Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 2 Entries. Saturday, April 20 View Page Patch shot today. Unfortunately, I�ve made the brutal decision to take the year off. Soil disease has been rampant the last 2 years with heavy red clay below, and the area just needs a break. Highlighted are the 2 areas I have a cover crop of rye and vetch growing, and plan on growing a 150sqft and 400sqft in those spots next year (Caspers has one). � Saturday, May 18 View Page The 13 year cicada returns, millions screaming in the trees in the lower Midwest. Here is today and then a diary from 2011 (the parents!). http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=156489 �