Mid 30s this morning here but in a few days will hit 80. Got my taters and onions in. Supposed to rain last night but didn’t. I was hoping it would. I raked a spot as smooth as I could for the greens, lettuce and cabbage but was hoping rain would smooth it a bit more before planting those tiny seeds. If I had planted them and then we got a heavy rain, the seeds would get moved all over the place. We don’t have a well here yet so I’ll have to pull one of our water tanks down there and sprinkle the area. I really should be doing drip irrigation but I don’t want to spend the money yet with this virus thing going on. Same with the high tunnel. Between the two, it would be close to a grand that I’d prefer to keep in the bank right now. I say in the bank but we’re also pulling cash via the ATM and keeping some of that on hand.
Maybe covering the area where you plant the lettuce seeds with an old sheet until they come up.
That way the sheet would take the brunt of the rain and yet allow the water through.
BTW, I planted lettuce and spinach seeds a couple weeks ago in Central NY and they are up already.
Anyone know of a good use for dill? Maybe deter some bugs? If I ever make pickles, I’ll just get the pickling spice mix. Baker Creek sent me free dill seeds
On YouTune, I have seen channels featuring uses for plastic bottles. One showed how to make a drip irrigation system for watering your garden. It would certainly cost less than $1,000.00. Might be worth considering.