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Re: Garden Update

By: micro in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 22 Jun 20 7:26 PM | 25 view(s)
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YOU are a patient person..... That's a good thing..
I am an impatient person and that doesn't work out well many times...

I cold not work in a garden plotlike thiose you have patiently crated and groomed from rocks and stones...

Its neat to see the results and the fruits from your labors. My hat is off to you.

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Garden Update
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Mon, 22 Jun 20 6:00 PM 		Msg. 02415 of 60008

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Re: "It is indeed mr. Gardener extraordinaire!"This ought to make you laugh. Of the three 2,000 sq ft plots I tarped over in October, I have gardened just half of one. That is, I've added 1,000 sq ft to my garden this year. It's sad.

This isn't for a lack of desire or effort. I've put in an hour or two just about every day, and sometimes much more than that. Those @#$! rocks... The pile shown in the 1st image below is what I've dug out of the new garden plot. The older plot, in its third year, is pretty much rock free. It has 30 tomato plants, nothing else.

Whoops. I was interrupted by a tick crawling up my sock. White socks and shorts are what you want to wear during tick season (which is half of the year). At least then you have a chance of seeing the stupid things. Okay, where was I?

I left the laundry detergent bucket in the first photo for scale. The second image shows the new plot... only half of it untarped. It has two types of green beans, twenty tomato plants, peas, yellow zucchini, radishes, two types of peppers, chives, five types of lettuce and spinach (which I'm not supposed to eat because of its effect on warfarin.)

The first three zucchini to sprout came up today - I was beginning to think it was hopeless. So far, there's been nothing from the lettuce or spinach. They're two year old Burpee seeds so maybe they're too old.

Aside from putting in additional lettuce and radishes every two weeks, I'm about done with planting. I'll continue pulling rocks out of the new garden plot, though. My goal is to have it ready for use THIS YEAR, even though I won't use it until next year. As for the other two plots... 4,000 sq ft... I think they'll keep me busy for another two years. Ironically, I could be living in the new house in just ONE more year (Fall, 2021) - and its field has fantastic, practically rock-free soil. Fingers crossed on that schedule.


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