Snag wrote:
When I first planted the fruit trees out in our orchard I made these
giant cages of concrete reinforcing wire to keep the deer from eating
them - with a 30" top extension of stock fencing for a total height
of 7 1/2 feet . Diameter is around 3 feet so about 9.5 linear feet
perimeter . I put 2 of these out in the garden today and planted Blue
Lake pole beans every 6" around the base . If this works like I hope
it'll be like 18 feet of 7 1/2 foot trellis . And a whole lotta beans
. In other news , I got all the vine crops and the bell peppers in
the ground today as well as planting some okra and pulling weeds on
the bulb onion row . I shoulda picked strawberries today but they'll
wait until tomorrow , production has slowed a bit .
Sounds good. Firt crop of tomatoes due, possibly tomorrow. Ran
nitrogen low so added some.
The marigolds are indeed keeping the rats and other rodents at bay
(area problem in a spot that's been a huge international shipping port
since before the American revolution).
Today, Chocolate bell peppers go in. Beans (wax and blue lake green)
taking off with a bang. Lettuce should have baby crop in 2 weeks.
Lots of green onions.
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