What did you do in the garden today?

[Sill]

I got my first pump mounted and fired up, works great. The second tank however tossed a monkey wrench into the works as it decided to leak. *sigh*

So we've decided to go with a single tank design and a constant flow with bell siphons instead of a 15 minute on 45 minute ebb and flow with dual pumps. The single pump will still run 24-7 but that was going to happen with the water fall anyway. So this week I pull the leaky tank out and set it aside to become an 8x10 raised bed and I re-fence the original perimeter so that we can put cantaloupe and possibly watermelons in the sand with a trellis along the back 12 feet for a blackberry bush.

Wish us luck.

Oh no! Maybe you can find the leak?

 

[enola]

Today I looked out the window and admired all of the pretty ice clinging to the garden fence.

 

[RichnSteph]

Oh no! Maybe you can find the leak?

Sill I found the leak today. It's the bulkhead connector that runs to the drain and yes it's an easy fix but I'm already past fixing it and have moved towards the single tank set up that we originally started with. I'm well on the way to getting this thing running and we've decided to keep the second tank for later on if we need more water (unlikely) or to cut 2" holes in the bottom of it and use it as a rather large raised bed for other veggies in the future. Heck it might get set in the ground and used as a contained blackberry or blueberry bush planter. An 8x10 blueberry patch would be a nice little addition to the garden and since I can put a hoop green house over it it might produce well. Trust me in that it'll get used somewhere to grow something yummy.

 

[Sill]

Sill I found the leak today. It's the bulkhead connector that runs to the drain and yes it's an easy fix but I'm already past fixing it and have moved towards the single tank set up that we originally started with. I'm well on the way to getting this thing running and we've decided to keep the second tank for later on if we need more water (unlikely) or to cut 2" holes in the bottom of it and use it as a rather large raised bed for other veggies in the future. Heck it might get set in the ground and used as a contained blackberry or blueberry bush planter. An 8x10 blueberry patch would be a nice little addition to the garden and since I can put a hoop green house over it it might produce well. Trust me in that it'll get used somewhere to grow something yummy.

At least you can use it for something.

 

[Amberjem]

welp got somemore jasmin transplanted into the ground, did some strawberry starts and fiddled around cleaning up the yard n such..have a bazillion bulbs I need to dig holes for and get planted......and set up a trellis by my bedroom window to transplant one of the jasmines by my bedroom window...hoping to beable to smell it when windows are open when weathers warmer started some seedlings and been cleaning up the greenhouse getting it ready to start trays of seeds and stuff

 

[hennible]

Bulb planters are pretty handy... I use mine a bit but prefer my tree planting shovel.

 

[jerrey]

Bulb planters are pretty handy... I use mine a bit but prefer my tree planting shovel.

well it is nice to hear someone is planting we have snow on the ground

 

[hennible]

Me too... Lots...
I'll just live vicariously through amberjem for the next 2 1/2 months lol

 

[Amberjem]

Me too... Lots...
I'll just live vicariously through amberjem for the next 2 1/2 months lol

lol heck get your buns here and help lol..I just want to blink my eyes and make the ivy all go away pls pls pls

 

[alldembirds]

oop i have my first cauliflower and cabbage finally sprouting indoors getting ready for some planting.