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Friday, January 3
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Good Morning
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Tuesday, January 14
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Look what I have!!!
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Tuesday, January 14
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awesome
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Friday, January 17
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@ Luke
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Saturday, January 18
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Think into the Box...its a lifting Rectangle
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Saturday, January 18
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The cool thing is its made from aluminum sheet metal.
Extremely light weight I can hold it with one finger..
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Saturday, January 18
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a few pics
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Saturday, January 18
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Saturday, January 18
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Its 18x15 inch.
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Saturday, January 18
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lifter #2 standard ring shape made with steel sheet metal.
Double plated the top and bottom for extra strenth.This thing is strong!
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Saturday, January 18
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A few pics
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Saturday, January 18
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Saturday, January 18
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I bought some ractchet straps from TSC. I cut the steel hooks off with a grinder with zip cut blades.
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Saturday, January 18
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a big rope fit perfect
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Saturday, January 18
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Saturday, January 18
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it worked great!!
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Saturday, January 18
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A couple ideas if your thinking of making a lifter...
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Sunday, January 19
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I think I got my fix of snowball genetics!
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Thursday, February 6
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Snow Accumulation
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Thursday, February 6
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Thursday, February 6
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snow is almost at the top of the compost bin
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Thursday, February 6
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bench is almost gone..
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Thursday, February 6
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Thursday, February 6
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Thursday, February 6
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snow is almost up to the bottom of the table.
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Thursday, February 6
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Saturday, February 22
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beer fridge, you got to love snow bank beer!
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Saturday, February 22
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Saturday, February 22
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I don`t know how that squirrel made it..He`s lucky no hawk was cruising around.
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Monday, February 24
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Tuesday, March 11
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This is Burlington waterfront.. Lake Ontario is not frozen over
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Tuesday, March 11
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this is a new pier, it looks great at night.
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Tuesday, March 11
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all these pictures taken March 9
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Tuesday, March 11
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Tuesday, March 11
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Tuesday, March 11
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can you see the Swans
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Tuesday, March 11
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they thought I had food
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Tuesday, March 11
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Tuesday, March 11
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So thats Burlington in the winter..
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Sunday, March 16
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my patch today, we had some mild days that made the snow soft and wet.Then a flash freeze turned my yard into a iceberg its very hard. All I need now is some freezing rain and you will see city farmer put the old ice skates on. And slap a puck around the patch!!
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Sunday, March 16
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Its going down to -20 again tonight.I won`t be in that garden for some time :(
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Monday, March 17
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CN Tower lit green for St Patrick`s Day
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Monday, March 17
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Monday, March 17
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cheers
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Thursday, March 27
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today March 27, not much has changed snowing and cold..Not getting soil sample anytime soon. Still 12-14 inch of ice and snow in the patch.
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Monday, April 14
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Hey!! All the snow is gone Jack!! Its On Like Donkey Kong!
Thats my imitation of one of them Duck Dudes..
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Monday, April 14
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look at all the eggshells I got from a local restaurant..
I will add to garden and compost.I do this every year..
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Tuesday, April 15
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crap.. here we go again. Its going down to -8 tonight or 17.6 fahrenheit A new record again great....
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Friday, April 18
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I started my seeds today. Yes Pap I changed my mind I`m giving the 1623 Wallace a go!! As you can see I put notes on some seeds.
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Friday, April 18
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I like the little pic that came with the seed cool!
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Friday, April 18
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Let the games begin
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Friday, April 18
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Sunday, April 20
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first seed I checked and it only took 47hrs This seed is
1756 Lancaster x 1104 Wallace
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Sunday, April 20
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its the 1623.5 Wallace
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Sunday, April 20
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Sunday, April 20
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and two 454
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Sunday, April 20
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Sunday, April 20
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Monday, April 21
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Tuesday, April 22
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Day 5
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Tuesday, April 22
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the last pic should say 4 days
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Wednesday, April 23
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I love coming home and looking into my old jewelry store cabinet :)
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Wednesday, April 23
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I put on a grow light in the morning and let the sun take care of the afternoon..
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Wednesday, April 23
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Wednesday, April 23
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Wednesday, April 23
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I use two of these in the cabinet for grow lights thats it.My low tech system works great..
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Wednesday, April 23
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So far the 454 LaRiviere seeds are the most aggressive...
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Wednesday, April 23
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@ day 5
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Wednesday, April 23
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454 LaRiviere plant #2 :)
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Wednesday, April 23
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good night
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Wednesday, April 23
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good night
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Friday, April 25
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Hey New England growers..Lets Go Blue Jays!!!
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Saturday, April 26
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Crap.....Me and my Big Blue Jay Mouth...I hope the Red Sox sweep them.. Stupid Jays...
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Sunday, April 27
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getting some sun
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Sunday, April 27
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Sunday, April 27
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Sunday, April 27
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454 #2
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Sunday, April 27
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Sunday, April 27
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turned compost today
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Sunday, April 27
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Thursday, May 1
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this is the best plant I have so far... 454 LaRivier
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Thursday, May 1
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my line up for this year..
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Thursday, May 1
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Thursday, May 1
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And my back ups..
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Thursday, May 1
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and I hoisted my flag up!
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Thursday, May 1
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Its neat how they all stand up at night.
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Friday, May 2
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Kermit likes this one
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Friday, May 2
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Its a close race for second !
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Sunday, May 4
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Tuesday, May 6
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time to get to work.. The compost pile top left I will move to to mt stash pile. the rest will be spread and tilled. Yes I open all my compost bins when it rains..May 4
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Tuesday, May 6
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gone
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Tuesday, May 6
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the stash pile
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Tuesday, May 6
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Tuesday, May 6
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compost looks great, not bad for only 6 months old. Turning them is the key
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Tuesday, May 6
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lots of worms in it!
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Tuesday, May 6
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look at this bad boy
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Tuesday, May 6
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all spread out.May 4
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Tuesday, May 6
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today I will till and prep the patch. I hope to plant tomorrow.
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Tuesday, May 6
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Tuesday, May 6
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I may have the same problem as Dabowhunter not sure?
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Tuesday, May 6
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A few pics.. I have this on 3 plants?
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Tuesday, May 6
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Tuesday, May 6
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I hope they are ok...
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Wednesday, May 7
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1387 Hopkins
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Wednesday, May 7
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1320.5 Aasman
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Wednesday, May 7
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Wednesday, May 7
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And 1623.5 Wallace
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Wednesday, May 7
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sorry wrong pic not wallace
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Wednesday, May 7
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now its the 1623.5 Wallace
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Wednesday, May 7
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And the race is on with 2 454 LaRiviere plants!
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Wednesday, May 7
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the one on the right has the sun burn problem.
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Wednesday, May 7
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Thursday, May 8
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After 1 full day out in the patch Everybody is OK...No Belly Flops....Planted with sun burn then a cold night followed with a stupid hot day.. I had to flip 2 tents over at lunch getting to hot all on day 1..
Its Survival Of The Fittest now....
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Sunday, May 11
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Sunday, May 11
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Me.with a Hot Pepper Display...Grow them Big!
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Sunday, May 11
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Yes I took 3 :)
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Sunday, May 11
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Thursday, May 15
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one of my back up plants that got the sun burn..Bounced back big time.. Kermit is happy!
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Thursday, May 15
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cool temps..keeping warm with a couple candles..
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Thursday, May 15
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Friday, May 16
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the 2 Green Gene 454 plants..
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Friday, May 16
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no much growth real cold and damp this week. But the plant with the sun burn is still out performing the other one..
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Monday, May 19
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My 2 back ups doing well..
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Monday, May 19
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Monday, May 19
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And I hung a new flag
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Thursday, May 22
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palm tree
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Friday, May 30
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I seen Bubba Presley talking about SVB traps and vaportape.If you don`t have them or can`t get then like us Canadians..Go to the dollar store pick up fly glue traps and cut them to fit the svb trap It works great!
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Friday, May 30
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Saturday, May 31
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it worked great
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Saturday, May 31
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I killed more then 200 this way last year.
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Saturday, May 31
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Not 1 got away..
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Saturday, May 31
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my back up plant. it is one that got sun burnt you can see the cooked leaf.. Matt D said it would out grow it and it did! 1756x1104 plant
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Saturday, May 31
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I want to keep it.. I may plant it in the lawn?
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Saturday, May 31
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Monday, June 2
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Kermit has a green thumb...literally
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Tuesday, June 3
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Yep I did planted the back up in the grass..couldn`t give it up 1756x1104
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Tuesday, June 3
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Tuesday, June 3
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well look at it this way I have a nice cover crop going.. Who am I kidding its going to be a mess..
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Thursday, June 5
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getting cold had to cover again.
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Sunday, June 8
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The two 454 LaRiviere plants, I asked Kermit to pick the plant that should be culled..
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Sunday, June 8
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He freaked out!
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Sunday, June 8
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He had to sit and think about it.
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Sunday, June 8
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A closer look
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Sunday, June 8
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He wants to keep the one at the top..Good choice Kermit!!
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Sunday, June 8
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Sunday, June 8
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patch#2
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Sunday, June 8
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1623 Wallace
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Sunday, June 8
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1623 Wallace
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Sunday, June 8
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1623 Wallace you can still see the sunburn on the first leaf
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Sunday, June 8
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1387 hopkins
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Sunday, June 8
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1387 Hopkins Its only a couple feet long and it has a female flower..
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Sunday, June 8
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Sunday, June 8
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The next one down the hill is my 1320
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Sunday, June 8
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1320.5 Aasman
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Sunday, June 8
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1320.5
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Sunday, June 8
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I had a sunflower come up naturally at the edge of the garden so I kept it.
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Sunday, June 8
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I found a couple little tomato plants in the patch as well so I kept them. No clue what they are?
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Sunday, June 8
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Oh and the gress pumpkin plant 1756x1104
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Sunday, June 8
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The grass plant (oops)
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Sunday, June 8
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thats it all caught up.
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Tuesday, June 10
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Got my pond running.
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Tuesday, June 10
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Tuesday, June 17
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New flag up ! You got to love a Nation that celebrates the Color Orange.. If it wasn`t for the Dutch we would still have Purple carrots
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Tuesday, June 17
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yes I`m Dutch Canadian...and I live in a Italian neighbourhood.... Go Orange!!!
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Wednesday, June 18
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The two LaRiviere plants... this was on June 14 the left one looks sad..
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Wednesday, June 18
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Big differents
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Wednesday, June 18
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he gone
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Wednesday, June 18
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Wednesday, June 18
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buried vines
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Wednesday, June 18
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so far things going OK for the 454 pic June 15
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Sunday, June 22
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Summer Solstice camp fire
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Sunday, June 22
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Sunday, June 22
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pumpkim stump from the 1320
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Sunday, June 22
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Sunday, June 22
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pumpkin wood
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Sunday, June 22
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this morning
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Sunday, June 22
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The bug war begins
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Sunday, June 22
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I got 4 SVB today in the traps
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Sunday, June 22
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3 in this one
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Sunday, June 22
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you can see 2 more traps the left one got one as well...
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Sunday, July 6
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Sunday, July 6
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happy farmer :)
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Saturday, July 19
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My pumpkin patch July 18
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Saturday, July 19
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Saturday, July 19
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The plant at the bottom of this pic with the pumpkin is 454 LaRiviere...and the top is 1623.5 Wallace
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Saturday, July 19
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Kermit with the 454 LaRiviere X 1320 Aasman..:)
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Saturday, July 19
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Now hes checking out the 1623 Wallace X 1387 Hopkins. This plant is massive
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Saturday, July 19
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the 1623 Wallace I planted it in the most shady spot in hopes to slow it down and I have not yet fertilized it.. The main has split and two secondarys and now 2 spots on the stem... ?
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Saturday, July 19
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How this is 1387 Hopkins X 1320 Aasman...
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Saturday, July 19
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the same one 1387x1320..Kermit is applauding this one!
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Saturday, July 19
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Kermit is sitting on my beer holder
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Saturday, July 19
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Saturday, July 19
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Saturday, July 19
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The grass plant..
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Saturday, July 19
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I pollinated with 2 flowers...the 1623 Wallace and the 1387 Hopkins...whatever see what happens..
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Saturday, July 19
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I have some Heat!! Carolina Reaper!
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Saturday, July 19
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Sunday, July 20
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The blossom end is leaking on my 454 pumpkin?
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Sunday, July 20
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is this something I should be concerned abouy?
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Sunday, July 20
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12 days and problems all ready ..should I set a new one?
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Tuesday, July 29
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this is the biggest cull I ever done
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Sunday, August 3
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Monday, August 4
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Monday, August 4
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No joke and it stinks real bad..
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Friday, August 8
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Pap, this is for you..Its the 1623.5 Wallace..
On a post I said I was going to shelf this seed do to splitting. You and Joel Jarvis commented and it changed my mind so I went for it......This Plant is a hand full and a pleasure at the same time 10 pic`s of plant and pumpkin . thanks
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Friday, August 8
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Crap..sorry pap this is your 1623 my bad lol..
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Friday, August 8
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its the 1623.5 Wallace X 1387 Hopkins
Pollinated July 8 OTT 245
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Pumpkin Protein Shake.. lets see if I can make it Bigger..
The next pics of the 1623 will be Sept 8..If i still have it fingers crossed..
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Sunday, August 10
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Pumpkin Patch Camp Fire..
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Not much room left..
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Sunday, August 10
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Sunday, August 10
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Where`s the plant?
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Sunday, August 10
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OH there it is....
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Sunday, August 10
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And there...It stopped growing for more then a week now..I knew somthing was wrong..Some type of a disease buy I`m no expert.
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Sunday, August 10
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it was getting soft and had a rot spot..
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Sunday, August 10
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So I trimmed all the sad looking leaves and vines on the 1623 Wallace plant thats beside it in fears it may stread!!
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Sunday, August 10
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Sorry Gene I tryed :(
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Sunday, September 7
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Carloina Reaper, I have loads!!
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Sunday, September 7
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I see a face
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Sunday, September 7
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A plate of hell..
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Sunday, September 7
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I have a gopher problem..
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Sunday, September 7
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there he is again
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Sunday, September 7
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Maybe I should hire the groundskeeper from Caddyshack
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Monday, September 8
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Attn Pap, I said if I had the 1623.5 on Sept 8 I would post some pics...It was pollinated on July 8 Its two months old..Im not giving a ott at this time..Thanks
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Monday, September 8
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Monday, September 8
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Monday, September 8
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And the 1623 Wallace!
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Wednesday, September 17
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Whats wrong Kermit?
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Wednesday, September 17
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Crap Kermit lost his pumpkin...
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Wednesday, September 17
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it was 1320 X 454.. Kermit wanted a Green Gene cross. He has a cousin on his mother side and his name is Gene and he`s green.. He thought it would be good luck..not
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He was eating squash vine borers out of my traps like they were potato chips.. I dont think they sat well.. He had to take off to the bathroom..So we moved his pumpkin for him
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Wednesday, September 17
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put it out front for a few days..
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Wednesday, September 17
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I know I need a new flag The Blue Jays season did a Swan Dive into the Toilet
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Thursday, September 18
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Throw Back Thursday.. This is me in the pumpkin back in 1969...My parents talked about this pumpkin for years, how big it was..There both gone now if they only knew what I`m growing now to bad..
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Thursday, September 18
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forgot to mention my mom grew that .. It would be cool if I had some seed from it.
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Saturday, September 20
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I was in Salem a couple years ago.The Capital City for Witches
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Saturday, September 20
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Picked up this cool t-shirt...And I met a real witch she knew I grew giant pumpkins...So she gave me a Witches Brew Recipe..
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Saturday, September 20
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So I`m giving it a go making some brew!
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Saturday, September 20
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Its called- Put On The Pounds Potion..Pulling out all the tricks this year. Including the magic ones.
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Saturday, September 20
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Mixed the Potion with my drench..
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Tuesday, September 23
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The plant is looking beat up.. Sprayed milk & water tonight.
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Tuesday, September 23
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With the temperature fluctuation not sure how many times this pumpkin can start and stop growing.. But still have new plant growth.. With Summer like conditions for the next 2 weeks..Fire back Up Pumpkin!!!!
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Tuesday, September 23
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Crap no edit button, I post the same pic again..
You can see the the new growth.. And if you where woudering what the strings and hoops are for . its to help me pull the frost tarps over the plant without damaging the plant to much.
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Thursday, September 25
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9 more days
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Thursday, September 25
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Thursday, October 9
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So some people asked how my season went ? and why I stopped posting.. Well it was a wash out!! Well lets take A look...
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Thursday, October 9
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This is where my 1387 Hopkins was.. And it was doing great. After I pulled the 1320 Aasman plant I could really see what was going on .. Both pumpkins split in this patch..
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Thursday, October 9
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can you say over watering.
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Thursday, October 9
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My neighbour above me set up some rain barrels and the over flow ran through my pumpkin patch. And this pic was taken after it stopped raining.
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Thursday, October 9
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Urban Gardening..
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Thursday, October 9
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Its funny how things work out...The 1623 Wallace was the one I thought would split...So I planted it in the shadey spot thinking it would slow down.
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Thursday, October 9
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It was kicking ass going into Sept.. Then we got a couple real cold days and she stopped.And never really recovered...
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Thursday, October 9
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Thursday, October 9
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The ring we made at work.
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My lifting team!
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Thursday, October 9
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Rented a cottage at Macgregor point provincial park
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Great view of Lake Huron.
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For the people that don`t know. Its mind-boggling how big the Great Lakes are .. They could easily be mistaken for the ocean.. This shot reminds me of Cap Cod..
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Thursday, October 9
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Thursday, October 9
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they look delicous
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Thursday, October 9
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sounds like fun
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Thursday, October 9
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I thought it would be a little bigger.. It came in at 979.6 lbs But if there was a Howard Dill Award for most white .. I would get it!!
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Thursday, October 9
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Saturday, October 18
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Got to love the Fall.. Some colors in my neighbourhood
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A few dudes at my place
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SLIMER..!!!... Who you gonna Call??... Ghostbusters!!
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Halloween was a Success.. You wouldn`t think,, but all the kids loved the Zombie Babies... Oh and the pumpkin too!! A few more pics..
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Monday, November 10
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I took 2 screens from my windows.. 1 from the kitcken and 1 from a spare bedroom..
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Monday, November 10
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And put them on a rack..
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Monday, November 10
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Then added seeds!
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Monday, November 10
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No I`m not a Freak..
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Monday, November 10
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This is what it should look like...
These two zombies are made of some type of sponge. Full of water after all the rain we got on halloween .Had to dry them out so I could put them away...
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Monday, November 10
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The fan is on them now
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Monday, November 10
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A serios moment... Its a honor to share this with you
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Monday, November 10
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It the home of John Mccrae The man that wrote the poem..
In Flander Fields..From WW1
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Monday, November 10
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Monday, November 10
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Its the Johh Mccrae house the man that wrote In Flander Fields from WW1.. This house is in Guelph only a few blocks from my place .. I came here after work today to take a few pic to share with all you..
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Thursday, November 13
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Wednesday, November 19
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Almost dry.
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Wednesday, November 19
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Huge seed count..with Huge seeds!
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Wednesday, November 19
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Quarter for size comparison
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Wednesday, November 19
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Wednesday, November 19
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The total OTT = 2.192 inch..
I`m declaring...I`m the world record holder for growing the Biggest Pumpkin Seed!!!
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Wednesday, November 19
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checked a different seed and it look like there all over 1/4 inch thick..
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Friday, November 21
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Well seeds are dry...Look at them seeds makes my thumb look small..People name there pumpkins, I`m going to name my pumpkin seeds.. I`ll call them Big Toe.. with out the fungus. Anyone want to grow some Big Toes!! lol
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Friday, November 21
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And I have alot of Big Toes...
So if your interested in some 1623.5 Wallace genetics here it is for Free. And a reminder the 1387 Hopkins is ( 2009 x Self)
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Friday, November 21
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Recap- The 1623 wallace was one aggressive plant Very Fast Growing plant..And the pumpkin was kicking ass as well But slowed down early Sept thanks to the near freezing point temps we had for a few days.
The 1387 Hopkins plant was perfect the nicest plant I ever had. But I lost it thanks to my neighbor flooding my garden out lost everything.I had high hopes for it..
So don`t be scared and grow a big toe !
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Saturday, November 29
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How cool is this, Its called the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train.. Its a first and their sending out 2 trains to travel Canada and the USA...
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Saturday, November 29
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A few pics of it!
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This train has a Facebook page .Check it out to see if it passes your city.
Its called Canadian Pacific Holiday Train.
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Sunday, November 30
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Grey Cup today.. I know most of you don`t care thats fine..
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Sunday, November 30
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The Tiger-cat fans have a chant It goes like this..
Oskee Wee Wee!.. Oskee Wah Wha!!
Tigers Eat`em Raw!! GO CATS!!!
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Sunday, November 30
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Got My Towel out!
Its Hamilton version of the Steelers terrible towel
Most Tiger-Cat fans are Steelers fans as well
Both are steel towns
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Wednesday, December 3
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Seed packaging
I staple the seeds separately on cardboard in there own spot..This keep them from piling up and getting crushed.
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Wednesday, December 3
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Wednesday, December 3
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Then I put that in one more bubble envelope..
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Sunday, December 7
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We went to two Extream Chiistmas Lights displays this weekend ..Like the ones you see on TV... The First one is in Campbellvile Ont And all they ask for is any donation for Halton Womens Place.. what a great family And Cause
Google.. Campbellvill Christmas lights For better photos
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Sunday, December 7
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Saturday, December 20
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One of Canada`s biggest church and its in my home town Guelph Its one cool Gothic style church..
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Saturday, December 20
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there are some cool stone carvings on it as well.
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Back side of this church
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Standing in my patch today made me think about it. Can you see the big church on the left side of that pole in the distance?
Maybe a little zoom will help.....
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Thursday, December 25
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On Christmas Eve and after about 6 beers, I thought it would be a good idea to make my first gingerbread house..Or should I say Trailer..
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Thursday, December 25
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My first and last gingerbread anything..What a pain in the ass and messy...
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Thursday, December 25
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But I pulled it off.. It looks just like the picture.
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Thursday, December 25
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No it looks better then the picture.
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Thursday, December 25
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Christmas morning coffee
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Thursday, December 25
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Bacon as a stir stick.
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Thursday, December 25
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Delicious.
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Thursday, December 25
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Christmas can be crazy.... Hope you all had a good one!
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Saturday, December 27
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Ya he gone, I got christmas burnout its over!
But what a difference in a year. Last year was the coldest, this year the warmest..
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Wednesday, December 31
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check this out. Its a cannon ball from the war of 1812.Back when the US didn`t like Canada.But we`re all good now
After WW2 My great grandfather bought a farm .While working the land (plowing) he found a few cannon balls.
So looking into the history of the property. It turned out a general lived there after the war of 1812.And he had some surplus armor from that war..a cannon!
It was said every New Year he would blast it off at midnight.
I can piture that. Cigar in mouth some Scotch Whisky being splashed around Blasting it off Cool! safety first
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Hope you enjoyed my diary this year.I did my best to show new growers what all is involved in growing a pumpkin.. At the same time try to enterain the veteran growers..
Kermit and I say good by 2014..
And good luck next year to all growers!
Happy New Year everyone Cheers!!!
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