Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 263 Entries. Friday, January 10 View Page Frank Mudd's camel Clyde is at it again this year, looks he has a bit more on the menu this year. Saturday, February 15 View Page my master piece.... Saturday, February 15 View Page hmmm Saturday, February 15 View Page shade getting ready Sunday, February 23 View Page and then the mist rolled in Sunday, February 23 View Page shade upgrade Monday, March 17 View Page Covercrop Monday, March 17 View Page someone warned me about compaction.... Tuesday, March 25 View Page What's up with all the selfies invading bigpumpkins everybody? Monday, March 31 View Page Doesnt look like it will be much longer now Saturday, April 12 View Page things going good here Saturday, April 12 View Page its just a little hoop Sunday, April 13 View Page Still patch prepping Monday, April 14 View Page Leaves looking good here Monday, April 14 View Page the feeling while talking to someone new.... Wednesday, April 16 View Page this years wind fence Thursday, April 17 View Page lots of sand added...building a beach for summertime Friday, April 18 View Page added a little silt fence Sunday, April 20 View Page that view is rough. Sunday, April 20 View Page coming along nicely Sunday, April 20 View Page my 619(2009xself) Tuesday, April 22 View Page the 1779werner. the sue barber seed pick of the year since she is strickly a watermelon lady now, so when things go downhill we all get to send sue hatemail. No pressure sue Tuesday, April 22 View Page Meet the Miller. the 1985 miller Tuesday, April 22 View Page covercrop mowing.... begining to wonder if I have a golf course with a sand trap or a pumpkin patch. Wednesday, April 23 View Page all is good here Wednesday, April 23 View Page thee miller Wednesday, April 23 View Page under leaf on 1779 Friday, April 25 View Page pro vine training! little by little til its straight out. Disclaimer- sue doesn't approve my sticks for vine training use at own risk. Stick bugs are moving in fast Sunday, April 27 View Page its still moving, and I have a kitty kat(see prints) keeping the patch safe of bunnies and mice Sunday, April 27 View Page Sides moving Sunday, April 27 View Page wind fence...silt fence.....shade cloth/ hail net out...reminds me i need to crank the shade on up in the next few days Tuesday, April 29 View Page looks like the storm washed a little seaweed onto my beach Wednesday, April 30 View Page first I spy of the season... and no its not hanging that high, its unstaked for the picture taking to show the standing Wednesday, April 30 View Page theres the 290mudd easing along Wednesday, April 30 View Page 1779werner leaves Thursday, May 1 View Page sand all fixed Friday, May 2 View Page 1779werner Sunday, May 4 View Page 1779werner just a few days til pollination id guess Sunday, May 4 View Page 88 degrees today, also here is the view from my time lapse camera this year Tuesday, May 6 View Page bout to pop Tuesday, May 6 View Page 1779 werner Thursday, May 8 View Page so that early poll got a little freaky I'm calling it 4.5 lobe. 1779wenerxself. 1 day old. don't think it will be a keeper but who knows... the blame is starting realllll early on the sue barber kin seed of the year Friday, May 9 View Page watermelon season Friday, May 9 View Page 1779 werner plant Saturday, May 10 View Page day 2 after pollination on the freaky looking lobe flower...really swelling on up fast, not the planned keeper...if I can help it Saturday, May 10 View Page Meet the curve. the curve was brought on by 2 88 degree days in a row and lots of free time. hopefully the keeper... not playing with the possibility of the shoulders of the kin hitting the stem this year! Saturday, May 10 View Page overview Monday, May 12 View Page overview Monday, May 12 View Page zoomed in Monday, May 12 View Page now really zoomed on the 1779 Monday, May 12 View Page now really zoomed on the 1779.. Monday, May 12 View Page now zoomed on my 619(2009self) Tuesday, May 13 View Page the first one with the weird lobes really does appear to be doing just fine. just not the number one pick and hope to not be stuck with it. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Brotherdave (since you always have the whole nations worth of yvd) they are coming I'm finding minimal of them but they are here yet to find one alive that isn't running upside down, spray that trap crop with the heavy stuff! Wednesday, May 14 View Page back toooo back Wednesday, May 14 View Page its not always up sometimes its down Wednesday, May 14 View Page then its back up again... bet we wont even notice anything happened in about 2 days Wednesday, May 14 View Page sneeking a peek at this one a day early due to that last one Thursday, May 15 View Page 1779xself the most likely keeper...happened Thursday, May 15 View Page much nicer lobes Thursday, May 15 View Page my 753 is up and going Thursday, May 15 View Page the 1495 is up, damaged cot leaves and all but no worries here Thursday, May 15 View Page I just wanted to say thank you to all the guys, and lady who are realllly helping me out and make this season extra great, now wheres that great pumpkin at. Thursday, May 15 View Page i have pretty much decided this is not the one between messed up lobes and minimal sink growth Thursday, May 15 View Page maybe this is the one? 1779xself Thursday, May 15 View Page the 1779werner Thursday, May 15 View Page happy leaves Friday, May 16 View Page looks like my 619 coming along veryyyy nicely as well Friday, May 16 View Page tilling that rye I've been hanging on to as long as I can getting tilled in finally Friday, May 16 View Page decision has been made Friday, May 16 View Page my 619 had a nice female just wish plant was really ready for it, it got the chop as well Friday, May 16 View Page lots of miracles being grown out there Saturday, May 17 View Page looks like it had a future as an extremely ribbed pumpkin! no more first one on 1779 plant Sunday, May 18 View Page right when everyone thought the dart wasn't going to show up this year... Sunday, May 18 View Page trying some tall corn in chris Kent soil this year, the parents will only know this as sweet corn.. it will be sweet...to see the reaction when they finally realize that's not quite the average corn Sunday, May 18 View Page my 753(1610x2009) is in the patch Sunday, May 18 View Page and the finalllll one to go into the patch the 1495 happy I got ahold of it had to break out the crow bar to pry this one away from someone in Ohio thanks again! Sunday, May 18 View Page there's the 1985 miller this one is deffinantly the lineup changing one it pretty much just randomly showed up in the mail! Sunday, May 18 View Page looks just like the great forest Sunday, May 18 View Page keeping an eye on my 1779 stump Sunday, May 18 View Page what am i soppose to do with all these leaves on the 1779 Sunday, May 18 View Page day 3 1779self Monday, May 19 View Page day 4 on 1779 self seems to be starting to plump on up now Tuesday, May 20 View Page day 5 1779self plump halfway to day 10 :) Wednesday, May 21 View Page 1779self day 6 Wednesday, May 21 View Page 1985 miller coming along nicely Wednesday, May 21 View Page my 619(2009xself) Wednesday, May 21 View Page sand is down Wednesday, May 21 View Page you could say I have things covered Friday, May 23 View Page day 8 1779xself :) Friday, May 23 View Page melons look nice Friday, May 23 View Page 290mudd leaves Friday, May 23 View Page 1985 miller Friday, May 23 View Page getting dark Friday, May 23 View Page its getting dark out there....literally Saturday, May 24 View Page ive now seen a 3lobe! Saturday, May 24 View Page nice and early day 9 the great white ball 1779self, its almost final decision time i a few days to chop the backups main is still running good so not a true chopping of the backup backup plan yet Saturday, May 24 View Page 1779self day 9 night time Saturday, May 24 View Page same day 9 night Sunday, May 25 View Page day 10 is here and picture perfect Sunday, May 25 View Page 1779self day 10 Sunday, May 25 View Page this morning....somewhere around 14ft out this happened 619glasgow(2009self)x1779 werner Sunday, May 25 View Page the jungle Monday, May 26 View Page day 1 on the 619x1779 jeez that's a nice shape too wr skinnish kin for 1 day old atleast, seriously though guys why did you not self the 2009! Monday, May 26 View Page 619 coming along good Tuesday, May 27 View Page day 12 :) Tuesday, May 27 View Page day 12 1779werner self Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1779 leaves.... Tuesday, May 27 View Page 619 isnt all bad either Wednesday, May 28 View Page lost the first side on the 619.. keep telling myself it could be much worse, had to cut it and accept backfilling from other vines, barely notice the missing but its there Wednesday, May 28 View Page day 13 1779 Thursday, May 29 View Page day 14 1779self Thursday, May 29 View Page i peeked at next one on the 619 and yep... Thursday, May 29 View Page then i super peeked... Thursday, May 29 View Page getting situated on the 619 still settling in to some game plan changes on it, its about another week before it is caught back up to where i want to cleanliness wise Thursday, May 29 View Page 1779 cupppp Friday, May 30 View Page day 15 on 1779self Friday, May 30 View Page stump cover on 619 Saturday, May 31 View Page sometimes it starts to rain kinda sideways Saturday, May 31 View Page and then things take a turn for the worst Saturday, May 31 View Page then to top it off rain like I've never seen...straight from the south(gulf of mexico) dropping probably 2inches in about 20-30minutes Saturday, May 31 View Page then just about as quickly as it showed up 20 minutes later it has nearly all drained away Saturday, May 31 View Page all leaves laid over the same direction only survivors are the ones directly north of the tent that I have set up around the kin so I can put a light inside of and run the timelapse camera 24 hours a day... looks like I needed a bit wider tent... Saturday, May 31 View Page after a long morning its back up just waiting on the sun to do its work now Saturday, May 31 View Page the 619 looks like dump after that storm...haven't staked this one up yet going to see what the sun will do for me on this one and stand up the rest, will be a busy week at minimum getting the vines back in place and sorting it all out...even though the 619 has one 6days old on it Im debating chopping it and picking the 619x1779 from this morning assuming it took, just to get a bit more in line plant but at the same time may roll with it as the plant is growing good its just going to be close to filling in by the time I want it to and not a sure thing Saturday, May 31 View Page little 1985 miller chugging along Saturday, May 31 View Page 1779self day 16... things are getting serious with all the storming and crunch time on gains coming Saturday, May 31 View Page thru the viewfinder of the timelapse camera 2 days ago Saturday, May 31 View Page still cleaning up the mess but deffinantly on the track to recovery, judging from gains maybe you need to bowl a plant over every now and again to get the kin moving, but ill vote that it is just ramping up instaed Sunday, June 1 View Page 290 mudd watermelons arent doing to bad Sunday, June 1 View Page I'm calling this a greattt recovery so far little bit of cleaning up to do but still great Sunday, June 1 View Page 1985 miller more than happy for the moment Sunday, June 1 View Page 1779self day 17 Sunday, June 1 View Page shape has been good so far...will really know in about 3 weeks Sunday, June 1 View Page popping back up leaves Sunday, June 1 View Page 290 Mudd leaves, Mudd leaves just grow better in case you haven't seen his big Beatrice leaves yet Sunday, June 1 View Page all cleared with the torch...except near fencing..apparently you can burn holes in stuff with 2-3ft flame Sunday, June 1 View Page then there's little 7 day old bobby booshay he sure loves his fooseball Monday, June 2 View Page grew a new lump on the right side today I believe Monday, June 2 View Page inny Monday, June 2 View Page night visioning Monday, June 2 View Page day 19 1779self Tuesday, June 3 View Page salad.. check officially saying full recovery today minus a little dirt stuck to some leaves weighing them down a bit Tuesday, June 3 View Page going to be hard to get to my little tent before long Tuesday, June 3 View Page even 619 made a nice recovery...it was totalled but looking better every day Tuesday, June 3 View Page my later season 753 (1610lieberx2009) just kicking in Tuesday, June 3 View Page 290 mudd melon Tuesday, June 3 View Page my 1985 miller even survied with just a leaf down Wednesday, June 4 View Page day 20 Wednesday, June 4 View Page looks like I'm going to have to pull a 290 Mudd pretty soon if if keeps looking this good just to give the other plants a fair chance Wednesday, June 4 View Page my own little 109 from last year I wanted a redo on same genetics this year so here we go Wednesday, June 4 View Page I thought don young stole my 1985 miller there for a second Wednesday, June 4 View Page 753 Glasgow just getting going Saturday, June 7 View Page I have no blossom day 23 Saturday, June 7 View Page now if this thing would get to really growing... 1779 day 23 Sunday, June 8 View Page early 290mudd ... now 1 day old Sunday, June 8 View Page same 290mudd self a day ago Monday, June 9 View Page 1779 self day 25 Tuesday, June 10 View Page looks like ive traded in the crickets for these little guys now Wednesday, June 11 View Page day 27. dear 1779 pleaseeeee keep growing Wednesday, June 11 View Page dear 1779 keep getting wider too while you are at it! Thursday, June 12 View Page 1985 miller Thursday, June 12 View Page 1985 again Thursday, June 12 View Page 619 poop stump though Thursday, June 12 View Page 1779 side view Thursday, June 12 View Page another 1779 view...sprinkler line down for repair currently.... not that ill be watering any time soon anyways.. Friday, June 13 View Page 619 kin Friday, June 13 View Page pap should name my 2009 self kin! Saturday, June 14 View Page its a sad day here for the 1779 Saturday, June 14 View Page 1779 sits at 350lbs...lifted it up bottom is picture perfect so its going to sit a few more days til I decide exactly what to do with it Saturday, June 14 View Page leaves even still good....oh well that about all I have to say... Sunday, June 15 View Page theres the bottom of the 1779 it sure looked good Sunday, June 15 View Page my mini 1779 upside down ...it was time to call it may just haveto see what the plant has left in it this is a solid 350-400lbs if all goes well mayyybe we can use this as the head of the pumpkin snowman here in a few months Sunday, June 15 View Page it will sit right there and watch over the rest of the patch Sunday, June 15 View Page my 109 melon from last year throwing HUGE melons everywhere Sunday, June 15 View Page 619 day 21... sand coming soon. maybe the shape isn't all bad its just realllly slow Monday, June 16 View Page 1985 growing good Monday, June 16 View Page 1779 2nd chance in the a.m. Monday, June 16 View Page 1985 this morning Monday, June 16 View Page overview. with little 1495 out there Monday, June 16 View Page 1779 has some life left in it Monday, June 16 View Page was also a good day to poll a 290 Mudd onnn out the main 290muddxsibb Wednesday, June 18 View Page there's a frank Mudd imposter among us somewhere.....now thinking what would frank Mudd name his biggest melon.. Wednesday, June 18 View Page 290 #1 melon stump Friday, June 20 View Page 1779 background 1495 in the front....1495 has a longggg way to go.... 1779 not so much farther Friday, June 20 View Page melons getting a good start Friday, June 20 View Page 1985 chugging along.. getting closee to poll time on it probably about a week...close but not close enough Friday, June 20 View Page sun pretty mean today, side note when using flame torch you probably shouldnt get near plastic fencing... hence holes in fence Friday, June 20 View Page oh boy Friday, June 20 View Page 290xsibb 4days old Friday, June 20 View Page at least 1985 still looks decent Friday, June 20 View Page day 3.... on 1985 possibly the longest kin I've everrrrrr seen Friday, June 20 View Page don't ask how I make it out to the boards but it involves a running start... Friday, June 20 View Page for those in doubt yes it probably is time to get the seedlings going Monday, June 23 View Page the NEW 1985 not saying improved but after serious vine split with rot trying to set im with limited flow left had to take the only option left Monday, June 23 View Page 1305 werner wanted to get going after it saw what the 1779 could do Monday, June 23 View Page the lumpiest kin there ever was just isnt going to stick around much longer with the way stump is foaming and how wind damaged the plant is Monday, June 23 View Page 1985 revised version, already know the name of this pumpkin.. we are conservatively going to call it longshot. Monday, June 23 View Page may even get a 5lobe on the 1779 today.... Monday, June 23 View Page but seriously I MAY have to much plant before pollinating a melon... there's 2 plants there. 15x15 space each, not just 1 plant...that'd be a bit of a large plant... Monday, June 23 View Page another view on the revised 1985 miller, sometimes you have to adjust things a bit Monday, June 23 View Page 290muddxself looks to have both flower parts as brotherdave mentioned before... i will say this is the first one with both parts ive seen on the 290 and and ive had a tonn popping up on vines everywhere to inspect Saturday, June 28 View Page 1495 steltses Saturday, June 28 View Page my 753 Monday, June 30 View Page found a cull on the 290 Monday, June 30 View Page then another Monday, June 30 View Page then I found this full size canoe! Monday, June 30 View Page looks like its "grafting" time on the 753 Monday, June 30 View Page 753 Monday, June 30 View Page 1495 in front 753 in back Monday, June 30 View Page 1985 miller has hope yet! Thursday, July 3 View Page the 1305 Werner the biggest plant yet! Joe is going to end up adding me to the do not send list if I kill 2 in one season, no worries Joe I'm not singling yours out, there are others Thursday, July 3 View Page these 2 are coming along decent just looking at some later pollinations Sunday, July 6 View Page 1305 werner Monday, July 7 View Page curveball Friday, July 25 View Page 1495 got a bit of a downgrade after stump loss Friday, July 25 View Page 255 mitchell melon day 13 Friday, July 25 View Page my 109 melon from last year looking good on day 17 Tuesday, August 5 View Page he may not show up til Oct 31 but the great pumpkin. IS coming Tuesday, August 5 View Page Maybe there's 2 plants Tuesday, August 5 View Page 2.5plants (stump less) making a hugeeee comeback after losing well over half the plant to stump loss and rot trying to travel the main Tuesday, August 5 View Page 1495 stumpless overview Tuesday, August 5 View Page My 109melon day 30 Tuesday, August 5 View Page gary the size reference snail atop the 255 mitchell which is the atop the chris kent certified melon rack Tuesday, August 5 View Page helps when you attach picture.. Tuesday, August 5 View Page stumpless 1495 with gary the size reference Tuesday, August 5 View Page Looks like I found where Gary lives at... Wednesday, August 6 View Page little guy cant stop traveling around Wednesday, August 6 View Page no stopping him Wednesday, August 6 View Page not even scared of heights Friday, August 8 View Page gary says its still shiney and growing pretty good for something without a stump Tuesday, August 12 View Page 255 mitchell Tuesday, August 12 View Page 255 another view Tuesday, August 12 View Page 1495x1985 day...16 Tuesday, August 12 View Page late poll is going to happen before to long.. and i do mean late.. on the 1284pingrey Wednesday, August 13 View Page 1495 Wednesday, August 13 View Page Starting to tuck maybe Wednesday, August 13 View Page Hmm. On 1305 replant...its probably toast Saturday, August 23 View Page I never could figure out why frank points at his watermelons Saturday, August 23 View Page then he was handed the first place balloon Saturday, August 23 View Page that made the pointing stop and good thing his pockets were full of sand or he may not have been able to hold that balloon down Sunday, August 24 View Page the snails still roaming Tuesday, August 26 View Page Still not sure what an orange pop is exactly.. but it makes watermelons grow okay Tuesday, August 26 View Page 1284 PINGREYYYYYYYY by far the earliest set pumpkin this year Sunday, September 28 View Page gary having a hard time Tuesday, September 30 View Page i dont much care for this rib on the 1284 pingrey.... seed warranty? Tuesday, September 30 View Page 1284 stem side... Tuesday, September 30 View Page 1284 seed warranty....the underneath of that rib... Tuesday, September 30 View Page the 1495....yes forever before set of no stump... and still no stump on late season set its almost made it Saturday, October 4 View Page Truckload of pumpkin ready Monday, October 6 View Page Always wanted to take a pumpkin a little ways west Monday, October 6 View Page Even had to stop to make sure we rode the camel around for good luck(above the horses) Monday, October 6 View Page Never said camels weren't really lazy. Monday, October 6 View Page Looks like Doug found a gourd camel too Monday, October 6 View Page Then found a sunflower field Monday, October 6 View Page Then some train graffiti Monday, October 6 View Page 1495 with all but a loss for a plant early on is now 734 Glasgow(1495steltsx1985miller) Still working on that frank Mudd point though! Monday, October 6 View Page Alabama State record watermelon! 241.5lbs All those thinking of not planting own seed... you never know. 241.5Glasgow(109glasgow2013 x 290mudd) Monday, October 6 View Page Then we found Weston just for the Weston family Monday, October 6 View Page Didn't know what to do on all these hills Friday, October 24 View Page state record melon soil :) Wednesday, October 29 View Page Huge mouse Saturday, November 8 View Page shovel by shovel