Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 87 Entries. Friday, January 17 View Page Me and Bart started the year with an adventure. We went out to see Sue Barber.. Couldn't think of a better way to start the year...   Wednesday, January 29 View Page Let there be Light..   Wednesday, January 29 View Page Southeast Light, Block Island RI   Wednesday, April 8 View Page Cutting back to 4 plants this season.. This will be a good distraction from what is going on in this crazy world we live in..   Sunday, May 3 View Page I am sure everyone just couldn't wait to see more little plants.. With a little luck the pumpkins will go in the ground next weekend.. The flowers and maters still have 3 weeks.. Good luck everyone..   Sunday, May 10 View Page Happy Mothers Day from Johnston RI   Thursday, May 14 View Page 1382.5 Rea, 907 Young, 666.5 Gansert and 489.5 Gouin are in the ground.. Good luck everyone..   Tuesday, May 19 View Page Good morning from Johnston RI.   Friday, May 29 View Page It's a good day in the neighborhood..   Sunday, May 31 View Page I spent the day putting up silt fence and taking the doors of two cold frames, I had more to do but my back said tomorrow and I listened..   Sunday, May 31 View Page This is my 666.5 at about 4 foot.   Sunday, May 31 View Page This is the 489.5 Gouin at about 4.5 foot.. This is the biggest of my 4 plants. I look at other peoples stuff and mine look small, by my notes from previous years I am a little ahead..   Monday, June 1 View Page This is the 1382 Rea at about 4 foot..   Monday, June 1 View Page This is the 907 Young at about 3 foot. This plant is one week younger than the others..   Tuesday, June 2 View Page The first plant out in the real world is the 489.5 Gouin. Orange Rules.   Wednesday, June 3 View Page Two more out in the real world. The 1382.5 Rea on the right and my 666.5 on the left.. My back told me to do the 907 Young tomorrow...   Thursday, June 4 View Page 907 Young is out in the real world and the water is hooked up. Now I need to figure out how to keep the critters and weeds out.. Good luck everyone..   Sunday, June 7 View Page Took a couple weeks to bond with this one..   Sunday, June 14 View Page Time to show off my little plants.. On the right is my 666.5, on the left is the 1382.5 Rea..   Sunday, June 14 View Page On the right is the 907 Young, on the left is the 489.5 Gouin.. So far I am ahead of the weeds. I never seem to finish that way.. This year I will try my best to do better.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Good morning from Johnston RI.   Sunday, June 28 View Page First polination of season, 907 Young x 775 est dmg Gansert..   Monday, June 29 View Page Polinated 489.5 Gouin x 666.5 Gansert   Monday, June 29 View Page Polinated 1382.5 Rea x 907 Young   Wednesday, July 1 View Page Polinated 666.5 Gansert x 489.5 Gouin..   Wednesday, July 8 View Page Amazing what fresh bait will do.   Wednesday, July 8 View Page 10 day old pumpkin on 907 Young plant..   Thursday, July 9 View Page 10 day old pumpkin on 1382.5 Rea   Thursday, July 9 View Page 10 day old pumpkin on 489.5 Gouin   Thursday, July 9 View Page Life is good..   Saturday, July 11 View Page 10 day old pumpkin on my 666.5..   Monday, July 13 View Page 15 day old pumpkin on 907 Young plant. 68 inches cc..   Monday, July 13 View Page That should be 48 inches cc.   Tuesday, July 14 View Page 15 day old pumpkin on 489.5 Gouin, 55 inches cc..   Tuesday, July 14 View Page 15 day old pumpkin on 1382.5 Rea, 55 inches cc..   Tuesday, July 14 View Page Now serving number 5..   Thursday, July 16 View Page 15 day cc on my 666.5 is 45 inches   Saturday, July 18 View Page 20 day cc on 907 Young is 68 inches.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 20 day cc on 489.5 Gouin is 69 inches   Sunday, July 19 View Page 20 day cc on 1382.5 Rea is 82 inches   Tuesday, July 21 View Page 20 day cc on my 666.5 is 67 inches.   Thursday, July 23 View Page 25 day cc on 907 Young is 90 inches.   Friday, July 24 View Page 25 day cc on 489.5 Gouin is 79 inches   Friday, July 24 View Page 25 day cc on 1382.5 Rea is 110 inches   Saturday, July 25 View Page One less in the neighborhood.   Saturday, July 25 View Page Now serving number 7..   Sunday, July 26 View Page 25 day cc on my 666.5 is 88 inches..   Tuesday, July 28 View Page 30 day numbers on 907 Young are cc102, ss71, ee70, ( 243 ott )..   Wednesday, July 29 View Page 30 day numbers on 489.5 Gouin are cc 85, ss 62, ee 57, ( 204 ott ).   Wednesday, July 29 View Page 30 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 133, ss 82, ee 83, ( 298 ott ).   Friday, July 31 View Page 30 day numbers on my 666.5 are cc 102, ss 72, ee 73, ( 248 ott ).   Sunday, August 2 View Page 35 day numbers on 907 Young are cc 114, ss 77, ee 76, ( 267 ott ).   Monday, August 3 View Page 35 day numbers on 489.5 Gouin are cc 91, ss 64, ee 60, ( 215 ott ).   Monday, August 3 View Page 35 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 151, ss 90, ee 90, ( 331 ott ).   Friday, August 7 View Page 40 day numbers on 907 Young are cc 123, ss 81, ee 80, ( 284 ott ).   Saturday, August 8 View Page 40 day numbers on 489.5 gouin are cc 96, ss 68, ee 61 ( 225 ott )   Saturday, August 8 View Page 40 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 162, ss 94, ee 94, ( 350 ott )   Monday, August 10 View Page 40 day numbers on my 666.5 are cc 112, ss 80, ee 79, ( 271 ott ).   Thursday, August 13 View Page 45 day numbers on 1382.5 are cc 170, ss 100, ee 99, ( 369 ott).   Friday, August 14 View Page The hits just keep on coming..   Saturday, August 15 View Page 45 day numbers on my 666.5 are cc 114, ss 80, ee 81, ( 275 ott )..   Monday, August 17 View Page 31 day numbers on 666.5b are cc 85, ss 67, ee 63, ( 215 ott ). This is side vine pumpkin, second on plant..   Monday, August 17 View Page 50 day numbers on 907 Young are cc 132, ss 85, ee 83, ( 300 ott ).   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 50 day numbers on 489.5 Gouin are cc 104, ss 76, ee 67, ( 247 ott ).   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 50 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 182, ss 103, ee 102, ( 387 ott ).   Tuesday, August 18 View Page All good things must come to an end.. R.I.P. 907 Young..   Thursday, August 20 View Page 50 day numbers on my 666.5 are cc 116, ss 82, ee 82, ( 280 ott ).   Sunday, August 23 View Page 55 day numbers on 489.5 Gouin are cc 106, ss 80, ee 69, ( 265 ott ).   Sunday, August 23 View Page 55 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 187, ss 104, ee 105, ( 396 ott ). This is the biggest pumpkin that I have ever grown.. Come on 400 inches..   Sunday, August 23 View Page Due to bad math the 489.5 should be 255 inches..   Tuesday, August 25 View Page 55 day numbers on my 666.5 are same as 50 day numbers, not a good sign..   Friday, August 28 View Page 60 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 190, ss 106.5, ee 106.5, ( 403 ott ) My first 400 incher..   Monday, August 31 View Page The 666.5 had a small stem split that I thought wasn't an issue. I guess I was wrong.   Wednesday, September 2 View Page 65 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 193, ss 109, ee 108, ( 410 ott ).   Monday, September 7 View Page 70 day numbers on 1382.5 Rea are cc 197, ss 110, ee 109, ( 416 ott )..   Sunday, September 13 View Page It all began with a Pumpkin a Jeep and two old guys..   Sunday, September 13 View Page Then we needed to pull Jeep out of garden, pumpkin attached with my Ford..   Sunday, September 13 View Page We finally got to the curb..   Sunday, September 13 View Page This was suppose to be a 10 min job, an hour later we were done.. Let me tell you my trailer backing up skills stink..   Sunday, September 13 View Page It was well worth it..   Sunday, September 13 View Page I would like to say thank you to my neighbors and friends for helping load my pumpkin. Gene Lariviere and his family and friends for hosting the weighoff.. Thank you everyone it was a great day..   Thursday, September 24 View Page Loaded for Durham..   Sunday, September 27 View Page I came in the top 20 at Durham..   Monday, October 19 View Page My ride home is here..   Saturday, October 31 View Page This is just wrong   Thursday, November 5 View Page Sunset from The Block Island Ferry.   Sunday, November 8 View Page Got Thanksgiving dinner...