I've been trying to decide how to make the signage and finally just fell back on what I have used before, old vertical blinds. We had them in the house when we first bought the farm and it was one of the first things removed. The blinds are heavy plastic and meant to withstand UV being in the windows.

Just one blind was more than enough cut into sections. Name, type, year, and quantity planted. I also made a spreadsheet to keep track of the yearly planting numbers. I have just enough wood stakes for them all.

Finally out in the garden after 11am I had to build the box of the bed with the stringline.

It worked out perfectly that it's the same width as my landscaping rake.

Then a piece of the stringline pulled tight between flags gave us the line to plant each row in.

The first rows I made the holes with my fingers and it was a bit too spaced on the first row so only got 90 in.

The next rows all ended up with over 100 spots per. The boys put the cloves in the ground then went back and covered them over.

The signs got stapled to a stake which is at the head of each row. The 2nd row from the left is a half and half row of the types on ether side.

It was about 12:45 when we got the first bed planted with 508 cloves and 4 varieties.

We headed inside for food and a break. Walked in to see the Seahawks kicking ass. Curt didn't look too happy.

Stepped to the board for a minute and my first throw.... garbage afterwards.

We watched Humphries win the PDC tourney then headed back out to get the rest of the garlic in the ground. This time I figured out a tool to make the holes. The bottom of the sprinkler worked PERFECT and I WILL be making a roller to punch the holes for me next year.

It was only 40 minutes later and we had the 6 varieties all in the ground. Next was to cover the rows with a heaping mound of pine needles.

The first row was easy and filled in super nicely.

The second bed was a bit harder as I need to leave some space on the side to plant the other 3 varieties when they finally ship.

I ended up having the perfect amount of needles left that will cover the rest. I covered it well as the rain hit last night and is pounding this morning.

I have a waterproof case that I am setting up my Lora/mesh node in and got the antenna mounted. I need to get a port drilled for the solar wire to go in.

@stryeyz got the next batch going in the freeze dryer. 2 trays of peppers and 3 trays of celery.

It was about 7pm after having eaten dinner and I felt my face turning to pain. The left side of my jaw and around my ear began to hurt and grew into searing pain. It ended up being muscles that were super jacked and caused the nerves to go insane. It took a couple hours, ibuprofen, and a muscle relaxer for it to calm enough I could sleep. It still hurts this morning.

Woke up to it DUMPING rain which we have another couple hours of at least. Boys to school then will try to take it easier today to hopefully mellow the nerves. I have to pull the greenhouse rows to get it ready for winter, if the rain stops I can work on the electrical for the S19, and I'll be going over the farm checking the weather proofness of everything.

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