Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Tomatoes and peppers all snug and warm with their walls of water.
Most of these walls of water are 8-9 yrs old and although we weeded
out many last Fall( due to several of the cells leaking) we found 3-4 more
to cull out this Fall. Mike is going to see if he can order these through
the supplier the Coop deals with. This would be a blessing as they are
spendy and we could order a few over several months. Our plan is
to have a hoop house up next Spring so we won't plan to purchase many,
only as replacements.

You can see our layout for irrigating. We left enough room to till
between the rows, otherwise I'd never get anything done, other than
hoeing *wink*

We've planted 6 half rows of sweet corn, when these are 4-5" tall we'll
plant the remaining 6 half rows. We're also putting up an electric fence
around the corn and melons. Last year we had 10 rows, 80 ft long, and
after the coons ravaged it we salvaged 2 meals worth *Grrrrr...* Then
the deer managed to take a test bite out of 95% of our melons( while
still green, might I add!), just enough to cause them to shrivel and rot.

Okay I need to get the first load of laundry hung out and Cortney and I

will head out to clean barns.

Praying you see the many blessing around you today.


















9 comments:

Michaela said...

I love your garden! You'll have great tomatoes!
I never liked them... just recently I started liking them.
I admire you, to have a garden like that takes a lot of work. Hope everything grows like you want it to.
:))

small farm girl said...

I hope my deer problems don't get as bad as yours. lol

Faith said...

Wow, that was a lot of coon corn! Yikes. LOL

Everything looks so neat and tidy. And well planned. Goes such a long way to reduce work later on.

I hope to have my greenhouse up by the fall. They do save so much work, don't they!

~Faith

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

HBFG,
Hello! and thanks for commenting. Gardens are lots of work but it just so happens I LOVE doing it! *wink*, that is until caning season and then I start to grumble* groan* This year things should work better,because Cortney is such a helper. She can handle the water bathing and I'll take charge of the pressure canning( she's afraid of the pressure canner)
Please stop back again soon, BTW We love your blog and the beautiful pictures. Your horses are just magnificient!

SMF,
I pray your's doesn't turn into a problem like ours did last season. Although this was really the first season we had coons and deer damage to this degree.
Looking for that letter you mentioned *wink*

Faith,
I believe you asked in an earlier blog or maybe it was email(?) about our Dexter. Yes, we did milk her until she dried herself off. We didn't get her until last June and she'd never been handled, so it took working with her until mid Aug. to get her in the stanchion. We were able to milk he without any fuss( no kicking, or moving around) but as I said she was drying off so we only got 1/2 qt. or so*sigh* She is goin to get bred in June and will calve in end of March early April 2010. So we've been milk free since Oct. when we dried off our Jersey. I'm afraid it's going to be a L-O-N-G dry spell. I froze butter and cottage cheese, but those supplies are running low*YIKES*

It look neat and tidy now( thank you for the compliment), but I'll show pictures of the bindweed in a few weeks, it's the "thorn in my side weed" *LOL*

My greenhouse isn't anything fancy, it's only 8x8 but it's a start and I admit it is addictive! I'm hoping to use it to extend our season by growing tomatoes, lettuce, peppers and cabbage in pots or boxes.

Faye said...

Hi Kelle, Thanks for commenting on my Maytag. I have my mom's here and I have an old wooden one which has an electric motor. I love the old washers! I want to get a set of old metal tubs, I have the wooden stand, so I can do laundry when in WY. I looked your entire blog over this weekend and am impressed with all that you and your husband have done. I sort of figured out what town you are in from the post about the murder and since I'm familiar with the area. Didn't want to comment, didn't want you to think I'm some weirdo. Yes, we go to Billings so right past your area. We are still located in MN but come out to WY a couple times a year until we retire there for good. Nice looking garden!

Anonymous said...

What are the walls of water containers??? How do they work. I have never seen them before. Am rather curious...debbie

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

Faye,
Consider this an invite to stop in anytime you'll be in our area. Just drop me a line here and I'll get you our info. If we know enough ahead of time we'll make a treat and have something to drink. Cortney loves to show off our animals and place. It's nice to have someone close that likes the same things. Keep it in mind, you are welcome to visit any time.

Kelle at The Never Done Farm said...

Debbie,
They are a plyable plastic tube, with mini pockets all the way around, you fill those mini pockets with water and it acts like a mini greenhouse and protects against frost, for those of us that have short growing seasons. Once the pockets are filled they stand up on there own, although they have been known to fall over if they evaporate out to much water( you simply add water when needed) and the wind is blowing *sigh* I hope my description make sense. They are a true godsent for us Northern gardeners *wink*

Faye said...

Thanks Kelle....we'll do that! We'd love to see your place and we are almost neighbors. You're not that far away from WY considering how far we have to go for supplies!

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