dam makes me want to go out and disc my land and plant.. but i don't want to die. its hot as hell!!!
Yeah it's been crazy hot. My wife's car said 101 yesterday around 3pm. Then there's all the humidity to add insult to injury. Must be that global warming (oops climate change) monster all the nut cases were talking about... Haha, nah I remember it being crazy hot when I was growing up in Florida, now my old body just don't take it so well anymore. Back then I'd try to spend most of my time in the water somewhere at a spring or sinkhole or something. Now it's just work and more work and when I'm home, it's yard work... All I'm sayin' is thank the Lord I have a pool to cool off in afterward or else I'd be planted in the garden by now :>P
Today's harvest. Some of the sweet potatoes are huge! I guess I overlooked them before.
Got out this morning and decided to start on a compost bin. I've had the scrap lumber for a while a finally put it to good use. This is phase 1. It measures 3ft x 6.5ft x 3ft. I plan on getting some chicken wire to put between the slats so it can breathe good. I'm also going to put a divider in there so I can start a pile, then flip it into the next bin and start a new one.
Your banana are going to love you with that compost so close by!!!
I installed the netting for between the slats. I was going to use chicken wire until I discovered this PVC netting at HD. It was cheaper and came in a 3.5ft x 40ft roll for $12. It's pretty tough too. I figured if I happen to stick a shovel through it it'll be cheap enough to replace without a lot of effort. I also bought 4 "L" brackets and bent them in my vise for hangers for the removable gate I'll build for the front along with a couple of handles to make it easier to lift it off the hangers. I painted them black for aesthetics :>P
Now the last photo is what I discovered when I pulled up my okra. I thought the rain had killed them but it looks like the dreaded nematode attacks. Oh well. They went to the trash can. I won't be composting those.
