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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Start of 2011 diary. We got a lot of fall patch preparation done in October and November. We removed all the old vines and mowed down all the remaining weeds; they got out of control with all the rain last season. We dug some of the drainage ditches wider and deeper and used that soil to raise low spots in our 6 main planting spots. We got 2 big pickup loads of 3 year old cow manure added, along with a lot of home made compost and leaves and grass clippings. I put on 48 bags of commercial compost and humus that I bought on clearance from Walmart at just $0.25 per bag. And I have 12 bags in reserve for next spring. I also chopped up all of the AG pumpkins and threw on a bunch of jack o lanterns all over the patch. The deer have been eating some of them and spreading some of their manure on the patch this winter.
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