Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Irrigation system

Got 2 out of 3 zones running for the irrigation system for the year! Last zone has to be cleared of some debris before I can make final check of the lines. 

Ran acid through the two complete zone lines. Let that sit for a while. See how the wind is in a little while. May run more acid just to treat the soil. If too windy, I'll let it go and run less acid at a time later on. 

If sun is up in an hour, go ahead and plant out established lettuce and spinach. 

Transplanted the cucumber seedlings into buckets today. Not looking bad. Hardening them off, mostly to wind. They've been in a window, so didn't really need much hardening off to sun. Couple look like they're ready to start sprouting flowers already!

Ordered one more collar for the invisible dog fence. Just have to wait until
 that arrives before digging in new cable. If just one dog has no collar, they would dig and chew up the cable if they aren't getting shocked while doing so. The adult dogs have steered clear of the cables before now. It was the puppies who chewed the cables up. They're just big enough for those collars now. Good thing because they refuse to stay out of the garden, no matter how many times they are chased out. 

Just hoping I can keep them out enough for lettuce and spinach to take root. 

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