Since they're a cooler weather vegie, I"d think sun after 12 would be fine? The fence sounds perfect for them!! :-)
OP Vegetable Seeds wanted
Do need jerusalem artichokes? I grew some of those this summer and could dig up some tubers for you. I have the variety that has purple tubers that are longer and thinner than the white tuber.
YES! (assuming they are edible) I've never seen a purple one. I love them in salads or sautéed and I have plenty of space for the tall flowers.
Alright, I'll dig some up for you this weekend and send them off in a bubble envelope. I'll let you know what the postage is after I send it off on monday.
Thanks! It will be fun to try them.
Sequee and BB... I got your seeds today!! I'll send postage back tomorrow. You guys are GREAT!
Don't worry about the postage.
Enjoy
I'll smack you upside the head if you do any such thing!!!
And she has REALLY long arms!
LOL
Hey what did Sequee send you? If it was squash, save some seed for me .
BB
Darius, have you posted the directions for your solar dryer anywhere? I need something more substantial than the cheesecloth/cardboard rig I had last year. Yuska
Yuska, I probably posted it somewhere but not in a thread I started so it would be dificult to find.
Essentially I built a plywood box on tall (maybe 36") legs. The back was a hinged door with a screened air gap of about an inch or so just below the top. Inside were wood "runners" on each side for the shelving which was fiberglas screening stapled to a wood frame. The front of the box had an air gap of about 3" at the bottom.
Then I built a shallow box painted black inside and out, maybe 3-4 inches deep that went at an angle of about 30º from the bottom front of the box down to the ground. I had a piece of window glass cut to fit the front of the shallow box. The optimum angle of the glass varies with your latitude so just play around with it.
For those not familiar with solar drying, the air in the shallow glass fronted box is heated, rises up by convection to the drying box, through all the trays of food picking up moisture, and exits at the top rear. I rotated the drying trays at least once a day. Later on, I found a great bargain on an Excalibur dehydrator at a yard sale and since it wasn't affected by wet and/or overcast days, I used it a lot more than my solar dryer. Alas, when I moved to an apartment, I sold both dryers since I had no garden and needed the money.
Thanks, darius. I didn't mean to hijack this thread, but I'll ask one more question on dehydrators. What about noise? I had a unit some years ago that I gave away because the sound drove me batty. It wasn't loud - but the monotonous drone was relentless.
Thanks for your well-written. description. I can sketch it out and ask a neighbor to help with construction.
I plan to order Yokohama squash from Baker Creek - there won't be many seeds but I can send a few. Yuska
BB, I'll save what I can for next year! Just have to be sure of lots of separation if there are 2 from the same kind. (they are not marked whether moschetta, pepito(?), etc. so I will have to look them up)
Yuska, my Excalibur was pretty quiet. Still sorry I sold it for $50! A cheap one I had earlier was noisy and soon bit the dust.