Thread: In the Garden 2019

Vermin extermination, devastated my mulberry last year. I think we got about 2 cups and the squirrels and jays got the rest.

I'm a fan of hoop-houses.
Rebar and pvc. Very easy, also it's relatively easy to pull a cover to force-flower your pants. Depending on the crop.
The frost is a tough one, and if not planned for, can be a PITA.
I put extensions on the legs of my previous hoop-house due to the low head-room on the sides.
Taking note of daily wind directions to maximize possible airflow through, helps to prevent some problems.

not sure if it would be good for the size garden you have but we have posts at the end of the beds, and a foot up and 2' up and 3" up i run a wire,( electric fence wire) horizontal across the beds, this provides the plants a secure stand to tie off to. on the bottom 2 rows i double the wire, if there is a chance of frost, just run plastic thru the 2 wires and tent over the bed, i leave the plastic rolled back till frost is not an issue. this way my plants go in as early as possible and they dont ever get frost

As most know, I only do a bit of container gardening and have a small strawberry patch.

I thought I'd play a bit with seeing if I can get sweet potatoes to grow this far north. I watched some videos and I'm not very hopeful but I'll give it a go anyway.

I probably got started too early but only time will tell. I'm going to be seeing if I can get these sprouts to grow inside in containers and IF they do transfer them to one of my containers.



I figure that I'll use a tomato trellis and a large semi clear plastic garbage bag to cover it with.

As I said I don't think it'll work but what the hell----------------

“We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at. If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to succeed.”
― Mark Manson,

Tim thats just too damn deep for this crowd so stop it

I'm thinking about getting a small freezer. We could be eating a lot of the produce we gave away last summer.