Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

interesting to note, i have one of those laser thermometers used for
cooking - so in half a second you can see what temp your pan is before
you drop an egg in, etc

about 90 days ago on a day when it was 100+ outside i decided to see how
hot the dirt in my backyard was

165.8 degrees was the temp of the soil. some sand in a fire pit
measured out to 170.

here's a link to the picture uploaded on photobucket. they say seeing
is believing and i know i could hardly believe it when i saw how HOT the
dirt gets on a hot day!!!! (the thermometer is accurate to 1/2 a degree
Fahrenheit)
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m561/EBB_Amps/DSCN2835_zps1d3aab2e.jpg

i bought some shade screening after that, tomatoes doing much better now

On 8/14/2013 8:45 PM, marg albrit wrote:
>
> I was able to have tomato's for the first time since I moved to Texas
> a few beets and lettuce I'm counting that as a success and my tomato
> plants have a whole new burst of blossoms, I'm a transplanted
> Michigander where the dirt is black and sweet, Muck fields in all
> directions and it has been a real shock to my system down here, but
> the Mittleider System works, I only did a 4X6 box because I was kind
> unsure of the success I'm getting ready to plant fall crops don't know
> what to plant but I'm ready.
>
> Margaret and David Albright
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> the old number has been disconnected.
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