[Market-farming] pH testers

Wiediger, Alison alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us
Tue May 13 13:21:13 EDT 2008


Hi Breck!
 
Tunnels help quite a bit in wet weather, but since we didn't know to
install drainage when we built them (not many were even in existence
then and we were just stumbling along in a new way to grow, kinda on our
own), not as much as they could.  With proper drainage, they would be
awesome.  Unfortunately, retro-fitting them is a labor-intensive job we
haven't yet accomplished.
 
But, even with the challenges, we have tomatoes over 3 feet tall with
large fruits, cherry tomato plants even larger and closer to sales,
cucumbers, swiss chard, broccoli, lettuce,strawberries and mesclun, and
zinnias, cosmos, ageratum, sweet peas snapdragons, campanula and scented
basils to cut for bouquets.  A friend of ours also has snap/snow peas,
squash, potatoes close, etc.  None of that would be happening outdoors.

 
Alison

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Allison, your positive outlook is amazing! I am located close enough to
you, that I too can't catch a break with the rain. I prefer to whine and
carp instead.

 

How much help are your tunnels when the ground is soaked? Have you
trenched around them to lower the water table? Does the lack of wind and
sun work negatively with tunnels?

 

I really enjoyed your book on tunnels.

 

FarmerBreck

Breck Carden

Carden's Garden

Crestwood, KY 40014

 

 

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wiediger,
Alison
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:54 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pH testers

 

Ah, but isn't this one of the big reasons we all do market growing
(besides the big money of course!) ?  The everlasting chase after the
perfect season.  The more we know, the more we want/need to know and no
season is the same.  What a challenge!  What fun!  (Well, most of the
time.  I do wish it would stop raining long enough to get some crops in
the ground)

 

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm


  In my time of growing of most plants in zone 5, I chase after the most
exquisite science possible and often default to the voodoo that works.
Sigh....Shawnee zone 5, and after 30 years of cajoling the plants, still
perplexed.

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