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Saturday, April 25, 2009
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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April 25 is usually my seed starting day, but the weather has been colder than normal. I think I will hold off a couple of days. This April has been drier than normal, but we are getting some rain now. The first thunderstorm of the season.
I did get just a little patch work done this morning before I got rained out. Jacob and I have decided how we are going to split up the patch this year. We will each have 3 plants for the Christmas tree pattern and 1 each for the Barlow spiral flag pattern. We have some manure hauled to all planting sites, as well as the long gourd beds and the giant watermelon planting sites.
Jacob and I will have sweetcorn, tomatoes, peppers and other crops on last year's pumpkin patch. We are getting into a 2 year rotation to help with disease problems. My wife will be growing herbs around the house. Our daughter will be home more this summer and may try her hand at some gardening as well. Her new dog will help keep the deer, groundhogs, coons and other critters away.
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