EVERYTHING I do in the garden, yard, barn, pastures goes through the 'Is there an easier way to do this?' filter.
And I'm finding that the answer from a few years ago often doesn't apply anymore & I have to find an easier way.
the gears are always turning in my head on how to improve and simplify what is done both in the garden and on the property. as @canesisters mentioned ideas from a couple years dont work as well now...so time to do some re-engineering. some are a simple redesign some are a trial and error to find that perfect design....yup still working on quite a few of them..
@Ridgerunner talks about where he needs to be in that Halfway thread. We can't control it ... weather, climate ... least of all, the movement of the Earth .
About the best is for me to pay attention. I have my heavier summer shirt for the day. I know where the chambray long sleeve shirt is so I can use it if needed, during this not normal midsummer weather. I'm planning on taking advantage of some roofs but still being outdoors ... and, that is only for today.
Tomorrow! I will be putting more bok choy seed in the ground. (Find the seed!) I can't know if they are for transplants to the winter greenhouse or for October stir-fries! Who cares!?? Well, I do ... I had February stir-fries last winter but missed out on those for December. October isn't much of a trick .
Timing. Adjust and adapt ... Eeeevolve with the seasons and the years.
The bok choy for the fall is getting to be a cinch . This is an early August sowing and most are ready to harvest. These are in the bed behind the greenhouse and some couldn't dodge the slugs but, most did!
Now, I'm still hoping for a few more nice days so my mid-August sowing of bok choy is big enuf to move into the greenhouse for the winter. I think it will be .
Seeing how orach would handle an August sowing didn't work out so well ... the photographic setting didn't work out so well, either but ...
Yeah, these are 3 small plants and wanting to bolt to seed. There were just a few more from all the seed I put out there . They didn't want to germinate in all the mid-summer heat. I won't show you what it did (or didn't do) for the spinach.
Here's what I protected from the heat by sowing in the shade of the corn. I tried this last year and it may have worked better for the cilantro, and yes, there is some dill sown in with them . Now, the earliest planting of corn has been cut down and they are in full sun. Only these plants have grown very much, however. They all had better hurry up! I'm only gonna have ripe tomatoes coming out of the garden for a few more days!