may long weekend
The long weekend in May is fast approaching, the traditional time to move the plants out of the greenhouse and house and into the ground.
The portable heater combined with a plastic housing directly around the greenhouse racks has kept the plants from freezing and we haven’t lost any except to a family of mice earlier on back in April.
The last week has seen us busily prepping the garden beds.
Veg 1 has fall garlic planted so not much to do there
Veg 2 had dirt and sheep manure added and roto-tilled in
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Veg 3 has a portable cedar cold frame with lettuce and outside of that some peas growing well.
Veg 4A is vacant and has had dirt and sheep manure added and roto-tilled in
Veg 4B is vacant and has had dirt and sheep manure added
Veg 4C is a new 200 ft^2 raised bed garden with a lot of dirt and sheep manure added. This one was just completed last night with a cedar arbour and a gravel pathway.
Work continues on building a deer fence around the entire Veg4 complex. Last year there wasn’t a week that went by without hoof prints in the garden and missing plants. This year we are putting up 4×4 posts in concrete around the perimeter and adding on a Lee Valley 7′ high nylon deer fence. Three posts are in place now with two more going in tonight and the remainder later on in the week.