From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...   
   > Well, when I look back on how dismal my results were, I   
   > am a bit shocked that I have gotten to successful now that   
   > I have had to cut back by 1/2 this next year on what I plant   
   > because I can't physically keep up with it.  My freezer is   
   > still packed with frozen vegis that I wonder if I will have   
   > eaten before my new crop comes it.   
      
     good to hear!  :)  i am contemplating not planting   
   red peppers this year because i have so many jars   
   still in the freezer from last year.  i need to start   
   eating them more often, but my problem is that i   
   just forget they are up there to begin with.  i'm   
   not usually someone who eats from the freezer that   
   often.  i hardly ever even open it.   
      
      
   > Last year what the first year I gave away produce. It was   
   > a proud moment and a rite of passage of sorts.   
      
     :)   
      
      
   > Water cost was never really an issue as I use a watering   
   > wand and only spot water.   
   >   
   > As far a ground cover goes, I have yet to get purslane to   
   > cover the open spaces.  Right now, my whole back yard is   
   > green with weeds, mostly the grass that would not grow when   
   > it was a lawn and some wild carrot.  I have a bunch of   
   > vinegar waiting to spray everything, but it keeps raining   
   > and snowing and vinegar won't work until the ground dries   
   > out.   
      
     i hope you never get invaded by some of the troublesome   
   weeds that have shown up here.  the only consolation i   
   get from them is that they end up being free worm food   
   eventually.   
      
      
   > My list for the garden this year:   
   >   
   > 2019 proposed:   
   >    Row 1, 10 Holes:   
   >        6 anaheim peppers (1 per hole).  Note: Blossom Rot !!!!!   
   >        4 tomantillos   
      
     hard to keep up with some plants watering them when it   
   gets so hot outside.  the only thing i can think of that   
   may help there is making a much larger hole and putting   
   the plant roots down deeper.  of course balancing the pH   
   will help some too, but it's not an easy thing to do when   
   you have tough alkaline soils to begin with.   
      
      
   >    Row 2, 12 holes   
   >        5 ron-d-nice   
   >        3 golden zukes   
   >        4 tomantillos   
   >   
   >    Row 3, 7 holes:   
   >        ichibon eggplant   
   >   
   > Elipse:   
   >      bogatyr garlic   
   >      Scallions (green onions)   
   >      3 cherries x - x - x (sweet 100's only)   
      
     i could never eat enough from a single plant let   
   alone three of them!   
      
      
   > Basket:   
   >     4x cherries (sweet 100's only)   
   >   
   > Small Bed:   
   >     Walmart onions   
   >   
   > Large Bed:   
   >      onion-transplants-merlin-yellow   
   >   
   > Also may try "a" traditional pumpkin   
   >   
   > Add to that, I am still trying to get billberries,   
   > Arapaho black berries, and choke berries (not cherries)   
   > to grow.  My Goji's are loving all the attention and   
   > if last year is any indications, I am going to be   
   > inundated with them.   
      
     i tried to read up on Goji's and i wasn't sure i   
   would like them from the description so i haven't   
   pressed it further.   
      
      
   > I think the biggest lesson I had to learn was that I   
   > had to grow/nurture the soil first before expecting   
   > to get any results from things growing in it.  Soil   
   > is actually alive.   
      
     you have to start somewhere.  any free organic   
   materials are better than nothing.   
      
      
   > You do realize you had a lot to do with this?  Thank you!   
      
     y.w.!  :)  i'm glad things are going well for you   
   and you keep on learning more.  that's about all you   
   can do - always interesting to try new things and to   
   see what might happen.   
      
      
   > You do realize these plants have made slaves out of us!   
      
     we're all in this together.  life supports life.   
      
     https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/ethiopi   
   n-church-forest-conservation-biodiversity/   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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