Sun!

Our friend Beth helping Cara plant onions.

We were joined today by Beth, a co-worker of Cara’s from Sperry’s.  With her help we got all of our onions in, plus some kale, lettuces, and raddichio.  We still haven’t figured out how we’re going to push water up here for the plants in dirt, but we can irrigate the drip irrigation under the plastic mulch off our basement well (so long as we do a little at a time).  It’s amazing what a full day of sunny weather does for morale.

This field drains so quickly that even with all the rain last week, we still need to water in our transplants. Lacking a water wheel transplanter, we improvised: A 100 gallon stock tank, some irrigation scraps, and a little trailer. It's an extra step, but it beats the heck out of a watering can!