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   T to All   
   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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