when are you sowing your garden this year?

[HoneyBadger]

Yeah... I used duct tape to reinforce the corners and some of the staples.

It looks like it held up fine to some 20+mph winds and a little bit of 1/4" hail. But, I should add... that's barely even a storm in these parts. The other side of town had several feet of water in the streets along with several inches of hail up to an inch in diameter. I think 1" hail would probably shred this plastic.

[Irving]

So did the plastic work?

[HoneyBadger]

So did the plastic work?

It's still up. Last night we got a good soaking rain and it collected in a pool on top of the plastic. it got so heavy that it eventually tore a hole at the nearest post which lowered the side enough to allow some drainage. I will put a taller post in the center in the future to give the "roof" some pitch. Today we got some hail up to .5" and the plastic deflected it all with no problems. There is about a 2" gap most of the way around the bottom and the side nearest the house is a little more open so it has good ventilation. All seems to be well. If there isn't any more hail (or tornadoes) in the long-term forecast, then I'm going to take it down in the middle of the week. It's was mostly just a trial run. There isn't a lot in there to protect yet because most of the seeds won't even break the surface for another week or two.

[rbeau30]

Got the squash/cukes/tomatoes/red peppers out yesterday. I put a Tarp over the top of the tomato trellis forming a tent. It should deflect the brunt of the downpours.

The seedlings are a little small yet, but they survived the night pretty well. With the extra sun they will get, I think they will start shooting up.

Also bought and planted a black currant bush. Should be great around Xmas time for a ham topping!

[cofi]

We lost about 10% of our seedlings last night......not to bad for a storm that picked up my daughter's 30 pound slide and threw it 20 feet off my porch

[rbeau30]

Sorry to hear cofi. Supposed to get more weather at the end of the week. Hopefully just rain.

[rbeau30]

Eh... tomatoes got a little sunburned today... so far they haven't drooped or anything.

[Vanniek71]

I put mine in too early, snow killed my jalapenos and habaneros, but everything else is coming up!

grabbbed some more pepper plants and should be good to go this year hopefully now

[rbeau30]

I put mine in too early, snow killed my jalapenos and habaneros, but everything else is coming up!

grabbbed some more pepper plants and should be good to go this year hopefully now

I love both but don't cook with them enough to plant them. Family doesn't like heat. I enjoy the different flavors of the peppers.

All of my bell peppers and tomatoes this year are Heirloom, so I'm saving some this year for next year.

[Vanniek71]

I love both but don't cook with them enough to plant them. Family doesn't like heat. I enjoy the different flavors of the peppers.

All of my bell peppers and tomatoes this year are Heirloom, so I'm saving some this year for next year.

I eat so much spicy food that I decided it was silly not to plant them!