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|    Snag to Snag    |
|    Re: Dry enough to plow    |
|    03 May 20 11:50:09    |
      From: snag_one@msn.com              On 5/2/2020 2:50 PM, 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)               And this morning I was back out there at 7:30 diggin' holes with the       (repaired) post hole digger . Got the rest of the 'maters in , and the       peppers , green beans , some more green onions , and the vine crops -       cukes and zukes and acorn squashes . I'll be planting more stuf later ,       some things need the soil to be warmer than it is right now - okra for       one .       --        Snag       Yes , I'm old       and crotchety - and armed .       Get outta my woods !              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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