irrigation! and plantings

After some research last week, (pulling up hose, poking holes, etc.), it was deemed the flat hose should be replaced with round hose.

Claire got 2 25' lengths of hose and Andrea and I installed it snaking around the existing plants and moving the other hose too. We used the staples, but did not bury it.

The new lengths are on the east hosebib only. They water less than the hose closer to the source so we might make another split on the bib and install some plain hose to the new and disconnect it from the old. make sense?

The west hosebib over waters the back right plot so we have to try to water slower and longer.

Constantine and I, separately have the idea that the back left plot and back right border areas could be used for digging in composting method.

PLANTINGS new and surprising

back right has some cabbage/broccoli things, a tomato, flowers and some zucchini and/or cukes

red lettuce is supposed to produce all season so don't take it out by the roots.

some green chiles were put in middle left and some parsley is coming up there too.

tomatoes: sweet 100s, heirloom (zebra stripe, goliath, black/purple something), romas and others?

we have been taking out the cover crop, hairy vetch, in places where it is overgrowing and letting it dry and then crumbling it up as mulch. who knows if this is preserving the benefits. digging it in would def. work.

marie