Planning for Fall. What? I haven’t had Summer yet!

Today I spent the better part of the day in my high tunnel getting ready for fall.  Yep, that's right.  It was 90+ outside and I am thinking about fall.  I started my trays that you see above with great dreams of fresh cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and broccoli to last me through the cold winter months ahead.  Some may think I am a bit late to get them going but with the high tunnel for protection, I will be just fine.

In addition to starting the trays I performed some much needed maintenance on my tomato plants in hopes to keep them going as long as possible.  I actually went through and pulled several that were not doing well so that I can concentrate on the healthy ones.  As you can see, this guy does not look so good.  It took me nearly 4 hours to get through 2 rows of tomatoes.

As you can see here, when I was done, it was all worth it.  Much better airflow and cleaned up all the dead leaves.  Now on to planting radishes.

If you are already into gardening, I am sure that you have heard of the Jang seeder.  If you have not, you need to look it up.  It is amazing and saves me a ton of time,  A bit on the pricey side, but worth every penny.  I will show you how to load the seed plates below.  You need a specific size for each seed that you are going to plant.  Today, I am doing radishes.

The first thing that you do is remove the cotter pin holding the main shaft in place.  Next slip the shaft out.

Next, unscrew the white button screw.  This will allow the entire cartridge to open up and you can remove the seed plate that is already installed so you can put the correct one for radish seeds in.  I had a bean seed plate already in it as I planted beans last week.

Bean out and radish in.

Now just put it all back together and get your seed.  

I am planting "Easter Egg" from Johnny's.  I get a lot of my seeds from there.  They are located in Maine, but ship very fast.  I actually bought the Jang seeder from them also, as well as the row rake that you see below.

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Add the seed, put on the lid, and the entire piece is ready to go into the Jang.

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It just slips into the metal frame and snaps in place.  Easy as pie.  There are also gears that can be adjusted, but I generally don't mess with those.  Just leave them the same for each plant.  Now, we are ready to mark our rows.  I already have the bed prepared.

This is the row marker I was referring to above.  You slide the red pieces of pipe over the teeth to mark where your rows go.  Just drag it along and walla, it's done.

Next, just drive the Jang up and down each row and your planting is finished my friend.  Plants and covers all at the same time.  I planted six rows of radishes in about 5 minutes.

The finished bed.  Fresh radishes in about a month.  Now off to check the cows.

Sandy loves to ride the Mule with me.  It's kinda awkward though cause she wants to be right under my legs.  The bigger she gets, the harder it is.  We are going to have to come up with a new arrangement soon.  By the way, notice my stylish cowboy boots.

You can't get a prettier picture to end the day with than this.   Happy Gardening!