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When hardening off the yacon I managed to sun scald it badly. When I set it out permanently I placed each in a different location that received direct sun exposure at different times of the day. Each has recovered. You be the judge.
I need a strong, stable trellis that looks at least halfway decent to train the wild rose onto. I thought of buying one to save some time but the cost was completely unacceptable. So, I’m building one. If you want to see the finished product but don’t want to sit through the build just skip…
Been catching up on work that has been delayed by endless rain.
Looking in on the new worm beds to see if they’re happy and migrating.
Biochar update, root growth and water retention
Testing my soils composition of clay, sand and silt to help determine what what I need to use as amendments. The mixture of Sand Silt and clay is called Loam. It appears from the testing that I have a very high silt (organic material) content. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/loam.html
Laying out a raised bed with the homemade water level How to make the water level http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQuwgSy2QyA
tying the poncho hood off to use as a shelter.
Determine that you WILL do it, get started, find other locations if yours isn’t big enough and learn to plant compatible plants together to increase yield in the space available. Companion plant table http://frugalliving.about.com/od/gardening/a/Companion-Plants.htm
Start of a series to challenge your mind. What do you have? How can you use / re-use it? Recycle! Use what you have! Think about it! Don’t feed the beast!
http://www.youtube.com/user/athatcher85/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EaiYlPlFM&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMv2-91z6oY&feature=plcp
