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Great vid,interesting topic
I have absolutely no shade on any fields, it gets really hot here 100+ July-Aug. it is south facing. I have an acre pond right by the fields so I imagine that it's a little more humid than other spots of the property. Thought I'd share it with you since it's completely opposite of your plots. Thanks Curtis have a great day.
how do you work with different soil type do you soil test
I have found that too that my cucurbits do much better with a bit of late afternoon shade. My pumpkin/zuccini/gherkin/cucumber patch is fantastic this year. The part of the garden that i hated most because it's so dry and hot, now holds my herbs, artichokes and some less frost tolerant fruit bushes. From most hated to most loved piece of ground! I like figs. 🙂 Now i grow jambon vegetal there too, in fact it just appears. It likes living there (vegetable ham plant/oenothera biennis) and it's looking great. It's like that soil is made for this plant.
Love the videos, short but worth the wait. On my farm my largest garden is right next to a ravine, and is a long strip going down our lane a ways. Due to the trees growing next to the ravine, there is about a 10 foot wide area along the garden that gets a good amount of shade during the spring/early summer and some in the mid/late summer. I was told at the farmers market last year that head lettuce didn't grow well here, so of course I had to try it. I tilled a strip where the shade hit just right, where it would give the plants at minimum 6 hours of daylight. I planted leaf and head lettuce there and they grew great, it was not bitter at all and quite delicious. I had many costumers return for more. ( I didn't grow a whole lot in fear it would not turn out well) once 90+ came about four days after harvest, the remaining lettuce bolted. This was the first time I grew any kind of lettuce successfully. The other time I tried I was probably ten.
I Peru, they used steep sides of hills mountains to plant crops that grew well in each level.
Eureka, another benifitial cherictoristic of hedge rows makes itself apparent.
420 views. Yessiree.
Hi Curtis
I have come across several websites where you can enter your address/location and see the satellite view of your property and it has a sun/solar calculator. You can then work out the best spot to plant your crop or place your garden bed according to how the sun tracks across your property.
http://www.suncalc.org
suncalc.net
http://www.sunearthtools.com
I hope this helps you and your other subscribers.
Many thanks for your excellent and informative videos.
Kind regards
Annette
Why no peppers commercially? Growing season too short?
Whoa… I am confused now, Not your fault, I was taught by an old man that microclimate had to do with not only the area you are Gardening but, There was a humidity aspect, something about the moister in the soil, the photosynthesis of the plant, heating and or cooling the area over the garden itself, and had something to do with how much carbon in the air, imagine an invisible bubble around the garden, with its own air and moisture, he also said that life outside the bubble affects it too, which is exactly what you are explaining in this video, Maybe I am not confused, Its all making sense to me now Hehehe, love the vids man
I am a Terrace gardener ,i love to learn about sun path.. any good source ?
Question, how do you keep the animals out?