A couple of these were testing my capacity to lift them unassisted.
There's a nice selection this year of large pumpkins, odd balls, gourds, and pie pumpkins.
What's missing is sort of the mid-size carvers.
There are some good ones out there that really give you a surprise when you pull on the stem.
The stem just comes off and there's goo underneath. I'll be working in this patch to harvest for weeks to come.
This was a really nice large one where the stem was rotten but the pumpkin seems fine.
I got my new pack already and loaded it up with even more ballast this week.
It was a pretty good deal from Midway-USA. And I like the sounds of this warranty.
This week's hike - I aborted a little earlier than planned due to rain. Used the new pack and it was cool enough to break in my new insulated boots.
I saw a few interesting things on this walk. This was a colorful fungi. I walked close to the property borders in some areas.
Crossed several creeks. The app says that I covered elevations from 750 to 1130 feet above sea level.
Some of the boundary marking done earlier this year.
Those sure look like canines and it was a pretty good sized jaw - coyote? Didn't find the rest of him.
One of the property corners.
A neighbor has soybeans in this year.
I think this is a Chinese chestnut (near the barn).
This is the new clover field. I've been worried about weeds in this one. It had a couple of bucks standing in it near sundown.
Pretty good size print.
I was worried about being late planting - this brassica has come in nicely.
The clover field beside it. It has some chicory in it too.
A persimmon tree that has lost its leaves and is loaded with fruit.
Asters I believe.
The pond had one end looking bad again. Steve commented last week that maybe it is just tree pollen. It had green and red stripes in it.
I fished some out with a stick and it seems pretty fibrous. I sent photos into Jones Fish - we'll see what they say.
The far end of the pond looked great.
Overnight we had 1/8" of rain and the slime was completely gone. Could it just be pollen that floated out the overflow?
On the hike last week.
This weeks hike over 2 hours. Doesn't seem like many steps but the equivalent of 40 flights of stairs hits you.
The coyotes were active - often in groups of two or three.
If you look carefully in this one, I think you can see the top of a third coyote down the hill.
Less turkey activity.
Several large confabs of does.
Fawns frolicking.
This is Junior. He's been a regular.
This guy has big brow tines on a tight "basket rack".
Still in velvet?
I haven't come up with a good name for this guy with the odd tine.
Already getting a little sparring activity.
7 point.
The squiggle (or whatever).
