Today I made the cuke box chimney [cage]. The sheet of concrete wire mesh was 42 x 84 inches long not 72 inches long like I thought. The wire mesh squares were 6 x 6 inches giving me seven rows on the width. So I decided to make an octagon chimney for the cuke box. I used the full sheet of wire mesh. I clipped off the wire that goes between the vertical row clipping up enough to have eighteen inches of legs to push into the container mix. I took my big plumbers pliers and folded the horizontal bands to pretty close to a 45 degree angle. I then had some wire mesh left that I cut into nine inch lengths. I then folded the ends of the rods giving me a six inch distance to each fold. Then I just connected them to each end of the octagon chimney crimping them into place which gave me my eight side. Just slid it into the container and done. The height of the chimney is about 5 foot 10 inches from the container mix to the top of the chimney.  Should be high enough for the cukes. Total cost of the chimney $9.00. A sheet of concrete wire mesh 42 x 84 inches is $8.97. So each one of the smaller chimney I made cost $3,00 each.

The cukes I transplanted yesterday perked up and are standing tall today. See how long they last.

Having some of the red leaf lettuce in my salad tonight. Washed it off real good with the hose that I have on the deck and inspected it real good. I had some salad the other night and when I had finished there was a green bug crawling in the bowl. I washed the greens at the kitchen sink too. I will make sure I inspect the stuff from the garden real good from now on.