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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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the late cover crop has sprouted and is starting to show signs of life. even the ausrtrian winter peas in the mix have sprouted. the reemay was left up for about 5 days until a rain storm followed by high 30 mph winds took it down for me while at work. i had run extension cords over the reemay besides having rope sections supporting under it to help weigh it down from updrafts, but strong winds tore my connection points. if i tried the reemay again this fall, i would sew the pieces together with twine or string to avoid point stress failures at connection points. also going over the wooden fence was tough on the reemay and started tear points. glad i learned my lesson this late fall instead of having wet heavy fabrics laying on my plants come next september if trying to prevent stalling out a pumpkin if temps get cold. but it was still fun and many of the large sections just tore on corners and edges and will be re-used if needed. nice to see some green starting to show in the patch. we got one more week of lows at or above freezing and highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s. i have seen a new crop of weeds sprout around my house near the warm brown brick and roses blooming at a friends house in a warm nook near their house. weird. very mild november and the patch ammendments and shredded 75 bags of maple leaves incoporated into the soil 17 days ago along with the recent plentiful rains are working together nicely for a longer period of time than i could have expected. latest cover crop i ever put down and it should establish itself fine and then kick in gear early next spring.
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