We have already had our first tomato crisis of the year. A few days after planting our high tunnel tomatoes, nearly two-thirds of them were dead. I came to discover that roly poly’s … that’s right, those cute little bugs your kids love to play with … were to blame. With nothing else around theContinue reading “Tomato triage”
Category Archives: High Tunnels
Planting Time
We had planned to plant our high tunnel tomatoes this past weekend, but with the forecast for Sunday night a measly 23 degrees, we decided it was too risky. (And it did indeed get down to 23 last night.) So tonight was the night. We got three of the four rows planted …. Whew! ThatContinue reading “Planting Time”
Plastic’s Up
With as windy as it has been this winter, we were starting to get a little stressed about getting the plastic back on the high tunnel. So, when we had a near dead calm last Saturday morning, we rallied the troops and got it done. Relief! Only a few more weeks til planting!
The Last Few Months
At the end of last year, I posted this on our family blog, mainly because I didn’t do a great job of regularly blogging throughout the summer. Well, it has happened again, what with children, and farm and LIFE, looks like I fell off the blogging wagon again. So, here is a summary of what happenedContinue reading “The Last Few Months”
High Tunnel Experiments
It kind of feels like this whole season with the high tunnel has been an experiment. Most of them have been scary, but most of them have also worked. Here is the latest experiment: Removing the plastic. Is this normally done? We have no idea. Are other people in our area doing it? Don’t know.Continue reading “High Tunnel Experiments”
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