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   On 1/14/2023 5:41 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> On 1/11/2023 9:49, songbird wrote:   
   > ...   
   >>>     any plans there for this coming gardening   
   >>> season?  it is mostly looking like the normal   
   >>> routine here and i'm quite ok with that!   
   >>   
   >> I had a rather small vegetable garden along the side of my hill the last   
   >> two years, right at the top, and it's always been difficult to tend   
   >> it... especially trying to get footing while I turn soil over with my   
   >> old belt-driven rototiller... plus the bricks to keep the dirt from   
   >> washing down.  I live on a fairly steep city lot.  I think I might plant   
   >> a few flowers (I have dahlia tubers, etc.) there this year, and move the   
   >> vegetables elsewhere.   
   >   
   >    yes, slopes are always a challenge.  i try to plant them   
   > with thymes and then leave them alone other than keeping   
   > them weeded.  rocks and bricks can make some interesting   
   > contrasts and help break up any flows that might happen   
   > during heavier downpours.   
   >   
   >   
   >> There is a flat spot lower on my lot, about the same size (maybe 3 feet   
   >> wide by 18-20 feet long), where I can easily walk along a wide stone   
   >> retaining wall to tend the garden.  I might take Sheldon's (RFC)   
   >> suggestion and make a raised bed out of it.  Grandpap lived through the   
   >> depression, and they planted a lot... he strictly advised starting to   
   >> turn the soil over in late February, as soon as it isn't frozen... we're   
   >> gaining on that time fast (eastern Ohio).  I do have a few tree limbs to   
   >> cut to take full advantage of the southern exposure.   
   >   
   >    yeah, trees can become a challenge and they can happen   
   > gradually enough that you don't notice it until it becomes   
   > a bigger problem to deal with.  i have some trees here that   
   > i wanted to take out years ago but could not (i'm not the   
   > owner).  such is life...   
   >   
   >    good luck!  :)   
   >   
      
   >    songbird   
      
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   no snow.   
      
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