The Garden Nears Completion, Now for the Hard Part…

Trellis Flaw

So, the last few weeks have been exciting, at least in the garden. First, I realized that 1/2″ EMT was probably not going to be sufficient for the load squash and melons would put the trellis under. Tomatoes? Most assuredly… but the sag when loading it with even 40lbs was just a bit much for me. So, I upgraded the squash and melon sides to 1/2″ rigid conduit. Since the dimensions of my trellis are kind of hacky, I cut a 10′ tube in half using the current EMT as a guide. The unthreaded end I had to insert into 3/4″ EMT set screw connectors… so I had to replace the elbows with 1″ elbows and couplings to 3/4″ threaded pvc (the set screw connectors screwed nicely in place, better than the 1/2″ ones did). The threaded end screwed right into the 1/2″ threaded pvc.

Still not sure if the trellis will hold up, but we’ll see!

ONWARD TO PICTURES

Seedlings!

I made a mixed container of oregano, sage, thyme, and cilantro

The banana peppers are doing well, but I think I have slugs… they haven’t crawled into the Hell or High Watermelon yet…

An army of peppers and other type things

Habaneros, Thai Chile, and Serrano peppers. Also my overwintered Parsley that I am letting seed, and my overgrown flavorless mint that I’l letting flower for the BEES

Before drilling

After adding drainage holes

Three Juliette Tomato vines; the plan is to train them onto the back of the trellis and kill one if the media volume is insufficientk

The fourth juliette vine

Maybe bees or something like these

We have the netting on one side and just need to finish wrapping it around and securing it

Four bell peppers, a poblano, and whatnot. Also garden slug traps because they are eating my peppers and I hate them all.

I repurposed the huge container for a poblano and yet another bell pepper

Decided to plan a poblano (left) and another thai chile (right). Fancy pot in the middle will probably be another rosemary

There are still a few more things to plant… we had to get another bale of Pro-Mix for bpt’s lettuce buckets, and now I can’t stop myself from trying to grow even more things.

I guess we’re down to wrapping up the trellis, constructing the platforms to keep the containers off of the deck, and hacking together some kind of protection from deer…

The Garden Nears Completion, Now for the Hard Part… by clinton is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.