From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Terry Coombs wrote:   
   ...   
   >    The driving force on this one is Mrs Snag ... But if I didn't want to   
   > , it wouldn't happen . I'm still pretty spry for my age i guess , people   
   > we know that are our age aren't faring so well .   
      
     those who don't exercise don't usually fare very well   
   from what i'm seeing.   
      
      
   > I did get my tomatoes   
   > in the ground this morning and planted some bunching onions . Went to   
   > the co-op this afternoon and got 10 bales of straw for top mulch . The   
   > tomatoes are on the trellis I built last year for beans instead of cages   
   > . I'll be putting cardboard down around them before the straw mulch to   
   > prevent soil splashing up on the plants when watering or raining -   
   > that's what caused my blight fungus last year .   
      
     i've tried a lot of things to keep the blight down   
   but in the end it seems to come back and get the plants   
   no matter what i do.  luckily they produce well enough   
   that by the time they're done with the bulk of the crop   
   so are we happy to be done too.   
      
     the cardboard will help with weeds though so is   
   worth it IMO.   
      
      
   > Potatoes are coming   
   > along nicely , bare spaces in the row are gradually filling in . I also   
   > found a bunch of volunteer yellow squashes , planted some and potted   
   > some more for giveaway . Oh , and did I mention that the strawberry   
   > plants are loaded loaded loaded with fruit ? Not much in this world   
   > better than fresh strawberry jam on hot from the oven bread slathered   
   > with (real) butter .   
      
     good deal!  glad they worked out this season.   
      
      
   >    I'm looking for a great year , I learned last year about the pests   
   > that my plants have never survived long enough to get before ... and I   
   > have an arsenal of "natural" weapons to unleash upon them !   
      
     the fences are what make the most difference for us   
   to have more reliable production.  the weather is the   
   2nd largest factor.  well, of course getting things   
   planted is required too...   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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