April Garden

Blackberries leafing out and starting to bud.

Broccoli ready to eat.

Asparagus starting to grow from the new planting.

The chards loving the hoop environment.

Rosemary always perinatal here.

The squash starts are planted and mulched.

Peppers in the ground.

The rest of the tomatoes planted.

Beets are going gangbusters!

Nothing here, yet.

The start of the grapes.

Blueberries are leafing out.

The cage from afar.

New cage around the Blueberries

The wood frame has seen better days, after years of overhead watering it has taken a toll. The "treated wood" has rotted and the wire rusted through.

First we had to take all the wire off and remove all the wood except for the posts that were still in great condition.

WE used 10 ft hollow galvanized tubing that fit together with integrated couplings.
Cutting it with a metal saw.

We have all the pipes up, we then stretched wire between the pipe to hold up the chicken wire.

This is how we secured the pipes to the wooden posts.

One pipe goes across the post and the other one ends at that pole so the top is level.

The side wire goes up 1st ....

Then the top wire was tied to the side wire and each cross wire  that went from pole to pole.

Side note; a cridder was in the garden looking for food.....

And it was a coon!!!

Getting the garden ready for spring.

Blackberries trimmed and starting to bud.

Onions planted with the tiny broccoli starts.

The blueberries needing a pruning badly.....

 And this is after the pruning and added compost

I planted cereal rye as a winter cover crop to get rid of the bad nematodes, I covered the rye with ground leaves, then I will till it all in.

After I tilled the rye I made a hoop with cement form box wire and put this cover on to help the seed germinate.

Inside the hoop.