Well it is getting close to the 2018 season so I thought that I would run a full diary from start to finish. My season started at the beginning of February with the planting of carrots which were followed by Parsnips and then Kohlrabies and finally fodder beets.
Parsnips are the feature vegetable for the Royal Winter Fair this year so I am going to give them a try. They all start out so slow unlike AG's which are ready to go in just a few weeks after germination. I start three or four plants in each pot and then remove the lesser plants and keep the most aggressive plant.
Halloween is always fun for pumpkin growers because we get to have the biggest jack o lanterns on the block.
My 108.5 field pumpkin ended up in the lobby were I live. I was not able to be there because I was at the Royal Winter Fair weighing giant pumpkins.
My 11% light 925 lb. pumpkin got carved by Phil Hunt. Apparently it had very soft flesh which would account for it's light weight
Phil and Jane's 1959 lb. pumpkin got the professional carver treatment. It created a lot of attention along hwy 35. and drew a lot of people in to take pictures.
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair was the last stop of the season for me. The number of entries was down this year but there were some big entries. I took first place with a 48.8 lb. fodder beet and my other field pumpkin took first place in the newly created field pumpkin category at 104.4 lbs. My giant pumpkin came in at third at 1024.2 lbs. and my Kohlrabi came third at 27 lbs.
I was very happy with my new personal best parsnip which also took first place at 13 lbs. For a parsnip that is a big one as the world record is listed at 17.3 lbs.