
Right now I'm not tired. I'm TIRED!
Not really that tired. I think this damp and dreary weather just wears on you, after a bit. Nothing too exciting going on here, but I did clean up the
Shishkaberry X Sour Lime OG and I can share some horrible after dusk photos of the outdoor mess.
A fox (most likely) got a chicken, last night or this morning

. Could have been a bobcat, coyote or dog. We had raccoons get into our ducks years ago. They just ate the heads and left the bodies where they killed them. Whatever this was left a trail of feathers around the pond and into the woods. She was a friendly one. The coop and run are predator proof. The coop has an automatic door, but I have to close the door to the run after they free range. I worked outside until dark, last night, and didn't even think to shut the door to the run. Either she didn't make it into the coop before the auto door closed (very rarely happens) or it was waiting on them when the door opened this morning. I need to get a game cam and try to see what's snooping around.
I was later than planned topping these and did that Thursday (4 days ago), I think. The one on the left is about 5" taller. After some defoliating and training, I sat the one on the right on top of a cake carrier to level them up.
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If you look at the one on the right, you might notice some white powder. I wiped it off after taking the photo. I believe it was residue from a foliar misting of cal mag.
I still have a lot of work to do outside, but plants are in the ground for a full week, as of today. You can't tell much from these photos, but on the
To Do List are:
- Clean up and finish applying landscaping cloth
- Decide whether to mulch or use gravel
- Set posts for trellising tomatoes
- Build stand for a couple of IBC totes (purchased material today)
- Get my first compost tea of the season brewing (maybe tomorrow, if it rains as much as they're calling for and I can't work on anything else after work)
- Finish planting veggies
- I'm thinking about sinking some 4X4 posts that I can use to attach screens for the plants to grow through. Plus, attach some cattle panel arches (maybe with a ridge pole) to make a couple of those mini high tunnel frames. Something that I can run some greenhouse plastic over for rain protection late in flower. Maybe even trellis from using yoyos similar to what @Bandit420 recently shared using in his grow room. Similar to the cucumber trellis arch below, but wider and with the cattle panel attached to some kind of top plate on top of 4X4 posts. Possibly, with a ridge pole. Tall enough to easily walk under when not covered with plastic sheeting.
Like I said, it's a mess:
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I temporarily attached a power cord to the free veg light with wire nuts to see if it worked. It was much brighter than I was expecting. I guess the lens on the cell phone camera adjusts so that it doesn't appear bright. This was good, because it made it easy to see the diodes. I don't see any that aren't working. I'm going to hunt up a low voltage controller (WiFi would be sweet) or just a manual dimmer dial pot, if I don't find what I'm looking for cheapish. I may try to veg under this light or I could set it up for starting flowers and vegetables. Not sure what to do yet.
I guess it could be interesting to hang it and see what kind of readings I get using the Photone app. Not sure if I mentioned this, but that diffuser to use with the app finally came in. I should take some readings with the purchased diffuser the paper diffuser, for comparison. I don't know the weight or brightness of the paper one, though.