Since my last post, the windy weather has continued. As you might have guessed by the title of this chapter, Mario is in trouble! On Sunday I went up to the roof to find that the wind had completely blown off the top half of the pepper plant - all the leaves were gone, and the stalk was broken. Now the pepper plant is covered with half an empty juice bottle to protect it from the wind, although I fear it is too late.
The epazote seems to be doing well still - I think I need to eat it, so I should probably make some beans soon....or maybe Maria can teach me what to do with it. With everything else, it's hard to tell. Hopefully things will improve...
But this weekend I did some thinking about wind protection, and then made another trip to the hardware store. I told the man at the lumber yard about my project, and he suggested I get some 3/4 inch plywood to use to build wind barriers for my plants. I bought an entire sheet, which was about 23 dollars I think, and had it cut into 6 pieces (1 dollar per cut x 3 cuts). Then I carried all the plywood to the car and drove it home. I also bought some nails.
Meanwhile, another friend gave me the idea of using leftover juice or soda bottles to protect small plants. I am trying this for the pepper, and might try this more with future plants too.
In the past two days there were two positive developments. The kale I planted indoors has poked up above the soil, and it seems to be doing well. It looks like almost all of the seeds we planted have germinated, so that's a good sign. Pretty soon I'll have lots of baby dino kale plants! The other positive development was a bit of rain yesterday. While the weather wasn't that nice, it was great for the garden, and I didn't even have to water.
Today I finally used the plywood and nails, but I will save that for the next chapter!
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