2015 Suburban Farm Report #1

Cascade and Tettnang growing well, Columbus and Centennial not far behind

Cascade and Tettnang growing well, Columbus and Centennial not far behind

The second year Cascade (front left), Centennial (rear left), Tettnang (front right), and Columbus (rear right) are coming along well. I’m a little concerned on one of the cascade bines, as it broke when I was trying to get it to train on the horizontal rope. Hopefully it can repair itself.

Hop Plant Expansion

This year I expanded to a full-ish garden. I ordered a Chinook plant from Great Lakes Hops.

Repairs and Other Stuff

My garden is raised a little, but it is not holding up.  I need to replace the 2x6s I used to build it with something stronger and more able to hold up.

Repair Needed

Repair Needed Towards the Back

The rain hasn’t helped.  This is as of 5/16/16, so only half of May is reported.  As shown in the graph below,

Cincinnati Rainfall in 2016 for KLUK. Data as of May 16, 2016.

Cincinnati Rainfall in 2016 for KLUK. Data as of May 16, 2016.

Data source, Average source.

I want to get some Jalapeno plants started, but I’m running late (May has been a busy month).  We just had a cold snap here (as I’m typing this), so I’m okay with not getting them into the ground.  But it will need to happen soon.

Cheers!