[Pollard]

P is the lowest of the NPK for goat manure, (approx 0.7 - 0.3 - 0.9) so some bloom booster probably wouldn't hurt.

In the future, I'll have to start using a little bone meal along with a bunch goat manure when readying beds. Ought to give me a good balance.

Sun should be out any time now, yep, sure thing, any time now.

Like Paul R, I got woken up by a thunder storm. Sounded like a half stick of dynamite going off right above the house at 2:20am. I started some coffee and laid back down until 3am.

Think I'll set up the rain bucket today. Anything to help make it stop raining. Would have been a good Spring to record the insane amount of rain we've had.

Reconfigured my drip lines again and managed to do a single line down both new beds where bean/melon seeds are sown. Once the 50' roll of drip line comes in, I'll turn those single lines into double.

I set up a drip schedule for 10 minutes run time at 8am, noon, 4pm and 8pm too keep those seeds moist. The bands where the seeds are were nice and moist this morning but not sopping wet. Will monitor today. I have shut off valves for each leg and have the double line to the established plants shut off because ... they don't need any water for a while - oops.

Didn't set a timer, clicked the On button and told myself I'd turn it back off in 45 minutes.... 24 hours and 240 gallons later.... pump still running .... I removed the On button and added the Pulse button and the pulse timer is now set for 45 minutes.(then I went and got more water) Now if I want to water on the fly, I can just hit Pulse. Something I just hadn't set up yet since moving the gadgets from the house to tunnel.

I decided I'm definitely building a shed against the NW end of the tunnel. Sat in the tunnel yesterday in full sun and decided I want some shade where I can sit and still be right there. Needs to fit my little tractor, a potting bench and this will end up in it. Gasket, some shelves and maybe a fresh coat of paint.

Circa 1949 - [Made Only by General Motors]. Being a Chevy/GMC fan, I had to save it from the dump about 35 years ago. Beer fridge was the plan but 35 years later, some gasket/paint/shelves seems more doable than transplanting modern fridge components into it.

The fridge will be something to keep all my electrical components and tunnel PC in and use for storage for tools, drip stuff etc. I'm sick of walking back and forth from shed to tunnel and this will solve most of that. If I want cold beer down there, I've got a little cooler and blue freeze packs.

[Paul R.]

I've forgotten to mention, the new pleated polypropylene cloth 2.5 x 10" filter elements in our existing "whole house" water filter are working great, but in weeks of repeated fast heavy rains, each only lasts a few weeks. So far as I've tried attempting to wash them out, well, so far, that doesn't work well. (A double pun.) Particles trapped in the polypropylene cloth, by and large, do not want to seem to come back OUT, with reverse pressure. So, at some point I'll try installing the 2" (inlet and outlet) disc irrigation filter. I found and ordered adaptors to be able to splice it into our water line, with some other reconfiguring of the pipes needed.

However, it's occurred to me that with the other measures I've taken to extend pump life, it might make sense to filter water going IN to the jet pump itself, so buildup of "caked" sediment inside the pump itself doesn't kill the well pump. Disadvantages are that doing so would considerably accelerate the filter cleaning schedule, and, I'd have to considerably revise the piping from the pump to the well, and the pump to the tank, etc., as the pump and possibly the tank would have to move to make things fit. Ugh. On a good note, I scored one of those small -inflatable- wheel, fairly heavy duty, garden carts, in good condition, at a yard sale, for $5. That is going to be very handy! Same seller had several light weight, light color "summer" shirts for $1 ea., in my size. Yay! I can toss a few of my old shirts that are falling apart into the rags tote, and a few of my worn but not falling apart shirts can become yard / garden work shirts.