Last year between working full time and our dry climate my garden was largely a bust. The tomatoes succumbed to disease and splitting, bugs got my strawberries, peppers were stunted by lack of water and likely nutrients. Lets not even talk about the squash bugs.....nasty life sucking things they are.
This year I plan to try again with a few modifications.
While I still love my raised beds keeping things well watered was challenging.
I need to replace the wood on one raised bed. That means digging the soil out. I see that as an opportunity to experiment. I have watched many videos on wicking boxes, tubs, buckets and pots. I think that it just may work for my peppers and even strawberries.
Things in the boxes are still frozen if I try to dig down more than a few inches. This is giving me time to prepare wicking buckets!
I haven't set seeds yet so bonus TIME!
Follow along as I attempt this in zone 4-5 in Colorado's dry climate!
Step one will be sorting out the greenhouse and setting up pots/buckets. That begins this afternoon.
This year I plan to try again with a few modifications.
While I still love my raised beds keeping things well watered was challenging.
I need to replace the wood on one raised bed. That means digging the soil out. I see that as an opportunity to experiment. I have watched many videos on wicking boxes, tubs, buckets and pots. I think that it just may work for my peppers and even strawberries.
Things in the boxes are still frozen if I try to dig down more than a few inches. This is giving me time to prepare wicking buckets!
I haven't set seeds yet so bonus TIME!
Follow along as I attempt this in zone 4-5 in Colorado's dry climate!
Step one will be sorting out the greenhouse and setting up pots/buckets. That begins this afternoon.