I'll lay the heating cable. Meanwhile, the pumpkins are already growing: 2136.3 Chusov 2025 - a Russian record and 1112 Timiryanov 2025 - the most beautiful russian pumpkin of 2025. If we had a Howard Dill Award, this pumpkin would definitely win.