From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 3:50:08 PM UTC-4, Snag wrote:   
   > Is also dry enough to start planting . Got the weeds knocked down and    
   > the garden tilled today , and started planting with some Rutgers    
   > tomatoes . Got too hot (and I broke my posthole digger*) so I knocked    
   > off about noon . I did get all 8 seedlings planted and the spots for the    
   > Roma tomatoes are marked out . In the morning while it's cool I'll get    
   > the rest of the tomatoes planted , along with the peppers . I'll also    
   > get as much of the direct seeded stuff in as I can before it gets too    
   > hot and I wilt .   
   >    What does a post hole digger have to do with gardening you ask ? I    
   > use it to dig the holes for my seedlings . Extra deep and a little on    
   > the big side so I can partly fill the hole with a mix of dirt and rabbit    
   > manure before I place the seedling . Them rabbit droppings is Good Shit    
   > for the garden ! (pun intended)   
   > --    
   >   Snag   
   > Yes , I'm old   
   > and crotchety - and armed .   
   > Get outta my woods !   
      
   We had some fruit trees that didn't look too healthy so I dug some compost   
   holes around their drip lines. I used the post hole digger to go down about   
   three feet, then filled the holes with manure, grass clippings, and compost,   
   then topped off with soil    
   and replaced the turf. It seems to have worked.   
      
   I once heard the comment that the fellow who invented the post hole digger   
   probably never had to use one. I don't have any trouble using one and it's a   
   good way to find big rocks underground.   
      
   Paul   
      
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