Good morning everyone. Well I broke my own rule this year and paid a pretty price for it. An old man told me a few years ago that he doesnt plant until after april 15 no matter what and the last two years I have had to get that head start and planted early and of course we had late freezes and i got a little set back. So this year I told myself " Not until after the 15" but just 2 days early I couldnt help it and spent the 13th and 14th planting almost 300 tomato plants. Then wouldnt you know it the 15th brings 60 mph winds and I have no wind block. I have black plastic buckets around them for watering, heat absortion, and as a wind block but they were no match for the wind. I now have buckets blown all across our wheat field and lost quite a few plants. Luckily I still have about 900 to put out. On top of that my grandma left the garage door open and the dog went into where I have been keeping my Ameraucana chicks that I had just hatched and knocked over their tub and ate 19 out of 20. Talk about sad and angry.
