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   Message 39,087 of 40,484   
   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.   
      
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