Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Cool, wet weather in the Northwest

This week has been very cool (50's) and wet (1 in. of rain today) in the Pacific Northwest. Good for lettuce and the kales. Not good for tomatoes and eggplants. I'm glad I decided to include a greenhouse in the design of The Parking Space Garden.

The garden is practically complete now. This week I planted eggplant and more basil in the greenhouse. Outside I planted carrots, onions, kale, two kinds of zucchini and cucumbers. Within the next month, when all of these plants spread out, the garden will be full.

I also bought two pieces of concrete reinforcing mesh at Home Depot. I bent these into a rectangle which I set up over the tomato plants. This should give them a good strong support system as they grow vertically.

2 comments:

Marti said...

Whoa, that's a lot of rain. Here in the arid rocky mountain region I'm waiting for my tomatoes to perk up - not much growth yet. But they aren't in grow boxes... Next year! You inspire me. Keep it up.

Dean Smith said...

The greenhouse I am using (See link) is make of flexible nylon-reinforced vinyl. I am sure that it would withstand the hail storms you have in Colorado. So this system would work there.