Sand Hill ThicketI've deployed the #ShadeCloth onto my #lowtunnel. Supposed to be consistently above 80°F, even with a couple days in the 90s, until Tuesday. #GardeningMastodon
Okay, bok choy and green Chinese cabbage has been planted and all buttoned up under bug mesh, ready for the coming rain. (Old horse bedding makes good mulch and fertilizer.) #lowtunnel
I was cutting down last season's dead #asparagus fronds in the #garden and look what I found! They're up early! 😲 #GardeningMastodon
Sand Hill Thicket HAS MOVEDPotted on some cabbage starts that overwintered under my #GrowLights. Just curious to see if they grow or if they just bolt in the end. 🤔 Is EXPERIMENT.
I also washed/sanitized seed trays and sowed two different kinds of beets, which take a while to germinate and are destined for the #lowtunnel.
I cant wait for #spring - I'm betting it will be early! 😅
Amazing! Here are the veggie plants that are still alive and kicking, having made it through multiple #PolarVortex with subzero temperatures this #winter in the #lowtunnel.
It was a #winter wonderland today! ❄⛄☀️🛷☀️
The wind was calm and it got up to 15°F today. We shoveled a path to the coops and barn late last night, which mostly held until morning. I had to do a little clearing around the drifts next to the solar panels. I dug out the #ChickensOfCoSo and let them all out today. I got the horse stall door open so she could go in/out. The rams' water trough and the #lowtunnel are under drifts.
#PolarVortex #Blizzard #ExtremeWeather #IceStorm #Snow #KsWx
Harvested the last few remaining chinese cabbages from the #lowtunnel and now I feel like I have frostbite in my hands. Very painful! It's cold out there at 25°F feels like 13°F with the wind.
The condensation on the inside of the 6 mil poly is frozen in the most beautiful designs. It felt above freezing inside the tunnel. I left one cabbage in there as an experiment to see how it fares...
#Frost #ExtremeWeather #KsWx #GardeningMastodon #GrowYourOwn #Food
I harvested about a 1/3 of the #lowtunnel today. Need to decide what to do with the rest of what's in there before the #PolarVortex hits! 😤
Also, got the first of the #eggs! I think the #moult is over, but I'm worried the weather will cause the #hens to stop laying again? 🤔
Starting to slowly #harvest the #lowtunnel. The collards were small to medium-sized. They really need a couple more weeks...
Update on the #LowTunnel #Garden: everything is getting a little bigger. Still harvesting bok choy. The jury is out on whether the broccoli will produce heads or not...