Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Friday, February 27 View Page Hi! Third time grower here, but first time with a big variety of great seeds. I got them all from the auctions. Big thanks to the spring hope auction organizers for the extra seeds:). Anyways, I grow outdoors and achieved 1157 lbs & 913 lbs+HDA last year. This year I'll grow 3 pumpkins and I need help with choosing good genetics. Please help me choose 6 Seeds (2 for each start hole) Thank you! Sunday, March 1 View Page Patch looks slightly awful, no cover crop or total removal. Left the leftovers from the shredded herbs there. Saturday, March 7 View Page Had the patch fertilized with cow manure before plowing it next weekend. Monday, March 9 View Page Had some moldy seeds at home and tried to pant them, turned out they germinatet normally Monday, March 16 View Page Acre is plowed and soil samples are taken,let's see what all this cow manure caused over the last two years;) Thursday, April 16 View Page This is the 2404 Barron plant. Why is the second true leaf shaped so weirdly? Am I still good to go with that Plant? Thanks! Saturday, April 18 View Page Let's see if the 2404 Barron will grow. Still have concerns about it but the genetics are worth the try. Saturday, April 18 View Page Let's see if the 2404 Barron will grow. Still have concerns about it but the genetics are worth the try. Saturday, April 18 View Page Same issue with the 1976 New seed, but time will show. Artificial light would be nice for those cloudy days we have here Sunday, April 19 View Page With heating cables on Test: about 17 cm (6,7 inch) deep ->25 Celcius / 77 F Sunday, April 19 View Page Third Hoop house without heating cables Same Test: 16,8 Celcius / 63 F Sunday, April 19 View Page Third Hoop house without heating cables Same Test: 16,8 Celcius / 63 F Monday, April 20 View Page The patch for this year- going for three plant- two hoop houses have heating cables and the third one has a heater in it. The Tarpaulin is a leftover from a "silo-Tarpaulin-> it is meant to be a herb killer Monday, April 20 View Page Here is a closer view of my patch- needed that big windcover because the wind is everyday present and pretty strong (caused by valley-mointain winds) Back to Back: Hoop house left= 2404 Barron & 1976 New Hoop house right= 2369 Werner & 2020 Paton Hoop house on the right end= 701.2 Young