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   Snag to cshenk   
   Re: gardening season opener   
   17 Mar 24 20:10:32   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 3/17/2024 6:06 PM, cshenk wrote:   
   > Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:   
   >>>    yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and   
   >>> start some gardening tasks.  i scraped a few hundred   
   >>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds   
   >>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time   
   >>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).   
   >>   
   >> Nice.   
   >>   
   >> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out   
   >> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few   
   >> weeks.  Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard   
   >> to try, plus some chives.  A few cells have been commandeered by the   
   >> kiddos for sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>    deer already found some of the spring flowers.   
   >> pests.   
   >   
   > None of my seeds show sigh of life yet.  (dripping tears)   
   >   
      
      Forgot to mention the red/yellow/orange bell pepper and 3 kinds of   
   tomato seedlings in trays in the dining room window ... other stuff to   
   start closer to last frost date .   
   --   
   Snag   
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   they'll never take our freedom."   
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