I got two rows covered with plastic on Thursday (it rained all day Wednesday).
I planted 3 trays of sweet peppers on Friday and also tied up my hops bines. They are going to need something taller soon. Right now they are just on tomato stake bamboo.
I planted 5 trays of mostly hot peppers today which finished off the peppers. Total is somewhere in the 350-400 plant range.
I put the remaining 190ish bamboo stakes in the ground although most of the tomatoes are not tall enough to need tying yet.
I also planted another 70 something tomato plants to fill up some extra space. I only have room for 8 more. It didn't seem worth the extra trip to finish them off so I'll do it tomorrow.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
More updates
Lets start with Sunday since I forgot to post then...
On Sunday I planted 8 six packs of parsley and 2 of cilantro behind the hops. I cut the tops off all of them to make them manageable - hopefully they grow back. Starting at the end of the hops row I planted 2 trays of cole crops - green and red cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower. They look rather wilty and water deprived now - hope they come back too :-)
I also planted 2 more six packs and 8 4" pots of tomatoes of various kinds and 9 eggplant. The eggplants look great, the 6 pack tomatoes look the same as when I put them in and the 4" potted tomatoes are wilted a bit. I need to get them staked as they are pretty tall and threatening to fall over. It was hard to bury them very deep because of the plastic.
Today I planted 4 rows of 'Sugar Buns' corn from Johnnys's just above the potatoes. Right as the day was getting done the UPS guy showed up with a 2400 foot roll of IRT plastic for me too so hopefully I can get that in tomorrow and start on the peppers!
On Sunday I planted 8 six packs of parsley and 2 of cilantro behind the hops. I cut the tops off all of them to make them manageable - hopefully they grow back. Starting at the end of the hops row I planted 2 trays of cole crops - green and red cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower. They look rather wilty and water deprived now - hope they come back too :-)
I also planted 2 more six packs and 8 4" pots of tomatoes of various kinds and 9 eggplant. The eggplants look great, the 6 pack tomatoes look the same as when I put them in and the 4" potted tomatoes are wilted a bit. I need to get them staked as they are pretty tall and threatening to fall over. It was hard to bury them very deep because of the plastic.
Today I planted 4 rows of 'Sugar Buns' corn from Johnnys's just above the potatoes. Right as the day was getting done the UPS guy showed up with a 2400 foot roll of IRT plastic for me too so hopefully I can get that in tomorrow and start on the peppers!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Hops and Raking
Got another 1.5 rows raked out and nearly ready for plastic. They just need to be trenched which I'll do right before plastic so all the trenches don't wash in.
Also planted 10 hops plants. Starting from the road and going towards the woods:
- Brewers Gold
- Brewers Gold
- Mt. Hood
- Mt. Hood
- Fuggles
- Northern Brewer
- Nugget
- Sterling
- Sterling
- Newport
They're only planted 4-5 feet apart right now and only have about 6' to climb so there's still some work to do and they'll have to be transplanted next year. Still, at least they are in the ground! If I ever grow hops in a greenhouse again I need to remember not to put all the pots next to each other. It took an hour to de-tangle the 10 plants!
Also planted 10 hops plants. Starting from the road and going towards the woods:
- Brewers Gold
- Brewers Gold
- Mt. Hood
- Mt. Hood
- Fuggles
- Northern Brewer
- Nugget
- Sterling
- Sterling
- Newport
They're only planted 4-5 feet apart right now and only have about 6' to climb so there's still some work to do and they'll have to be transplanted next year. Still, at least they are in the ground! If I ever grow hops in a greenhouse again I need to remember not to put all the pots next to each other. It took an hour to de-tangle the 10 plants!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Updates
Thursday, June 3 I put in a little over a hundred tomatoes. 108 sounds familiar but don't quote me. I spaced the indeterminates at 2' on center and the determinates at 1.5'.
Friday I put in a little over 50 tomatoes. My lower back was pretty sore from trying to do it two days in a row so that was all I got done that day.
Saturday I got the last 30 in that I had picked out. I was hurrying against some clouds and accidentally planted everything at 1.5' even though there were some Jet Stars (indeterminate). I guess we'll see how they do! There was a big thunderstorm and the other side of town had a tornado right after that so I headed home. There are only room for 8 more which Bruce and I picked out and set aside. It should give me somewhere in the 260-270 range in 3 beds.
I got to work this morning to find 100 bamboo stakes waiting for me. I ordered them from TNFarmSupply for a little over $40 - They are not exactly local but it saved me probably a day worth of labor cutting and trimming saplings. The stakes will get put in every 2-3 plants and then everything will be woven together with twine as the plants grow.
I'm still waiting on another roll of plastic which will let me plant peppers. Tomorrow is going to be all about digging the beds and getting ready.
With my back limitations I've been able to do just about 1 full bed a day previously. When Jess and I were working together, my back never got too tired so I'm hoping that that will continue and I can get a little extra done tomorrow.
Temperatures over the next two nights are going down to the 30s. My fingers are crossed that it's the upper 30s since I have no way to cover the tomatoes.
Friday I put in a little over 50 tomatoes. My lower back was pretty sore from trying to do it two days in a row so that was all I got done that day.
Saturday I got the last 30 in that I had picked out. I was hurrying against some clouds and accidentally planted everything at 1.5' even though there were some Jet Stars (indeterminate). I guess we'll see how they do! There was a big thunderstorm and the other side of town had a tornado right after that so I headed home. There are only room for 8 more which Bruce and I picked out and set aside. It should give me somewhere in the 260-270 range in 3 beds.
I got to work this morning to find 100 bamboo stakes waiting for me. I ordered them from TNFarmSupply for a little over $40 - They are not exactly local but it saved me probably a day worth of labor cutting and trimming saplings. The stakes will get put in every 2-3 plants and then everything will be woven together with twine as the plants grow.
I'm still waiting on another roll of plastic which will let me plant peppers. Tomorrow is going to be all about digging the beds and getting ready.
With my back limitations I've been able to do just about 1 full bed a day previously. When Jess and I were working together, my back never got too tired so I'm hoping that that will continue and I can get a little extra done tomorrow.
Temperatures over the next two nights are going down to the 30s. My fingers are crossed that it's the upper 30s since I have no way to cover the tomatoes.
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