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   Message 38,531 of 40,484   
   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.   
      
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