make it happen!
That’s what the neighbors are thinking. Dwight installed the north fence–or at least all the panels we had painted and transported to the property. Â The goal is to hide the various clutter necessary to raise food.
Dad and I have now finished painting enough panels to complete one end of the fence.
No drama, just saga. We have been working on the fence as we have time. We’ve decided to make the north and south sides of the garden fence solid. Dwight has some salvaged corrugated metal that we have primed and painted. Dad and Dwight did all the priming; Dad and I have been painting during the heat of the day. The panels are approximately 6′ tall.
Thanks to some reinforcements, we were able to get some stuff planted today. Although all the gardeners have offered to help, it seems to rain for three days and then we have to wait for three more to dry out. Since they are all busy during the day, Mom and Dad and Dwight met me at Piper. We planted 11 tomatoes, then protected them with cages and deer netting. Â While Dad and I worked on the tomatoes, Dwight and Mom weeded the cabbage/broccoli bed. Then we interplanted probably 50-60 pepper plants in that bed. We covered that with row cover; hopefully everything will survive to adulthood!!! Finally, Dwight dug two more post holes and we now have the first hints of the gate! Oh, almost forgot: we spaded up the east bed again . . . so many weeds.
tomato cages
looking toward piper
This is the hand that held my hamburger.
the pepper, cabbage, and broccoli bed
looking west at those straight bean rows!
Tonight I finished planting the Blue Lake bush beans. Â I did them in three plantings, approximately 1-2 weeks apart. Mom and Dwight will split the remaining beans.
At first glance the headline might seem to be grammatically incorrect, but I stand by it. Okay. Next we have some fencing material. Dwight is such the shopper because he got such the deal; however, we shan’t reveal just how much of a deal. We will just leave it that those boards there cost around a dollar/foot.
Imagine my surprise when we pulled in to show Colin the progress on the garden, and we found Dwight in the middle of digging his tenth hole of the day!! Lots of progress was made–and some decisions, too, regarding the gate and garden shed placement.
No news to report. Here are pics of our work from a couple of nights ago when we finished too late to have any light for pictures.
It’s been exactly one week since I planted my first beans. Here’s what they look like. They were so cute that I planted another four rows after seeing these. I just hope that rabbits don’t like beans . . . who am I kidding?!
Here’s a look at what my hands looked like after this evening’s post setting extravaganza:
We were able to complete one of the long sides of the fence. It took me 20 minutes to dig the first hole; I was unable to complete the second hole; however, Dwight came along and finished them. When I had a free moment, I quickly planted another four rows of Blue Lake bush beans. As usual, it was too dark to take a pic of the finished work.