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YAY! We put the tomato trellis in today . It will also support three pepper plants.
We are experimenting with this raised tomato bed with soil from our daughter's father-in-law's garden versus our square foot garden versus three little saved plants hastily placed in lightly improved clay soil.
We used 6-foot u-posts, 18 inch by 3/8 inch rebar to reinforce the posts and concrete remesh 7 foot x 3.5 foot panels. We used a total of 7 u-posts, 7 pieces of rebar and three panels of the reinforcing mesh (the kind that is already rusty when you buy it). We placed the rebar posts first, then pounded the u-posts in right against the rebar, then hung the remesh panels and then tied them to the u-posts with plastic zip ties. Note to inexperienced gardeners (meaning ourselves): Put up the trellis right after transplanting next year! Doh . Keeping the rapidly growing plants out of harms way was a little tricky. Oops.
That's Rexford, the family Tyrannosaurus Rex . He goes everywhere, sort of like a pet... . Hubby has a website on dinosaur toys and Rexford "helps" with the blog part .
We had HAIL today. Thank goodness it was small - mostly pea-sized. It did break a few parts of the smaller tomato plants and blew the sugar snap peas around in the SFG, but no real damage. Phew! The wind blew so hard it came horizontally at the house and under the door .
I won't get many sugarsnaps but I have one to eat. It has been too hot here. I covered the frame with a lightweight cover. I wet it down and it has helped. They were totally yellow and brown and now there is green in them. I don't expect much but will enjoy the few I get raw, from the garden. I will try planting in the fall and next year put them in a couple of months earlier.
I won't get many sugarsnaps but I have one to eat. It has been too hot here. I covered the frame with a lightweight cover. I wet it down and it has helped. They were totally yellow and brown and now there is green in them. I don't expect much but will enjoy the few I get raw, from the garden. I will try planting in the fall and next year put them in a couple of months earlier.
Maybe that's what is wrong with ours, too - we have the pale green and partly brown-ish leaves, too - some of the stems are very pale. I thought it was too many plants (9) per square foot, but we did have a very hot time right after they were planted, and some of our days have been upper '80's to 90 F. They are in full sun most of the day. Hmmm... the few pods we have are delicious!
Maybe that's what is wrong with ours, too - we have the pale green and partly brown-ish leaves, too - some of the stems are very pale. I thought it was too many plants (9) per square foot, but we did have a very hot time right after they were planted, and some of our days have been upper '80's to 90 F. They are in full sun most of the day. Hmmm... the few pods we have are delicious!
I know the peas don't like it hot. I used to grow them in Illinois but rarely got any to cook or save because the kids were always in the garden eating them as they were ready. I was hoping to introduce the grand baby to the joys of a pea right from the garden but there is only one and she won't be visiting for another couple of weeks.
I noticed on the peas a couple of days ago that something was munching on the leaves. I had some very small loopers on them. Needless to say they are smashed. I never knew loopers would eat pea leaves.
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