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Friday, June 05, 2009 pumpkinJesus The bottom of New Jersey

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Looks pretty neat, doesn't it? It stayed this way for about one hour, then it got windy and I quickly discovered that there wasn't enough supporting the row cover (especially around the edges) and it started getting holes poked in it by my support poles. So, it is back to the drawing board with my elevated row cover design! I had to take it off before it got completely destroyed, so now I think I will make smaller tents like I did last year and try some different strategies for dealing with the insects later in the summer. I can guarantee you that you haven't seen the last of my wacky ideas! I still think this will work with more supporting the row cover, but at this point I have to put off any new pumpkin patch construction until 2010. Hopefully, I will live and learn. Inside the tent was a very neat place to be for the short time that it survived.
 



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