While we were gone for the holidays, our area got heavy rains that washed a huge gulley in my garden and washed away a lot of soil. Thankfully there was nothing planted there, but there were a few other places it washed quite a bit of soil off the garlic and a few onions were washed away.
My son suggested we plow a strip at the top of the garden and fill with stone. It should work as long as we direct the flow into the center aisle instead of down through the rows. We will have to wait until the ground dries out a bit since we continue to get more rain.
We finally got the 55 gal. drum sunk into the ground in the greenhouse for the geo-thermal heating, if it works. The huge tree pot we planned on using for the top doesn't want to stretch over it now, even though it did before. We'll play around with heating it a bit/cutting to get it to work. We also got the solar cover (pool cover, bubble wrap) put on the main frame yesterday, just before this cold snap. We still have to cover the ends and hopefully we can get that done in the next couple of days. I know there is heat loss from the doors at both ends. This morning the temperature was 47 in the GH with an outside temp of 25. Even with the heater, that's good compared to what it usually is. So at least something is working.
I started my first seeds (flowers) on the 7th and by the 10th there were already some that had germinated, Eryisum (wallflower) and Bird's Foot Trefoil. David got the lights going but I ordered a pully/rachet system to hang them so adjusting will be easier. I have one set we won at the garden club as a door prize and really like them so we ordered more.
Today we are making soil blocks. I like to use them for the cauliflower and broccoli so I can take them directly to the ground without having to pot them up further. I will also start some artichokes, rhubarb, stevia and some more early blooming flowers. So, I had better get to work if I'm going to get all that done!
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