Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 34 Entries. Sunday, January 12 View Page Pumpkin was day 70 ott 381getting picked on Friday for Kyogle festival cracks seem to be healing nicely Sunday, January 12 View Page This is a 914.5 la rue 2014 I planted it started looking after it but when I got sick it was abandoned for over 3 weeks it's got a lot of vigour only a small amount of vine burying was done I planned to grow a late one Sunday, January 12 View Page This is a fruit on it its a long way from the stump 7 days old I think it's to late in the season to grow into a big pumpkin but crossed it with my seed and hope to grow it out for the seed Saturday, January 18 View Page Had our weigh in at Kyogle I got the heaviest at 671 kg it was 394 ott so went heavy John leadbeater 2nd 534 kg and farmer Lil 3rd at 228 kg Saturday, January 18 View Page Some pictures had heavy shower of rain cleared for a photo Saturday, January 18 View Page My partner donna won the watermelon with a 64.5 watermelon and granddaughter won junior with a 62kg Saturday, January 18 View Page Looks reasonably thick for blossom end Monday, July 14 View Page Looking to start a bit earlier this year hoping to get 90 days or better on fruit only thing added this season is coarse sand looks like a fox has walked across going to put heat cables in and hothouse up Monday, July 14 View Page On another note been out chasing a few goats came across this set of horns they look bigger than they are as he wasn't a big bodied goal Tuesday, July 15 View Page Cables going in easy just like opening a book Saturday, August 2 View Page Got one started in hothouse cables on mulched ready to grow hopefully Saturday, August 2 View Page Been out hunting again chasing goats and pigs got this nice Billy on last day Monday, August 4 View Page Got one started hoping to grow for a few extra days Thursday, August 7 View Page Been out hunting got this nice set of horns Sunday, August 24 View Page Plant seems to be going well glad I have set up a tunnel house been cold and wet but next week jumping to 29 Celsius according to weather channel don't want any more rain for a while we have had over 1700 mm this year Wednesday, September 10 View Page Got a couple of plants starting to run Wednesday, September 10 View Page This is 428 cox which is 1810 Werner self education looking to cross with other plant Friday, October 10 View Page Hopefully got one set Friday, October 10 View Page Hopefully got one set Friday, October 10 View Page This is the plant Friday, October 10 View Page This is the 428 cox plant its about 2 weeks behind the other but pollinated one on it today Monday, October 13 View Page Plans are starting to take off this one has one set day 20 is in 10 days Monday, October 13 View Page Plans are starting to take off this one has one set day 20 is in 10 days Monday, October 13 View Page This one has one pollinated a few days ago it's the 428 cox which is a self edited 1810 Werner Monday, October 13 View Page New season trees coming through nicely apart from the odd little mite outbreak Tuesday, October 14 View Page Having trouble with diary the last entries I didn't post I posted new ones but entries from last season came up will try again Tuesday, October 14 View Page This is my own seed will have 20 day old fruit by 23rd Tuesday, October 14 View Page This is the 428 cox which is 1810 Werner selfed Tuesday, October 14 View Page Got first pic wrong this is my own seed the first pic is this season citrus trees Thursday, October 23 View Page First day 20 for this season 200 ott going to try and grow it for 100 days would be good if the heat holds off for a while Monday predicted 34 Celsius preferably don't want days above that Thursday, October 30 View Page Day 20 428 cox which is 1810 Werner selfed went 186 ott Saturday, November 1 View Page Day 30 was 288 ott Saturday, November 1 View Page Trying to get some growth going out past the fruit but the growth has really slowed up hopefully as the growth rate drops off the sides will get going again Saturday, November 1 View Page This is a fallow deer skullcap I put in a tree years ago the tree has grown around the skullcap and you can also see the brow tine poking out of the tree