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   Terry Coombs to All   
   Re: Pick pick pick !   
   14 May 19 19:08:01   
   
   From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/14/2019 6:52 PM, T wrote:   
   > On 5/14/19 6:53 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >>    Strawberries , that is . With today's haul we have enough for a   
   >> batch of jam ... half pints are in the dishwasher , berries are on   
   >> the counter ready to cap-n-smash .In addition , the corn is coming up   
   >> nicely , I will have to reseed a couple of spots though . Taters are   
   >> boomin' , got them hilled up nicely and mulched heavily with straw .   
   >> I'm seeing a few beans sprouting (blue lake bush) and the bunching   
   >> onions are mostly up now . The tomatoes got the cardboard then straw   
   >> mulch treatment , trying to prevent soil splashing on them to help   
   >> prevent blight problems . And yesterday I saw some of the beets have   
   >> come up too . It's been a cool wet spring , I feel like I'm behind -   
   >> but I'm not really , summer's here are pretty long and I won't worry   
   >> about frost until early October .   
   >>   
   >   
   > Awesome!   
   >   
   > What zone are you in?   
   >   
      
      We're in 7a , north central Arkansas .   
      
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