Spring chores almost finished

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The end is in sight , and soon it'll be just maintaining it all . Got all but about 10 feet of the new bottom "band" of chicken wire on the fence . I ran a steel wire this time to anchor the top of the chicken wire to . Gave me a more uniform space and I can run the bottom electric wire a lot closer . Should do a better job keeping the rabbits out . Other than the fence all I have left is a few more strips of black plastic (between rows) for weed/grass control . The plastic is working much better than straw mulch did to kill out the grasses , my biggest nemesis .

[T]

Whould you mind giving some more details on what plastic you used, how you prepared the ground, how you weighted the plastic down (we have winds up to 105 MPH at times), etc.?

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I tilled in some soil amendments per the county extension service soil analysis then immediately covered it with 4 mil black plastic from the hardware store . I did a section at a time and did my best to not step where I planned to plant . Row crops are getting strips , placed as/after the seeds sprout . I might not put plastic down where I just planted field peas (red rippers and purple hulls) since they both do an excellent job of smothering weeds . To keep it all in place I have been using some of the very numerous rocks that we have here . We don't get the winds you do , plus our little hollow and lots of trees help buffer the ground level winds . Another benefit to using plastic is that it keeps evaporation losses down , minimizing water consumption . I've modified my watering system for this year . I have the drip system installed and functional but right now I'm using an oscillating sprinkler - wherever the water puddles I'm poking small holes in the plastic to let the water seep into the soil . Both are fed from our well .

[T]

Thank you!