Hello, Hive Gardeners! ๐จโ๐พ๐๐ท
This is my fifth post this year in the Hive Garden community.
An occasional photo blog about what I do in the fields and what I am learning about agriculture. The most important thing I have realized so far is that I don't know much about the land, so I am constantly learning.
The last post was a month ago, when we started with the first harvest.
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@seckorama/field-update-first-harvests
Now the annual growing season continues. We started harvesting crops, and after ten days, it rained again, allowing the plants to recover after the first drought.
And everything started blooming and growing again, including weeds.
Then, sometime in mid-July, we went back to the seaside for 10 days. That's when I first thought that I should have some irrigation system, at least for the plants under the canopy.
Tomatoes never grew well for us, so I made an improvised roof to see if there would be any changes.
Now, however, the tomatoes under the roof need to be watered regularly, even when it rains.
So I bought something at the local Hofer store. A solar irrigation system for 20 plants. That's precisely how many I have under the canopy :)
I've never used something like this before, but you never know until you try :)
Solar cell, timer, electric motor, water pump, plastic pipe, and connectors.
The installation was simple: I placed the solar cell on the water tank and lowered the pump into the tank. Most of the work involved the water pipe because I had to measure it and then cut it to fit each plant individually.
I set the timer to water for 10 minutes at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every 12 hours. It works!
And we went back to the seaside for 10 days. Lazing on the beach, beer, and food :)
We returned home six days ago. As usual, it's a jungle in the field.
The irrigation system is working.
We harvested some crops that had grown in ten days. I must admit that green beans are the most suitable and rewarding vegetable for this soil. My wife and I harvested five kilograms of them, along with some cucumbers, eggplants, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes.
Potatoes were supposed to be planted here. Because the potato plants became sick and died, weeds overtook them.
Immediate action!
I had to mow first so we could even see where it was.
I should wait for the mowed weeds to dry and then rake them away, but the weather forecast predicts heavy rain and storms.
So my wife and I went to harvest potatoes the other day because it's impossible to do so in soggy soil. If it stays wet for too long, everything will rot.
The potatoes aren't huge, and there weren't many of them - another poor harvest. Usually, there was enough for the entire season, but now I'm not sure if there will be enough for half the season.
Luckily, Atos protects our crops :)
We picked half of it, but then it started raining. It only stopped raining yesterday. We plan to go to the seaside again, but now we have to wait for the ground to dry out a little so we can continue and finish this.
But I haven't mentioned my pumpkins yet!
Four seedlings have grown into a very lush field.
I'm taking part in the Hive Pumpkin World Championship organised by @der-prophet and @hive-world-champ. They will be interested in what is happening with it.
More on this next time. ๐
Thanks for your attention!
My fieldwork this year
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@seckorama/work-in-the-field-begining
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@seckorama/work-in-the-field-potatoes
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@seckorama/field-update-everything-grows
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@seckorama/field-update-first-harvests
I wish all gardeners the best possible harvest!
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