Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 6 Entries. Friday, April 5 View Page Let's see how long I can keep up with entries this year before I get too busy. A little behind with this weather forecast. I need two or three good drying days before I can plow and till. It's going to be cutting it close next week.   Saturday, April 6 View Page I rotate between two main patches, so I'll be back in the western one this year. The last time I grew in it (2022 season), I planted winter rye in the fall of 22 after cleaning plants out, but didn't plow before tilling. I'm not sure how much that affected things, but we ended up in a drought here last year, so when I went to plow the rye, the ground was rock hard. The summer cover crop did ok, but the ground was still hard, without much rain. So.... tried to tear it up a bit with a mini excavator, filled the trenches in with leaf compost, then plowed perpendicular to the trenches and reseeded.   Sunday, April 7 View Page In addition to rotating patches, I also try to move around the planting locations within the plot. This is the spring 2020 aerial view , with the 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022 planting locations color coded. I'm overdue to grow from the outside to the inside (N-S, and S-N). This will allow me to phase in my tilling this time.   Monday, April 8 View Page Plowed   Tuesday, April 9 View Page Heating cables in, plugged in, and plastic down. The plastic should buy me a little time to get the little greenhouses patched up.   Wednesday, May 1 View Page Plants are in about normal time, not that great looking compared to previous years, hopefully things will turn around eventually. Mowed down the cover crop right after I took the pic, I'll probably have to mow a few more times before the plants outgrow the huts.