Back Up Plan
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ursulas_alcoveI decided because I am so dependent on the internet, I would go back and log my grow records into the same book I've used for years as a back up. Sometimes you just get a bug up your ass. I like journalling.
I'm transplanting all the things that grew from seed in February into bigger pots. Then I need to start planting tomatoes. I'm kind of miffed at myself. They changed our USDA zone, which I knew about. I didn't think to look for our average last frost date to see if it changed. To me, that is more important. While I've lived here, it's gone from May 31st to May 21st, to May 15th. Now the Farmer's Almanac is telling me it's May 3rd. Tomatoes are going to be late. I don't have any coming up yet. They need 8 weeks before last frost date. Shoot, some aren't even planted yet.
Yes, I know. There are a lot of people who direct seed at the last frost date. I have slugs and rolly pollies eating my seed. I need to start mine inside. I know there are other ways to do this but they don't work for me.
I'm looking at fencing right now to keep critters out. At the moment, I am working on building that new garden bed with the cinderblocks from Herveus. I picked up soil yesterday. It's not enough for the whole bed but it's a start. I also have a compost bin to empty into the mix. Then I need to move that empty bin closer to the garden. It's been too heavy to move. Got to move it while it's empty. I'll probably lug buckets of compost up the hill by hand.
My souvenir from Gulf Wars this year was two 9 ft poles of rattan that were in the sale bin. I'm looking at making a tomato trellis with them. I need to pick up stronger T posts from Tractor Supply. The I need PVC corners or T's to put the poles through. My current thinking is to put a 6 ft fence along the back. Deer can jump that. But if I have the trellis a few feet away inside the fence, They won't jump because there is no where to land. It acts as a double fence.
The weather warms up today, up to 63. Time to get working.
I'm transplanting all the things that grew from seed in February into bigger pots. Then I need to start planting tomatoes. I'm kind of miffed at myself. They changed our USDA zone, which I knew about. I didn't think to look for our average last frost date to see if it changed. To me, that is more important. While I've lived here, it's gone from May 31st to May 21st, to May 15th. Now the Farmer's Almanac is telling me it's May 3rd. Tomatoes are going to be late. I don't have any coming up yet. They need 8 weeks before last frost date. Shoot, some aren't even planted yet.
Yes, I know. There are a lot of people who direct seed at the last frost date. I have slugs and rolly pollies eating my seed. I need to start mine inside. I know there are other ways to do this but they don't work for me.
I'm looking at fencing right now to keep critters out. At the moment, I am working on building that new garden bed with the cinderblocks from Herveus. I picked up soil yesterday. It's not enough for the whole bed but it's a start. I also have a compost bin to empty into the mix. Then I need to move that empty bin closer to the garden. It's been too heavy to move. Got to move it while it's empty. I'll probably lug buckets of compost up the hill by hand.
My souvenir from Gulf Wars this year was two 9 ft poles of rattan that were in the sale bin. I'm looking at making a tomato trellis with them. I need to pick up stronger T posts from Tractor Supply. The I need PVC corners or T's to put the poles through. My current thinking is to put a 6 ft fence along the back. Deer can jump that. But if I have the trellis a few feet away inside the fence, They won't jump because there is no where to land. It acts as a double fence.
The weather warms up today, up to 63. Time to get working.
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Date: 4 Apr 2024 12:58 am (UTC)