SkunkedAgain 2022 & 2023 Garden & GH

[SkunkedAgain]

Curt asked if I would do an update on this years garden and greenhouse progress... I'll start with the progress on the greenhouse, first off the winter storms and wind was terrible on my GH frame work that was up, I had finished the end walls before winter set in and it got too cold to work, but winter ended up totally destroying my roll up door on the west side and while it was doing the damage there a side brace broke off and that let the winds bend and break the frame for the end wall rafter.  So I started off this spring redoing a lot of work that was done last fall, it took a lot of dollars for new panels and a lucky trip to the scrap yard where I found a perfect diameter pipe that I was able to use as a cast and  rebuild the end rafter.  After that I got the mounting brackets for the wiggle wire in place and then spring farm work hit, so not much has changed since early May, but hopefully soon I'll be able to get back on the greenhouse...

Here is some pixs of this springs plantings for the market garden:




The first corn for this year will be about the time the main corn hit last year August 20ish Sugar bun so it will be small ears
Up top picture shows the main garden with 3 more sets of corn following about a week behind each other planting to keep a fresh shot for each week at market.



Garlic is looking pretty good since it was fall planted, the late spring didn't effect it too badly..



Tomatoes were really slow starting to kick in outside, but they seem to be going now...



First crop of red beets, bunching onions and chinese cabbage should be ready for our return to market around the end of July when the cherry crop is ready..



Lots of different types of peppers this year, they are finally starting to grow as well...  Hopefully things will do well, it's been a lot of work... J

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I made a purchase this spring that has been a lifesaver and will hopefully become even more so as the summer progresses... Many of you know my daughter was the main reason we did this market garden, well, she was pregnant with twins this year, so I figured that meant I'd have to carry a bigger load with the garden this year, so I spent too much money and got the TerraTeck dual wheel hoe... Well I think it's going to pay for itself this summer by the labor savings it will create from helpers that I don't have to hire to pull weeds... Man it has really helped out alot... BTW my daughter did have her twins last week, and since they were pretty small they will be in the NICU for a couple weeks before they get to come home, but I'm pretty sure my wife and daughter will be doing other things this summer instead of pulling weeds... Anyway this is why my fishing reports have been a little sparce this summer... Later Jeff