Thursday, March 28, 2024

March 25 - The Campfire Trail - Garden Update

March 25, 2024

Day 906 of the Adventure

Rain was drizzling on us most of the day. It was timely since Shelley had scrambled to get at least one of the raised beds in the garden planted yesterday. Back in early February, I started calculating in my head how long it would take us to have the garden ready. I estimated eight weeks and as of now, I think about ten or eleven would have been better. Good thing we started when we did. Part of the hold up was weather. part of it was the routine of watching the grandkids. Part of it was simply the other things that pop up that you can't account for that take time away from working the garden. Taking all that into consideration, here's an update.

The trees that needed to be removed are all gone except for one that I'm not sure about yet. It's smaller so could be removed about at any time. Three of the nine planned raised beds are built and three are about half built. The deer fence frame is about two thirds done, but we've only stretched about twenty feet of fence so far. The rain water collection tank is in place but no collection system has been built yet. That's okay because we do have a water hydrant we can use right there in the garden. Don't even mention the greenhouse. That will be close to the end of the project. I think we'll still be able to use it this year, just not sure what we'll do in there until Fall when we will attempt to extend the growing season. We've considered hydroponics and possibly even aquaponics there. We'll see how that goes. The final addition will be the solar panel racks along the north fence, with the panels facing south in the direction of the garden. It's been work but it's been fun......... mostly! The work we're doing this year is pretty much a one-time deal. After these parts are done, it will be normal Springtime prep after that.

Carry On

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