Another cold night... one more 4x8 box filled...

I'm done filling another 4x8 box with Mel's Mix! Just got it done before darkness set in...

Tomorrow I will plant the rest of my Romas!!! They will be so excited to get out of their cardboard box!

Covered up my precious plants... The next fews days/nights will be on the cooler side. Tonight is supposed to get down to 42 degrees... so I covered up most of my beds.... just to be safe...

I have to take a picture of my garden all covered up from the 2nd floor window... tomorrow! You've got to see how cool it looks!

I put down cardboard in the isles that are missing mulch. The mud was just awful!

My first little radish, view of the whole garden

My first little Radish... it's so exciting!

Here it is... my very first itty bitty radish... plucked a little early... just to see...

I've squeezed radishes in all over my garden because my husband LOVES THEM!

So.. I've planted them around the outer edges of my 4x4 filled with corn... and in the squares surrounding my giant pumpkin plant... and wherever there's an empty spot!

Shivery... cold..

It's been cold here during the night... in the 30's & low 40's... so I've covered most of my beds. Looks like a pretty serious operation here...

View of the whole garden

From the 2nd floor window of our new home that we're NOT living in yet...

(more about that here: my house building blog),

I took a picture of the whole garden. Keep in mind that this is new construction... NO landscaping has been done!

Featuring...

10 - 4x4 raised beds

5 - 4x8 raised beds

Eventually, I have have landscape fabric isles covered with cedar mulch...

Planted some more...

I planted in the morning...

3 more Roma

some basil

cilantro

radishes

scallions

1 Giant Pumpkin plant in it's very own 2x2 bed

After supper I watered my beds and covered my precious tomato plants.

As I walked around my 7 beds, I couldn't believe how much my onions, peas, & green beans had come up since the morning!

Sprouting!

Didn't get to spend much time in my garden today... Had too many errands to do with hubby.

Today's Sprout Report...

-Bush beans are beginning to poke up!

-A few potatoes are up

-Wando Peas are poking thru

Vining Tomatoes

My vining tomatoes got wind burn or frost bite the other night. They look pretty sad, but I think that they'll make it thru!

Put to bed for the night

My 4x4 beds that have tomatoes in them are all covered up for the night. I made the dome covers from Mel's book.

Aaron's Gigantic Pumpkin Bed

My son Aaron (age 11) and I made a small 2x2 bed out of scrap lumber and got it all filled with Mel's Mix. The bed is going in front of some trees, don't worry it'll still get lots of sun! Will be making a trellis for this box... the mosquitoes chased us home. In Aaron's sage wisdom, he said to me... "That's what tomorrow's for..."

I'm up to 5 4x4 boxes, 1 4x8 box

Finished mixing the enought Mel's Mix for my 4x8 box. I plan to plant Romas in my new 4x8 box.

Some of my plant go a little frost bite last night... sigh... I didn't think that it got that cold! So today, my sweet husband pounded 24" rebar into the corners of 2 of my 4x4 boxes (the one with the tomatoes), I then put my 1/2" PVC dome thingies on covered with clear plastic.

I had to use rebar because of the strong winds we get here in Wyoming. Will post a pic tomorrow.

Wind again... I tried Mel's dome cover

I can't believe this wind! I had to cover up my 4 boxes again tonight.

I tried making the dome covers that Mel talks about in his new book(page 71). I bought some 10' 1/2" PVC tubing. Made a dome. Connected it at the top with a plastic thingy. I even had the great idea to make clips to use to attach the plastic sheeting!

We're at the plumbing stage in building our new home. So, I grabbed a small piece of pex tubing and cut some small pieces then cut them open with tin snips... this allowed me to create a "C" clip to go onto the 1/2" PVC.

Then I went to attach the plastic sheeting while the wind was whirling around me. Guess what? The whole dome thingy took off like a kite.

I'm thinking about drilling holes in the PVC at the base, then screwing the PVC to the box... I'm wondering if that will make it strong enough to stand up to this Wyoming wind????

I may even try the covered wagon style of cover (see page 76 in Mel's new book). But I think that the dome structure is the stronger structure... what are your thoughts?