Good Morning Its April 11, 2017 in Minnesota and we Have
Snow. Should have had my Oats Planted LOL the old farmers like to have some
snow on their newly planted oat seeding. Snow contains more Nitrogen than rain
made the oats grow faster and bigger yields. Well the Garlic is up maybe it
will make larger Garlic bulbs. Wednesday we will plant our first Radishes. This
week we will uncover some of the Strawberries.
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| Garlic |
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| Rows of Garlic |
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| Strawberries covered with straw mulch |
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| curved side High Tunnel |
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| Rope system up |
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| rope system up and down |
The Drop down Sides on the High Tunnel: Curved shaped tunnels usually don’t have drop
down sides because they rely on gravity to work but due to my varying degrees
of expertise the lifting ropes wrapped around a pipe turn clockwise or counter
clockwise depending on which side of the pipe it is wound, therefore up and
down movement. One side is complete and
it works. The air coming from the bottom of the roll up sides has caused
problems with the plastic mulch lifting off the plants and the cold air flowing
across the plants slowing their growth. With the drop down side this problem is
solved.
