First year overhead trellising with PVC hoop structure and Amazon Pea trellis netting. Did not produce flush enough to create desired canopy effect. Low soil fertility likely the culprit. Improving organic content will help maximize watering.

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Here we are in June, harvesting beautiful heads of Cauliflower.

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Claremont Market Shares.  130 pounds.  34 bunches of Carrots, 34 bags of Lettuce mix, 34 pounds of Blood Oranges.

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GroBuckets ready to go.

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I was really looking forward to getting started early on some summer crops, things seemed to be going well.  Then the frost hit, leaving in it’s wake devastated basil and tomato seedlings. There’s no recovering from that.  Seeded two more flats, along with another round of tomatoes.

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It took me four years, but I finally got around to cleaning my dad’s last papalo seed harvest.  Gotta see how viable it still is.  Here’s hoping.

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