Scared of Highway Riding
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Comments (14)I have used row cover in a limited way for a number of years but had never bought a large quantity until this year. I had used it to cover young plants in the Spring when we had an unexpected cool spell. I covered things early, then before I went to bed I filled 2 liter bottles with hot water and placed them under the row cover. Potato plants that were not covered got nipped and the covered crops didn't, so I feel like they worked. I grew some eggplant under row cover one year as an insect protection and it was OK except something saw it blowing in the wind and decided to jump through it and made several big holes. I think it was cats. Last year was the true test though. I didn't have much row cover left last year and didn't get new until March. When the cold temps threatened in the Fall last year I had some very large hot pepper plants that were covered with peppers but not yet mature. I sort of made a fence around the area with tomato cages and wrapped the entire thing with row cover. I pinned it to the cages, and in several cases had to pinch up areas to cover up holes. Then I threw a piece of greenhouse film over the top. It didn't reach down the sides, and the sides had only row cover. I laughed at how bad it looked and it was just before Halloween. The peppers stayed pretty and green until after Thanksgiving with just that little bit of cover. This year I had plenty of row cover so we made hoops and covered the hoops with row cover. I grew summer squash and broccoli under cover to keep it insect free until the squash started to bloom and needed pollinators. The squash was touching the row cover by the time I removed it. The one that I bought this year is not the most lightweight one, but is the second thickness sold. I think it is supposed to let through 85 percent of the light. That seems to be enough in my garden. When I planted winter squash, I put the row cover over the bed and left it totally covered until they bloomed. This was the second crop in this bed and by then the sun was so strong and the temp so high, that I just pulled up the side of the row cover so pollinators could go in, but left the top to aid in protection from the sun. I put up some long legs and covered my peppers that were burning up from the sun. The original intent of row cover was to lay on top of the plants (float), but that is my least favorite way to use it. I like it suspended above the plants and not touching them at all. In the Eliot Coleman books he uses it inside high tunnels, but suspends it above the plants on wickets made of wire. Since I find it increasingly difficult to garden in the summer, I plan to experiment more with cool weather growing this year. The problem is that it stays too hot in Summer to get Fall crops in the ground in time to produce, so I am hoping that I can move the planting dates to a later date, then extend the growing season with a little protection from the first cold weather. I know I can do this with lettuce, Chinese cabbage, and spinach which I have grown in containers, but I hope to plant in the ground this year, or at least raised beds, and try a few new things. So what I am saying is that although row cover isn't cheap, I find it very useful for many different purposes. In Oklahoma, some years are wet, some are dry. Some of the time Spring is warm, then turns cold again. In Fall, we almost always have cold weather for a few days, then Fall weather again for weeks. Row cover helps to bridge the gap when the weather changes quickly. It's not like having a greenhouse, but it offers a few degrees of protection from the cold and apparently cuts enough of the suns rays during the hotter weather to help the plants survive. If you garden on a limited budget and have a garden only to try and supplement the food budget, then it may be too expensive to experiment with. I have been able to use mine for more than one year, but that is not a sure thing because it is very thin. It is 107 here right now with no relief in sight. While I was missing winter pretty bad my husband read an article to me that said to expect winter to be wetter and colder than usual with ice storms and power outages. It sure is hard to think about checking generators for winter when the temp is 107. May the COOL be with you....See MoreAny of you bikers do the Trail of Tears Ride?
Comments (6)Hilltopviews, Who organizes/runs the group ride? Is there a website? Did the ride visit the museums and grounds at Red Clay State Park (perhaps the most interesting of all the sites) and Tahlequah? How about other historical sites along the way? There is a lot to see. The two museums I mentioned above stand out in my mind. There's another one not too far from the beginning of the trail in Cherokee, NC that's more glitzy and kid-friendly, but I found less informative than the other two. What I did enjoy in Cherokee was Ocanaluftee Indian Village, a bit more complete than the recreations in Red Clay and Tahlequah and with more live demonstrations. I had hoped to sandwich another ride along this trail in between trips to Nova Scotia and Savannah, but just couldn't manage it this year. I think I'll try again next year. I might be interested in joining a group depending on its size and what it visits along the way....See MoreHead out on the highway, daddy's little bikers ( warning cute pic
Comments (9)Always learning, I am feeling pretty good. Still having back and ligament problems but between meds and an enormous brace holding up my belly it isn't too bad. We have had several ultrasounds and at each one the baby has his legs crossed at the ankles with the cord in between his or her legs. So hoping that next month he will be more visible and we can see what we are having. Judy jay The oldest is Rhiannon it sounds out like this Ree-ann-on. We got it from a Fleetwood Mac song and Rhiannon is also a Celtic Goddess. Thanks for all the complements. I found a frame with a bike on it just like DH's even down to the saddle bags so took the pic and framed it for father's day. Stacie girlsingardens...See MoreDoes it ever scare you when...............
Comments (14)Moni, it worries me greatly when I know my daughter is riding her bike on public roads. In 2012 Pennsylvania passed a law that a vehicle cannot pass a bicyclist unless he can give 4 feet of space between him and the bicyclist. Ours is a heavily traveled road with a lot of bicycles. Bad enough when the driver ignores the law, but to be distracted, cell phone or whatever, along with ignoring the law is very scary. I even wait till there is no traffic in view before I ride my scooter to the mailbox at the end of the driveway. It is about 150 feet from an intersecting road. Many times daily I hear the screech of brakes as some inattentive driver suddenly becomes aware. I sit on my porch a lot watching traffic and know that many of them are obviously on a cell phone....See Morepianojuggler
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