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Friday, September 11, 2009
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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We might not be totally without something to show at Pumpkinfest. After the deluge we have had 15 straight dry days without rain. The 910 Young seems to have stopped growing, but the 1275.5 Carlson-Petersen and the 689 McWilliams showed slight gains over the past 6 dyas. They are now at estimated 523# and 611#. Not a personal best for either of us, but after knee-deep raging flood water it isn't too bad.
I have already started patch prep for next year. One spot that was in sweetcorn and higher ground has been mowed off, covered with 6 wheel barrow loads of grass clippings and tilled. I am widening and deepening the drainage ditches so I can keep them mowed, make more capacity to pass flood water, and to raise the patches. I prefer drought to floods any day. I can always pump water to the plants but can't stop a flood.
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