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   Pavel314 to All   
   Re: Just some garden talk   
   04 Sep 19 18:32:44   
   
   From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   > I can't grow big tomatoes as I can not   
   > afford a back hole to come in and dig me   
   > a 6 foot deep and wide and back fill with   
   > top soil.  Every time I have tried, I wind   
   > up with blossom rot.  The lady at the university   
   > extension explained the matter to me, so I have   
   > stuck with cherries, which I am very successful at.   
      
   My wife makes barrows, long hills of compost and topsoil to grow things in.   
   Instead of digging down, she builds up. I do have a backhoe so I could dig   
   deep trenches, but we don't find that necessary.   
      
   Paul   
      
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