Running out of time in 2026 to get things done, namely the high tunnel. I’m waiting on a good cool down to do some things. We had huge rains a couple of months ago. The good news? It washed away all the ticks. The bad news, it made ten times as many seed ticks hatch….
So rare most of the year here in the Ozarks where cool and warm fronts battle it out to see who’ll win. I always have something that would be best done without 20-40 mph gusts. Today’s low wind task is to lay black plastic sheeting down where I want to kill off the grass for…
Not growing much this year and what I am growing tend to be low maintenance like root crops. Might grow a cherry tomato plant or two and some peppers, Shishito and Korean Red. The high tunnel is still just a poly film roof, no ends, no sides. Got a ton of work to do to…
Before I found out about the CBW controllers, I programmed a Unitronics V120 industrial PLC to be an irrigation controller but a very manual controller. Power it up and enter how many minutes you want the pump relay on for and hit Run. When it ends, hit Run and it will run for that same…
Found this on an electrical discussion forum and later in an installation manual for a linear actuator which is what I’ll be using to open and close gable vents and possibly sides of the tunnel. The set up uses two SPDT relays to reverse polarity on a DC motor so it can spin in either…
I’ve got more 1/4″ drip tubing on the way but worked with what I have to add a single line each for the two new beds I just added and seeded with bush beans, cucumbers, mini watermelon and squash. The unfinished high tunnel has stayed moist due to all the rain we’ve had and the…
