I went out to the garden this morning to find that all the leaves on the new baby garbanzo plants had been completely munched. Not sure if it was the quail or something else like insects. (I’d made cute little scarecrows out of old CDs, but they haven’t deterred the quail.)

So today, Brad built the first of our mini-hoophouses. This idea came from our friend Edwin. Here is a marvelous post on how to make these as well as some of the challenges of farming here. Because this design is round and low to the ground, it is relatively wind-resistant, an important consideration here.

Oh, and yes, this is another bed. We harvested the first round of garlic and replanted the bed with garbanzos.

In the meantime, the tomatoes are thriving, and there is more lettuce and tat soi than we can eat. It is lush and delicious.