Before I get to why I've made my peace with the rains...I'd share the embarrassingly curt and curtly embarrassing email MBF sent me.
"
heart·rend·ing
adjective
causing or expressing intense
Cucumber roots doing that to you? ;-) "
So obviously, with ears 'fuchsia pink' (expression borrowed, not mine) and a soiled foot in my mouth I wish to amend my feelings for the cucumber roots from the above to exuberantly ebullient. Peace.
As far, as the soiled foot goes...lunch time today again found me, at the soggy farmland of my aged friend. His son (who actually does the running around, to get the farms and the poly-houses going) was also present and who got really interested in hydroponics and in my small steps in that direction.. He has promised to pay me a visit tomorrow. He was also kind enough to allow me to help myself to another piece of discarded poly-film to cover the last bit of my greenhouse of sorts. A little further up the highway, I also purchased some shade net for the sides of the greenhouse. And so,
with everything finally in place,
I'm quite alright
if it rains hard or light, day and night.
Early this morning I saw a chilly 'squashed' (pun intended). The golden yellow squash (or golden yellow zucchini for some), like the others has decided to strive for the skies while also building on bulk. Its resultant fall landed on the adjacent hapless chilly, which just about survived. This prompted me into building some sort of a support system for all the plants...like 'somebody to lean on'.
And the cucumber literally grabbed the twine with at least one of its hands!
It's also good to see the smaller plants in the NFT system, doing well.
Next, I intend to install a couple of additional NFT systems, dedicated primarily to Swiss Chard, Lettuce and Spinach. I also want to carry out a little experiment on the side. An experiment to coax the unyielding seeds of Rosemary, Parsley and Asparagus, which never germinated. More on that in the later posts.
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