Name: Jay northeastern New Mexico Zone 5b, in the foothills @ 7100'
Yes, that's the only way I can get healthy plants that will grow & produce at this altitude. I'm trying a couple of new ones this year... Jersey Devil & Koralik cherry.
Got 11 broccoli plants & 6 cabbage plants in this morning. Now to go put wallo waters around them.
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Name: Jay northeastern New Mexico Zone 5b, in the foothills @ 7100'
Catching up... here's the final wind shelter:
So far I've been pleased. The only thing I'm going to change is covering the ends w/polycarb paneling. I've found smoke colored polycarb at Lowe's for around $35 per sheet; a heck of a lot cheaper than what I payed for the other stuff.
The 30% shade cloth cuts the wind by about half, & allows plenty of light. Good enough. In fact, I like it so well I'm going to convert my high tunnel to the same design... paneling on the sides & ends w/shade cloth across the top.
Having some trouble w/a chipmunk. And probably ground squirrels, too. Suggestions for how to get rid of them? I've got a pellet rifle, but I'm not the best shot. I thought I'd set up a corn station for the squirrels to lure them into my sights... would that work for the chipmunk too?
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Name: Cheryl Eastern Ky Truth should be everpresent.
I know chipmunks like corn because they are always scouting around the end of the porch looking for spilled horse feed. Get a scope for your rifle. We got a new rifle. No scope but we are shooting rats in the barn right now so it should work well enough. It has a neon green sight. I like it a lot because the rifle has a clip that holds 5 pellets. Don't have to load them one at a time like that.
Will you not need the protection from the cold that the high tunnel gives you?
That one really looks nice. That bender has paid for itself already.
Name: Jay northeastern New Mexico Zone 5b, in the foothills @ 7100'
I'm going to run a double rail to hold plastic, so I can throw that over in the fall & stretch the season a bit. I also won't have to take down the shade fabric, 'cause the plastic will shed snow. I don't use the HT year round anyway, it's too cold here and I like having the winter off.
I'm really pleased w/the bender, getting ready to start building another wind shelter. Did I mention we we're having 50 MPH gusts here today?! The wind has never really let up this spring... even the weather service noted that we are experiencing more of a spring wind pattern, when it should have stopped by now.
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I don't know how you get anything built with that wind. We have had an unusually windy spring and I have a well house half assembled - waiting for a less windy day to continue.
Name: Jay northeastern New Mexico Zone 5b, in the foothills @ 7100'
It's a struggle, that's for sure. We usually get a couple of hours in the morning before the wind gets really obnoxious. Of course, just as you get all fired up & rarin' to go, that's when you find out you don't have the middle widget... you can get two things done, but not the third that will allow the fourth thing that will keep it all together in that afternoon's wind.
You guys must be cooking down there... your drought is worse than ours & I'm having a little trouble imagining that!
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Name: Jay northeastern New Mexico Zone 5b, in the foothills @ 7100'
Oh jeez... yeah, that looks familiar. A lot of the trees around here are dying; is it the same where you are?
Can I just scream for a minute? The SO butchered the cilantro last night, cutting half of each leaf... honestly, where do the non-gardeners come up w/these ideas? AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!
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Cajun's Corner is the place where my friends gather to enjoy each other's company. To trade tips, funny stories, memories and tall tales. So, pull up a chair, take your shoes off and relax. Coffee is always on.
I'm trying a couple of new ones this year... Jersey Devil & Koralik cherry. 
OK, true, I eat it too. 
The very definition of compassion in action. 
