Our garden as of this evening:
All the plants are in the plastic covered beds, 3 rows of potatoes are in traditional rows, that were hilled up, one row of potatoes was planted in plastic – just to see how it would work.
Jens, Jeff, Lars and Jens’s friend Kevin worked on wiring the barn this weekend. We bought wire that already had the flexible aluminum conduit around it and so far they used up about 375 feet of it. All the ceiling fixtures are up (twelve of them), and outlets are installed on the wooden walls. They ran additional wires for outlets on the wooden support beams, but those still need so be wired to the actual outlets. Light switches are already installed and a complete new fuse box was set up and connected as well.
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| Jens connecting main line to barn |
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| Jeff wiring light fixture |
We picked up 20 Frazer fir tree seedlings at the Cumberland County Conservation District annual tree sale and ended up planting them in a somewhat random pattern on the steep slope by the small pond. They are still rather small and we put a lot of mulch around them so that we can “find” them and not accidentally mow them off.
Also cleaned up the elderberry patch and took out about 20 new shoots for transplanting. These were planted around the perimeter of the small pond – where the wetlands start the and the ground is just a bit soggy.
Those six rows of new grapes are actually pretty long! About 500 feet, or 150 meters each. This evening we drug two drip irrigation lines and connected them to the main feeder line, and then just had enough time to install the emitters for the top row. Every one of them is working and the irrigation is running right now, we’ll probably leave it on for 4 hours this evening yet.
Our blueberries and strawberries are beginning to bloom, just as most of the fruit trees are done with their blossoms. Hope the frost warnings for tonight won’t hurt them!
