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|    Re: And so it ends    |
|    19 Oct 24 19:25:38    |
      From: T@invalid.invalid              On 10/16/24 15:42, T wrote:       > Hi All,       >       > Tonight the temperature is suppose to get down to 30F and       > tomorrow it is suppose to get down to 22F.       >       > Hoses and swam cooler are unhooked and drained.       >       > So I harvested all I could and started pulling out plants.       > I am about half way there.       >       > Berries were a disaster: seven off of seven choke berry       > bushes; 10 off our four goji berry bushes (thousands       > last year); zero off four black berry bushes.       >       > six zucchini plants: three fruits each. Despite my       > planting green onions with them, I still got squash       > bugs, but only about 20 of them. I killed about 16       > of them.       >       > Cucumbers: I am over run with them.       >       > Sweet 100's cherry tomatoes: more than I can handle.       > I am over run with them.       >       > My bunching onions are going crazy.       >       > Garlic is now in. Store bought organic garlic       > from Columbus Farms.       >       > My onions, after 15 days and watering every day,       > are now sprouting and are about two inches tall.       > Hope they make it through the freeze.       >       > Now to start scheming and plotting about next year.       > I always vow not to plant zucchini becasue of the       > squash bugs, but their fruit is just so damned tasty.       >       > -T                     Forgot the peppers. About 10 each from three       plants. They were so, so yummy!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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