AlabamaJack
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someone was saying, I think it was MWM, that he missed my Saturday morning pepper porn...I am busier than a ...well lets just say I am very "scheduled"....
Here are some shots...
grow area plants doing real well, the bottom shelf on the right has 6 (I think) trays of tomatos and I am just about out of room for heighth expansion...maybe 2 more inches...the ones on the lower shelf left are Bhuts/Yellow 7's
the middle row are all chinense...
the top row has 8 or 9 72 cell starter trays that are way past due transplant...
second pic is of the grow box....plants very happy and healthy...those on the right are tomatos in the 72 cell starter trays....WAAAAAYYYYY past transplant time....various other chilis and three blueberrys up front....
this third pic is of a triangular raised bed...the supports had rotted and fallen down so I had to repair it....used treated 2X4s driven in the ground 18" and you can see the support chain...it goes around a metal fence post set in condrete....the left is my horseradish...it is very healthy and went thru the winter like a champ...it has been in the ground since Jan 09 and I think it is time to taste some if it....the right is a huge sage plant that was in the way in the corner where the chain is so I pulled it up and just tossed it to the back corner and covered the roots with soil....probably should water it huh....roflmao...
next pic is of my yesterdays project....reworking my 40' long raised bed...
th bed was turned down to a depth of 10-12 inches (by shovel and hand) then leveled off, then raked clean and it is ready to accept the first plantouts of the year...tomatos.....probably will plant some straight from the 72 cell starter trays...god knows I have enough....and if you can see it, a soaker hose running the entire length of the bed...red mulch of some kind is going to be laid after the tomatos are planted for moisture retention
then the big project was erecting this 1.5" Schedule 40 PVC framework....for those of you that have seen my raised bed before, if you remember on the far end was a wooden frame that was 8' long (you can see the remaining woodpile stacked next to my storage shed (I love building with screws)...not enough for bird protection....sooooooo...I built this frame...it is 40' long, 8' tall, and 5' Wide...all joints cemented...the legs on the ground are over wooden rods driven in the ground 6" and are drilled with a bolt thru them to hold the legs down.....I have some "X" reinforcement I am going to put in the 1st and 5th section to add to the structural integrity here in a few minutes...
this structure is going to do triple duty....60% black shade cloth on top (5' X 40'), a double layer of bird netting from the fence to the ground...then this fall when cold weather comes, a couple of layers of 6 mil visquene should get me through the winter...there will be doors on both ends...I have 28 inches between the blocks and structure so that is plenty of room to walk...until the tomatos consume this area...after tomatos are done, the visquene goes up and my choice plants will go inside...
see you all later...gotta get busy...will post more pictures as I get the rest of the yard cleaned and prepped for growing.....
Here are some shots...
grow area plants doing real well, the bottom shelf on the right has 6 (I think) trays of tomatos and I am just about out of room for heighth expansion...maybe 2 more inches...the ones on the lower shelf left are Bhuts/Yellow 7's
the middle row are all chinense...
the top row has 8 or 9 72 cell starter trays that are way past due transplant...
second pic is of the grow box....plants very happy and healthy...those on the right are tomatos in the 72 cell starter trays....WAAAAAYYYYY past transplant time....various other chilis and three blueberrys up front....
this third pic is of a triangular raised bed...the supports had rotted and fallen down so I had to repair it....used treated 2X4s driven in the ground 18" and you can see the support chain...it goes around a metal fence post set in condrete....the left is my horseradish...it is very healthy and went thru the winter like a champ...it has been in the ground since Jan 09 and I think it is time to taste some if it....the right is a huge sage plant that was in the way in the corner where the chain is so I pulled it up and just tossed it to the back corner and covered the roots with soil....probably should water it huh....roflmao...
next pic is of my yesterdays project....reworking my 40' long raised bed...
th bed was turned down to a depth of 10-12 inches (by shovel and hand) then leveled off, then raked clean and it is ready to accept the first plantouts of the year...tomatos.....probably will plant some straight from the 72 cell starter trays...god knows I have enough....and if you can see it, a soaker hose running the entire length of the bed...red mulch of some kind is going to be laid after the tomatos are planted for moisture retention
then the big project was erecting this 1.5" Schedule 40 PVC framework....for those of you that have seen my raised bed before, if you remember on the far end was a wooden frame that was 8' long (you can see the remaining woodpile stacked next to my storage shed (I love building with screws)...not enough for bird protection....sooooooo...I built this frame...it is 40' long, 8' tall, and 5' Wide...all joints cemented...the legs on the ground are over wooden rods driven in the ground 6" and are drilled with a bolt thru them to hold the legs down.....I have some "X" reinforcement I am going to put in the 1st and 5th section to add to the structural integrity here in a few minutes...
this structure is going to do triple duty....60% black shade cloth on top (5' X 40'), a double layer of bird netting from the fence to the ground...then this fall when cold weather comes, a couple of layers of 6 mil visquene should get me through the winter...there will be doors on both ends...I have 28 inches between the blocks and structure so that is plenty of room to walk...until the tomatos consume this area...after tomatos are done, the visquene goes up and my choice plants will go inside...
see you all later...gotta get busy...will post more pictures as I get the rest of the yard cleaned and prepped for growing.....
