I set up drip irrigation in one of my raised beds today. All I need to do to water it is hook up the the hose with the pressure regulator for an hour or so. I think the emitters put out 1 gallon per hour. 6 tomatoes, 5 zucchinis and a row of pickling cucumbers.
I finally got a little of the drip irrigation stuff I bought last year set up in one of my raised beds. I have 6 tomatoes, 5 zucchinis and my row of pickling cucumbers set up with emitters. I'll get the new garden bed that has the peppers, tomatoes and beans set up next.
I'll probably measure...
I might have jumped the gun but I harvested some of the biggest dill heads today and put them in the freezer for making pickles later. I'm growing Mammoth dill and the largest head was a good eight inches across. They were flowering but hadn't started forming seeds.
I've read that for making...
I gave the cabbage and kale their weekly dose of BT spray this evening. There were lots of cabbage moths fluttering around today, so their offspring won't last long after their meal tonight...
Deer evidently enjoy fresh cherries from my neighbor's yard as much as I did.
When it's really hot outside I've given my chicken frozen treats in the afternoon. I have some chopped, blanched kale stems in the freezer right now for a worst case scenario.
But the way my runs are set up they can burrow down into the dirt and cool themselves off pretty well. Giving them...
My chickens are in the shade all day, under a metal roof on the north side of my shop. I don't do anything to cool them down. When it gets in the upper 90s they hold their wings out a little to stay cool, but they manage it ok.
I've planted peas in the same spot for the last 4 years now and each year they do better. I'm thinking that the mycorrhizal fungi that peas need has built up in the soil in that area and has helped the peas do better. Just my theory.
The snow peas I planted this year are over 5 feet tall, and...
I put so much water into the ground around my tomatoes and peppers that my well couldn't keep up with the volume and the pump shut off. The ground water will replenish in a couple hours. I shouldn't need to water them again in at least a week, maybe two depending on the weather.
I also gave the...
89 degrees, sunny and dry here. The peppers and tomatoes are wilting a little in the heat, so I'll give them a deep watering first thing tomorrow morning. A little stress is good for plants, I think. What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger.
The beans in the same garden plot are looking great...
How would you go about freezing potatoes to have something like Ore Ida frozen french fries? Partially cook them in a deep fryer, then freeze? Or would that be too much oil that would turn rancid over time?
There's no chicken wire over the top, but I think you're seeing the framework I originally put in place to attach the vertical wood framed chicken wire panels to. I no longer use those panels, but that framework has come in handy for attaching trellises to. Last summer I used it to support some...