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|    Re: Just some garden talk    |
|    04 Sep 19 23:05:40    |
      From: T@invalid.invalid              On 9/4/19 6:32 PM, Pavel314 wrote:       >> 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       >              I go slightly under surface level so I can water       with the wand and have the water only go where       I want it. If it runs off, the weeds love it              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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