Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 64 Entries. Monday, March 3 View Page I put the clear (ish) poly down to help warm the soil. I would have put down the IRT film everywhere but I can�t anchor it in the frozen soil. � Monday, March 3 View Page You can see the shadow of the snow outside. Melting pretty fast this week. � Monday, March 3 View Page Got the shack out in the melon patch. Time to get the snow melted. � Monday, March 3 View Page I put out the shack in the shop patch last week. There�s a little less snow now. � Sunday, March 9 View Page Little bit of melting this week but it�s starting to snow again today. � Sunday, March 9 View Page Melon patch. � Sunday, March 9 View Page Erected the shack last week. � Friday, March 21 View Page First of the peppers are up. Planted Sunday. 5 days � Friday, March 21 View Page Had to change out this cable thermostat. Snow should not exist at 118�F � Saturday, March 22 View Page Have some of my orange scorpions up. And a Habanero. � Saturday, March 22 View Page ?26�C, soil thawed down 12�. Outside the shack it�s thawed down 4�. Nasty cold this year. My other shacks are still sitting on snow in places. Soil not thawed at all except where the cables are. ? � Sunday, March 23 View Page Ok. Here it goes. Primary pots 162 Crews black diamond. Backups 202 Crews. I never thought my 205 Kent black diamond plant got a fair chance. Spider mites, extra fruit set and it still did 162. They seem much sweeter than the Carolina Cross so there�s that too. � Sunday, March 23 View Page Here�s a pic of the 162 � Tuesday, March 25 View Page Batch of peppers I planted on the 20th are starting to sprout. The first batch had the heat mat germ chamber. These ones just had a 24/7 light but the temp is a perfect 85�f. � Tuesday, March 25 View Page Cabbage and related vegetables � Tuesday, March 25 View Page Meanwhile, outside, it is melting some. Our forecast sucks. � Wednesday, March 26 View Page I know what this is. I put two seeds in. One by the side , one in the middle. If both come up it�s easy to dig the side one out. � Wednesday, March 26 View Page This one is obvious. I put the seeds in on their side. Takes a little while longer but I don�t usually have to remove the seed coat. � Thursday, March 27 View Page By morning things had happened. The 202 should have been taken out of the chamber. Made that mistake a couple of times before so why not one more time. Melons need lots of light. � Saturday, March 29 View Page Watermelons doing fine. Very convenient that @Chapmans_Canada makes the best ice cream because after it�s gone it�s a great pot. Pretty sure I need some more pots� � Saturday, March 29 View Page Greenhouse made it. Little bit of snow over the last couple of days. � Wednesday, April 2 View Page Planted on March28. The 858.9 Olsen was last up. Biggest pot and It felt slightly cooler than the 2 small ones. The 858 had the heat mat probe in it. Temp set at 30�C or 85�F. The small ones were warm to the touch so maybe 35� (95) or more. � Wednesday, April 9 View Page It�s a go! 858 Olsen. It�s a little yellow but that seems to be a thing with this seed starter mix. I have one more that just sprouted that�s a backup. Don�t collect them, plant them. � Friday, April 11 View Page Nothings better than checking the progress of your seed and seeing this. It will be almost 5 days when it is under the light. Tan seeds seem to take the extra day. I plant them on their side about 3/4� down without prep. They come up without the seed coat most of the time. � Friday, April 11 View Page Watermelon 162 Crews. It�s a 205 Kent jumbo Black Diamond x self. � Sunday, April 13 View Page 858.9 Olsen is greening up and looking good � Friday, April 18 View Page 858.9 Olsen is doing good. The leaf is a little fried from the heater but that�ll let the plant tip over easier. � Friday, April 18 View Page The 162 Black Diamond is growing. Not sure about the light colour veins. Means I�ll be looking up stuff. � Friday, April 18 View Page 2234 Moretti is in. Haven�t grown in this patch for awhile and it�ll need work yet. Was my best patch. � Wednesday, April 23 View Page After 6 days of waiting, the long gourds are up. � Friday, April 25 View Page 858.9 Olsen has almost made it down. About 3�ft Has to go wide with the Camera. � Friday, April 25 View Page 2234 Moretti is adapting to its surroundings � Friday, April 25 View Page Incidentally, the air temp inside the 858.9 Olsen shack was 34�c and the leaf temp was under 22�C. For those calculating VPD the humidity was 72.8% The app won�t let me enter more than 5� difference in air temp/leaf temp. The point is that a greenhouse can have a much warmer temp without harm if conditions are right. � Friday, April 25 View Page The 162 Crews JBD watermelon is vining. Luckily I got it the right way. Not always the way it works with watermelons. � Sunday, May 4 View Page 858.9 Olsen is doing great. Have to use the heater at night but today we almost hit 30� C � Sunday, May 4 View Page 2234 Moretti is moving along well. � Sunday, May 4 View Page 162 Crews watermelon is going to make next weekend busy. � Sunday, May 4 View Page Have the peppers organized for transplanting. Its not in picture but I had to repot all the tomatoes again. The tumblers are already blooming. � Monday, May 5 View Page Transplanted the 102 Crews long gourd. Was going to make a dedicated shack for it but here we are. Only so much time. Couldn�t find my little trellis either. Adapt. Improvise. Overcome. � Sunday, May 11 View Page 102 Crews Long gourd is starting to vine � Sunday, May 11 View Page 2234 Moretti is running towards the end of the shack thus forcing a greenhouse building situation. � Sunday, May 11 View Page 858 Olsen about 12 feet. First female showing. � Sunday, May 11 View Page A pic featuring the brick and vine � Sunday, May 11 View Page The temp underneath the plastic film. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Have some big tomatoes started. I�m not good at this but my wife got a couple over 3lbs with minimal care. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Started some giant red cabbages. Thats new for me. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Giant cauliflower. No idea what to expect. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Giant Rutabaga � Sunday, May 11 View Page Peppers. Some moruga scorpion supper hots, some orange super hots that just appeared after growing a yellow scorpion and a reaper, some large bell and some scotch bonnets and habanero s. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Tumbler tomatoes � Sunday, May 11 View Page Bunch of tomatoes for the garden. Note to self, start a couple of weeks later. � Sunday, May 11 View Page The 162 Crews Jumbo Black Diamond. Put the hoop house up. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Saskatoon trees. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Apple tree is recovering slowly from the porcupine. That�s was a couple of years again and no, the porcupine did not survive. Let that be a lesson to those that eat our trees. Theres still that deer. One day deer. One day. � Sunday, May 11 View Page Field pumpkin are up next. � Monday, May 12 View Page Field pumpkins up. Thats 3 days. Giant cantaloupe there too. � Monday, May 12 View Page Started the giant onions from seed. Have my doubts that I can get them to giant status lol. � Monday, May 19 View Page This was supposed to be a pic of the watermelon but focus was on the rutabagas and giant cauliflower I was trying to transplant before dark. Spoiler, I didn�t make it. � Monday, May 19 View Page The Moretti pumpkin has a bit of green house now. Put that up in a 50 k wind which unfortunately is so common in May that you can�t wait for a calm day because it might never happen. � Monday, May 19 View Page The 858 Olsen looks Happy. The first female that is allowed to stay is on the end of the vine. � Monday, May 19 View Page Long gourd was released from captivity. It�s a little cool for it yet, I never made the special cold frame up but it has to be free. � Monday, May 19 View Page Transplanted some field pumpkins. It�s cool outside so not much will happen. This is the largest, the 136.7 Young. � Monday, May 19 View Page The 214.5 Young #1, I have 2 of these started. � Monday, May 19 View Page 144.1 Crews FP. Going to give it another shot. �