Today I got in a good 2+ hours of morning work at the comm garden. Before I called it quits I weeded 4 rows and got weed mat down on 3 of them. Plus, I got the first row trellised with Florida weave. The poles are 8ft "2x1" wood poles/lumber from home depot; about a buck each. These are pretty much the cheapest 8 ft pole you can get. I trimmed one end to sharpen it a bit for driving, then marked each 10 inches and put in wood screws for twine tying. I tried to get each stake in ~10 inches deep. Only got twine up to the first 2 levels yet. I hope these poles are in deep enough to stay up...
I still haven't really weeded row 6 at all, and row 5 just around the tomatoes a bit. It's just a lot to weed at once. But at least things are starting to get under control. Also I found some potato beetle larvae on a few plants, which I picked off. Pics: before & after; first fruit set. (BFT).
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