Greetings from wet, cooler, southern New Hampshire!
I am getting a brief respite from outdoor, grunt work, thanks to the Creator! Household Six had her repeat cataract surgery and we are hoping for success, this time.
I am working on the area in the basement where the indoor gardening happens. I am running in rough plumbing and electrical upgrades to support a new counter top and sink with a lift pump to feed the sewer line to the septic tank. Once that is done and the counter and sink are plumbed in and working, I will turn my attention to the rest of the area.
Household Six is researching grow lights to replace the cobbled-together 4’ fixtures. What she doesn’t use elsewhere, will go to my shop expansion into the garage. We want her planting area in the basement to be more efficient, modular and convenient as we attempt to increase our garden towards self-sufficiency.
Speaking of the garden, with this rain, the garden is putting out some serious GREEN! Tomatoes are working their way up the cattle panel trellis. Beans are up and launching. Haven’t been out there in a couple of days, but so far, we have a garden.
With the water, the new raised beds are bulging, a bit. I might put a 2 by 4 along each long side at the bottom, with stakes into the ground to reinforce the walls. We will see.
I went to buy some 2/6 x 10’ and they were $17 apiece!
(Something had turned them into Biden Boards!)
That basement seed starting area is going to be such a luxury! Jealous! :)
But you and metmom know how needed the rain was/is in S. NH. More maybe later today for you all, which is coming down heavy here south of you now. Rain barrels are full though, thanks be to God, but the next 10 days look overall cool, with some above average rain:
