Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 119 Entries. Thursday, January 29 View Page New year means a new view on things   Thursday, March 5 View Page advanced seeding rate on turnips this year   Thursday, March 5 View Page My Odd looking turnip   Wednesday, April 8 View Page here we go   Tuesday, April 14 View Page for this wondering what damping off looks like here you go first kill of the year, and a grafted kill at that   Tuesday, April 14 View Page replacement melons, looking at some later on weighoffs this year for melons   Tuesday, April 14 View Page Nice dark color   Friday, May 1 View Page 1719 planted   Monday, May 4 View Page here we come chris kent my 109 grew 241.5 that means this year is going to be 350.5 pretty basic math right?   Monday, May 4 View Page 1719 daletas planted outside May 1   Friday, May 8 View Page 1832.5   Monday, May 11 View Page I cant control myself right now   Monday, May 11 View Page lucky frog is back again this year....i could just be over watering though..   Monday, May 11 View Page Well here we go 1832.5 midthun   Monday, May 11 View Page 241.5 glasgow   Tuesday, May 12 View Page 1832.5   Wednesday, May 13 View Page 2008 neptune   Thursday, May 14 View Page boom goes the dynamite   Friday, May 15 View Page Ahh yes the 1832.5 midthun Before this gets good and confusing... yes there are 2   Friday, May 15 View Page 1719 dal...ates?...etes...eates???????? 1719 the one that was really heavy grown by Steve D   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1832 midthunnnnn   Sunday, May 17 View Page Nice young looking leaves on 1832...so far I've resisted urge to mess those up   Monday, May 18 View Page A bit of the canopy   Tuesday, May 19 View Page watering time   Wednesday, May 20 View Page Day 5 1832   Monday, May 25 View Page Day 10 for the 1832.5   Tuesday, May 26 View Page Day 11   Thursday, May 28 View Page day 13 1832.5   Thursday, May 28 View Page still day 13   Thursday, May 28 View Page melons and weedy ahead of kin plant spots in the background   Saturday, May 30 View Page day 15 for the little 1832   Monday, June 1 View Page 296 Barberr   Wednesday, June 3 View Page 1832 midthun leaves   Wednesday, June 3 View Page gary the snail is back day 19   Wednesday, June 3 View Page Day 19   Wednesday, June 3 View Page 1832 day 19   Sunday, June 7 View Page heres a day 23 feet snail and kin picture on the 1832.5 midthun Sue gets to tell me I told you so when i take a big chunk out of the thing with my shoes too. Oh boy I know she cant stand this picture!   Monday, June 8 View Page Me and Mr Mudd are having a friendly whos tomato needs a bigger slice of bread contest this year.   Thursday, June 11 View Page Day 27 on 1832   Friday, June 12 View Page Hoping that doesn't mean what I think that means...   Sunday, June 14 View Page Day 30 on the 1832... really unsure if its going to make it but we will see   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1832 another view day 30... not getting hopes up but never know...   Sunday, June 14 View Page 241 melon   Sunday, June 14 View Page For further detail here's this side   Sunday, June 14 View Page and this side   Tuesday, June 16 View Page still growing for now atleast!   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 2008 neptune   Wednesday, June 17 View Page thought id give giant pears a try this year   Thursday, June 18 View Page More 1832 leaves   Thursday, June 18 View Page Day 34 on the 1832 pumpkin still somehow hanging in there!   Friday, June 19 View Page everyone keeps asking how big it is.... its THIS big   Monday, June 22 View Page Day 38 for the 1832   Tuesday, June 23 View Page I pick my pears right off the tree   Thursday, July 2 View Page 1832 stopped day 37-38 sometime believe final outcome was due to an infected blossom button   Thursday, July 2 View Page Investigating stem right before headed to the scales   Thursday, July 2 View Page Good ol recycle center scale. Est was 815 so it could have been thicker but it sat still for entire week losing a bit of weight maybe   Thursday, July 2 View Page Cut open 1832. Oh well   Thursday, July 2 View Page Even got a canoe for kent   Thursday, July 2 View Page Meet Joe cool in cat version   Saturday, July 4 View Page got a beauty queen 8 days old   Sunday, July 5 View Page Finally got a decent shaped melon set   Monday, July 6 View Page Sue sure complains about feet in picture with fruit so I found the perfect melon picture   Wednesday, July 8 View Page 2008 neptune   Wednesday, July 8 View Page my little 734   Wednesday, July 8 View Page heres the 1609 pugh ....not the earliest start..   Monday, July 13 View Page sue please don't make me wear the big glasses   Wednesday, July 15 View Page my 734 moving along   Wednesday, July 15 View Page 734 this end... 1609 pugh other end...head to head battle for the late season spot   Wednesday, July 15 View Page just gary the snail and a watermelon stem hanging out over here   Wednesday, July 15 View Page day 17 2008 semi stumpless in the making just happy to have something set at this point   Wednesday, July 15 View Page sues 296   Thursday, July 16 View Page my 734 the story of being behind continues..   Friday, July 17 View Page 2008 stump side view   Saturday, July 18 View Page I was to scared to lift the sheets on this one... maybe tomorrow I know everyone who played eye spy as kid already found all the items in this picture   Saturday, July 18 View Page they sure do grow up overnight   Tuesday, July 21 View Page 1719 outyyyy destroyed plant wont finish with one but picture for reference to cecs crazy shape   Monday, July 27 View Page the 241 melon is longgggggggg   Wednesday, July 29 View Page no stump questionable stem .... but its day 31   Sunday, August 16 View Page Time for a brief lesson in Effect vs cause of said effect.   Friday, August 28 View Page still fishing   Saturday, August 29 View Page just never know what you are going to see   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1312 weston this year with lindley showing what it looks like   Sunday, August 30 View Page the 1577 terry.... and daniel white posing   Sunday, August 30 View Page it was a struggle but we got a good smile out of bill   Sunday, August 30 View Page 132 Glasgow she was a monster grown on the 229 edwards   Sunday, August 30 View Page lindley with his 171 grown on the 276 mudd.. had quite the taper from stem to blossum side   Sunday, August 30 View Page now for some good looking stump pictures   Sunday, August 30 View Page 229 edwards stump/plant   Tuesday, September 1 View Page well i got it out of the truck by myself and then i sat right down.. didnt make it any farther then that..atleast it was easy to roll   Tuesday, September 1 View Page 171 lindley ....reference picture of know when to cut your melon!   Saturday, September 5 View Page The worst bridge to cross the big muddy on.. nice ft deep pot holes   Saturday, September 5 View Page even got me a banjo man to bring on all the heavyyyy thoughts that he could strum   Saturday, September 5 View Page Previous picture is the 224.66   Thursday, September 10 View Page 565 on the 1832 midthun number 2 this year and yep guess what day yesterday was!   Saturday, September 12 View Page Fiddle sticks the 2008 meaning allllll done this season on kins   Saturday, September 12 View Page Back. View fiddle   Saturday, September 12 View Page Cut view....still cutting but i cant exactly scootch half the kin for a better inside picture   Sunday, September 13 View Page For lukes what is it challenge i told you i had one somewhere   Sunday, September 13 View Page Inside the 155 glasgow uow. 149 on. An official scale 4 weeks later. Est of 135lbs   Saturday, September 19 View Page my 224.0 at ky weighoff   Saturday, September 19 View Page mudd with a good pose going, this is his 232.5 and first place at ky, somehow didnt get a picture of chris kent jumping around in the chaos but to sum up the story the scale read 232.0 when his melon first made it on the scale with the scale still settling it was SOOOO close he jumped on scale hoping it would round up that .5 of a pound... he jumped on the wrong side of the melon and thats how we ended up with the 231.5 kent   Saturday, September 19 View Page Now on to the new alabama state record pictures.... 243.0 White brace yourself cause its big enough to make an ear of corn look small, not so sure he has the whole corn growing thing figure out just yet though   Saturday, September 19 View Page haveto excuse the dark picture of daniels 243 but a very good shaped melon   Wednesday, September 23 View Page in the truck half hidden lindleys 232.75 middle in truck my 224.66(241.5 self) and on cart 224.00(296 barber self)   Wednesday, September 23 View Page 241(224.66) and 296 (224.00)   Wednesday, September 23 View Page inside the 296 barber melon(224.00)   Wednesday, September 23 View Page 224.00 seeds (296barberxself) seeds availible after dry who wants to give it a try? Email Sglasgow@uab.edu not a terrible large seed count but several to go around   Saturday, September 26 View Page If you are growing em your blowing taken to a new extreme on this melon a very impressive melon for Jeremey Lindley brought to an equally impressive end   Saturday, September 26 View Page Lindley melon again... still just impressive   Saturday, September 26 View Page Also for everyone out there this is Jlindleys camel, Ottercreek said "going to haveto get a better looking camel than that ugly thing to do any good"   Saturday, September 26 View Page more lindley melon rather solid evenn possible rind abnormallity right in the area it split   Saturday, September 26 View Page 229 on a certified scale so not bad but not quite to chart as melon was sooooo long and rind on the thin side too   Saturday, October 3 View Page Lindleys orange kin was the size of a horse!   Sunday, October 4 View Page Orangeeee   Sunday, October 4 View Page Here's my little kin I took along for the trip   Sunday, October 4 View Page Lindley just can't quite figure out what animal he is going to stick with just yet, I swear some of the stuff you see at weigh offs!! This one is going to be top for the time being   Sunday, October 4 View Page Lindley even tried a well trained weenie watermelon hunting puppy   Monday, November 16 View Page wonder what kind of light is on my mustard   Wednesday, December 9 View Page Still trying to tidy up but welcome to Spence's little hoop