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To: Pollard

Once you have this all together you will be be a Garden Overlord! You gardening life will be on auto-pilot. ;)

I do envy that - but running to and from the Greenhouse to close things down or open them up again IS good exercise. By the 10th or so of June, it will be a barren wasteland - Nothing wants to live in there in the summer heat and humidity. Beau won’t ‘electrify’ it for me, but to his credit he bought more gravel screenings so I can fill in ‘trip hazards’ on the walkways around the greenhouse. So, I guess there’s THAT. ;)

My ‘Space-Age Technology’ is an indoor/outdoor thermometer. ;)


572 posted on 05/31/2024 6:41:55 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Btw, thx for the roasted asparagus recipe.
A real keeper.


574 posted on 05/31/2024 7:12:18 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Nothing wants to live in there in the summer heat and humidity.

Our first two years here were 110 heat waves and humidity is always high here.

High tunnel won't help that anymore than shade cloth, aside from the occasional splitting rain no longer being a thing. It's a watering control and also season extender. I'll be able to start a month earlier and end a month later on many things and grow a few right through winter.

575 posted on 05/31/2024 7:23:31 PM PDT by Pollard (Will work for high tunnel money!)
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