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   T to songbird   
   Re: tomato harvest coming in   
   11 Sep 22 23:53:50   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 8/27/22 09:06, songbird wrote:   
   >    went out yesterday morning expecting to pick 6-8 buckets of   
   > tomatoes and ended up picking between 11-13 buckets instead.   
      
   I might be a bit envious.  Maybe.  I ain't saying.   
      
   Did you ever bet over your tomato allergy?   
      
      
   > which meant for a busy day of tomato canning.  i'm happy for   
   > it though as we really enjoy having our own grown and canned   
   > tomatoes.   
   >   
   >    some of the tomatoes were "brain" shaped.  very irregular   
   > surface and a lot of inclusions.  i suspect this is from very   
   > hot weather we had during pollination, but i don't know for   
   > sure.   
   >   
   >    another issue was that there was some animal that had chewed   
   > on many fruits (probably raccoons).  i picked everything that   
   > was ripe enough so i can finish up getting things canned for   
   > us.  don't know how many more will be damaged.  i did hear   
   > noises from the garden late last night.  the garden is fenced   
   > but there is no certain way to keep raccoons out with the kind   
   > of fence we currently have and i don't have any funds at the   
   > moment for replacing any of that anyways.  an eventual goal   
   > of mine will be to upgrade some fences and to add more but   
   > that won't be happening anytime soon.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
   An electric fence perpahs?   
      
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