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Mar 5 • Winter Oasis Build
March 5 Journal Entry Zone 7b Tennessee
Not a lot to report today. In observation mode.
First sign of carrots popped through the ground as well as a couple more lettuce babies.
Spinach is looking good; sugar snap peas growing.
Watered to keep them damp until they are toddlers and can walk on their own.
Observing Water Flow.
Rain is coming Saturday.
The last heavy rain taught a useful lesson.
The good humus had already been moved into 2x4 framed boxes for spinach and lettuce, so the best material was protected and concentrated where it needed to be as beds on top of the clay base.
When this area was first shaped last year, a notch was made in the upper swale so when the water rose to a certain level for infiltration, it could spill out and move toward the garden space that now sits under the high tunnel.
During the last hard rain, the overflow came through the hoop house and carried straw across the clay where the humus had been scraped away. There was no real harm done although observation revealed the waters preferred path so my job is to guide so it does the greatest good and then guiding it back to the swale. Understanding the natural flow of incoming water will allow the water to be an asset rather than a problem.
Compost core is 138 degrees... slowing down on the third turn but still in the range needed. Lignin is breaking down in the hay making it mushier in spots so important to keep air flow.
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March 5 Journal Entry Zone 7b Tennessee
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