...they need water (as does everything but first things first). Will had used the big sprinkler on the tripod for half of the beans-one side of the garden. But when I went out this morning to continue the drill; move the sprinkler move the sprinkler etc. I was face with a dilemma: i can't put the sprinkler on the beans that are in between two tomato rows...low beans - tall tomatoes - what now? So I decided to thread a flat drip hose through the beans - what a mess. you can hardly walk in there...geez! a week ago, no problem. Now it is a veritable jungle. But I got it done. and moved it down too. Alas - i think Will is pulling out the big guns tomorrow - pump and pond hoses. It was still the right thing to do. By Friday, there will be many a noble soul out there picking yellow beans...
you know - sometimes I'm out there in the morning and faced with something like this - and I'm dragging hose and bending over and trying to stuff the hose underneath the plants and there are tomato runners in my face and I think - 'I just can't do this'...but that's just not a choice. That's ok..I spent an hour weeding my new little permanent herb bed afterwards and that just felt so do-able.
...they need water (as does everything but first things first). Will had used the big sprinkler on the tripod for half of the beans-one side of the garden. But when I went out this morning to continue the drill; move the sprinkler move the sprinkler etc. I was face with a dilemma: i can't put the sprinkler on the beans that are in between two tomato rows...low beans - tall tomatoes - what now? So I decided to thread a flat drip hose through the beans - what a mess. you can hardly walk in there...geez! a week ago, no problem. Now it is a veritable jungle. But I got it done. and moved it down too. Alas - i think Will is pulling out the big guns tomorrow - pump and pond hoses. It was still the right thing to do. By Friday, there will be many a noble soul out there picking yellow beans...
I wish you a good harvest to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! We were dragging/shoving drip tape under some giant zucchini plants the other day as it started pouring down raining on us while also trying to weed this vine that keeps attempting to take over the garden. And those plants were tearing my arms up and we were both like... Ugh what are we doing... Are we nuts?? Glad to hear you have your moments too :)
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