First of all, a week after the artificial insemination, here’s what we have for a pumpkin so far:This is about 1.5 lbs. and about 10″ circumference. I’m so excited at this! Unfortunately, the next several female flowers haven’t been opening up, but they can be really sensitive to amounts of water it receives. There are … Read more
I consider this a success: Before: From 2009 07 14 Pumpkin Pollination After: From 2009 07 14 Pumpkin Pollination If the pollination hadn’t “taken”, the bulb behind the flower would have yellowed and fallen off the vine by now. This was about 52 hours after the pollination, and the bulb has at least doubled in … Read more
I have this incredibly HUGE pumpkin plant taking over my backyard… From 2009 07 14 Pumpkin Pollination And that’s just the part of the one plant that’s come through the fence and is actually bleeding into the front yard! Anyway, I’ve grown pumpkins in the past and the best I traditionally do is 1…at most … Read more
As most people know, Nebraska is more or less rolling prarielands, with very very few trees. The part of Nebraska we’re in has more terrain to it, and it also has some nice wooded areas. Particularly along the Platte and Missouri Rivers. We live about 5 miles north of the Platte, and I guess about … Read more
I’ve been getting a number of care packages from my family and friends. Dave and the boys, my in-laws, Paul’s family and Wendy’s family have all sent goodies and they’ve all been awesome. The snacks, books, magazines and drink mixes have been greatly appreciated! This post today is about one particular…unusual…item I received at the … Read more
It wasn’t until yesterday (5 days into my deployment) that I found signs of life other than us humans. I still haven’t seen any animals, other than a security forces German shepherd. I hear there’s a cat that lives among us at the facility I work at, but I haven’t seen him yet. I was … Read more
In this cold weather, I was thinking fondly about the butterfly garden I had planted in my backyard in Florida. I planted most of the stuff in July 2003, after my summer veggie crop croaked from either baking to death in the hot FL sun or rotting to death from torrential FL rains. But these … Read more