Bamboo hoops supporting thin plastic sheeting haven't been exactly pretty, but they are effective. We had a lovely dinner last night based on greens harvested from these hoops.
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| Tuscan kale and purple mustard under plastic cover |
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| Tuscan kale and purple mustard |
Probably they'd been fine without any cover, especially the Tuscan kale, but I'd transplanted them late from the cold frame flat.
And, I was worried about an errant woodchuck (maybe emerging on a warm day?) or one of the young deer coming in from the powerline corridor munching through these in a flash. At least the plastic tucked around these plants kept the herbivores out!
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| Cold frame with leeks, lettuce, and greens (barricaded against squirrels, etc.) |
My musing about woodchucks led me to a search that found
this post, by naturalist Marcia Bonta, that related a finding that woodchucks don't actually hibernate in South Carolina, according to a researcher at Clemson University. Hmm, that's where I work (and live nearby). So I wasn't that far off in my (perhaps) concern. Yikes!
Woodchuck...hmm, think I need to research about this critter.
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