Maybe this is a case if "the grass is always greener on the other side", but I'm definitely a but jealous in return, haha. Raised beds with room to expand sounds like a dream.
Sorry to hear about the troubles with the deer and raspberries, but I guess such is nature ๐
Thank you kind stranger ๐
Good question. My drippers are all pressure-compensating, I have no experience with the variable ones (instead just bought 3 different kinds). The past 3 years, I'd say they were pretty consistent, but I have noticed this year that they seem to differ by quite a bit in how much they drip. My explanation was that since we have really hard water here, they might be starting to calcify or something.
Sorry to hear about the variable ones though. That sounds really frustrating :(
Maybe we should both invest in a water counter thingy? ๐
Thank you, I appreciate the explanation! Have never had in lain out like that before. This actually explains the source of my confusion as well:
In German, there is a strict separation between what is meant by "Paprika" and "Chilli". Above, you said you have lots of pepper varieties in stores, and then listed both things like bell peppers, which are Paprika here, and lots of Chilli varieties. In German, it would just be wrong to call e.g. a habanero fruit "Paprika", or a bell pepper "Chilli", and I think that's were my hesitation comes from: I always feel like I'd be misunderstood if I just say "pepper" ๐
So, just for clarification: everything in the trellised beds are sweet, non-hot peppers.
Haha, thanks, I'd say they're more of an necessity though ๐
Most prolific is usually the sweet peppers. There's 24 plants (3 kinds in total), and they seem to really love getting baked in the sun here. I think they might be the only plants we have that actively like how intensely the stones heat up.
Favorite plant: we buy a jew Wasabi plant every year, always with the intention of "then we can finally harvest the oldest one!", but they look so nice and we feel bad for them and never do ๐ญ
How about yourself?
Oh no... Well, you're certainly more careful than myself. I meant it in the title, it's a gamble. Last year I also could have planted out in April, but was cautious and waited for mid May. This year... Well. Let's hope climate change is for once good for something /s
Thanks :) Ah, you mean this one?
I built that last year specifically for our paprika (capsicum? never sure what the English word is. Web search says "pointed peppers"? Not hot though).
The previous years, every time around August the twigs would be full of large, heavy, but unripe fruit. Inevitably, we'd get windy weather and a third of the twigs would break off. The soil in those pots is not very deep (15cm, ca), so the trellis needed to be able to stand on its own. I really like the outcome, no breakage last year :)
The original idea came from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWNV1V0x3o, adapted for our situation. The twigs end up kind of laying atop the supports.
Oh, and throwing a plastic foil over it in February/March also worked quite nicely to create a make-shift coldframe!
Very nice! Yeah I think you can do a lot with limited space. Ours also for sure isn't as full as it could technically be. Have you upgraded to a "proper" garden then, I take it? ๐
No maybe just active poisons.
But again: I know this is unrealistic.
Well then.. compliments to your sister for the choice.
Wait, so the printer chose you?
AccuWeather has a monthly view on the website. I'm sure it's flawed. But good enough to make me gamble!