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|    Pavel314 to Terry Coombs    |
|    Re: Taters in the ground    |
|    30 Mar 19 14:31:35    |
      From: pintiha@jhmi.edu              On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1:26:59 PM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:       > I should have had them planted at least 2 weeks ago , but the ground        > has been too wet to plow (grin) so I waited . This is my first real        > effort to cultivate taters , I planted some reds for new potatoes (and        > mature ones too) and some tan ones for long term storage for the winter        > . I also checked out the strawberry patch , there will be berries this        > year . I had about a dozen plants that were off the area I want them        > confined to , so I dug those up and filled in some thin spots . They        > were thin because an oak tree was shading that area - it's firewood now        > . Other trees around the garden have joined it and more will be as I        > figure out the shade patterns . We can spare a few of the 12,000 or so        > trees we have ... and there are a few around the orchard that need to go        > too .       >        > --        > Snag       > Yes , I'm old       > and crochety - and armed .       > Get outta my woods !              My wife planted the potatoes a few days ago. Yesterday, she planted seven       rhubarb plants in the raised bed that was the strawberry bed for a few years.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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