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|    Muggles to Terry Coombs    |
|    Re: And so it begins    |
|    07 Apr 20 13:31:25    |
      From: countd@wn2TkxG.vng              On 4/7/2020 1:00 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:       > On 4/7/2020 10:25 AM, Muggles wrote:       >> On 4/6/2020 9:22 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:       >>> Today was tilling day for a new patch to plant some blueberries and       >>> most of the rest of the garden . It was also bee hive splitting and       >>> onion planting day . Tomorrow I'll be picking up some seedlings at the       >>> co-op ... I probably won't plant them right away , we're forecast for       >>> one more frost and I don't want to buy 'em twice . I'll be waiting a       >>> couple of weeks minimum to plant the vine crops , got some cukes and       >>> zukes and squashes I want to grow this year . And the strawberry patch       >>> is blowin' up and the bees are working it steadily . I'm really       >>> optimistic about the garden this year , it's started out really well ...       >>>       >>       >> My son has been raising his own veggies from seed for the last month. So       >> far, so good! Now all he has to do is clean out the old chicken coup to       >> put his new hen chicks in it.       >>       >       > If he's planning on using that chicken litter as fertilizer make sure       > he knows that it must be composted before use . It's really high in       > nitrogen and will burn the tender young roots if he uses it straight       > from the coop .       >              The stuff that needs cleaning is old, so it'll go straight into the       beds, more than likely.              --       Maggie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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