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Saturday, March 30, 2013
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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one soil cable in and greenhouse put back in place. I weed whacked the cover crop and broadforked the soil 3 times over the past 2 days of good weather drying out the ground to make it easier to shovel. today dug down 10" a little smaller than the size of the greenhouse and through all the dirt on plywood surrounding removed soil. then broadforked the subsoil nice loosening and fracturing any hardpan. in went the coil and dirt and tons of worms. all clumps of rye removed in process. I will add ammendments carefully to upper 6 inches only and incorporate with hoe to avoid hitting cables. the other section is ready and will be done tomorrow. you can see I protected loose drier soil with visquuen to prevent tonights rain from soaking it. the other greenhouse put off to the side will go back in place when completed. used waterproof patching pieces to fix all small holes or tears in greenhouses and washed them down nice today too to get full advantage of the sun. warmer temps on horizon...but long range forecasts show it cold again mid to late april. the cables and removing cover crop in planting holes should take care of corn seed maggots which are tougher to deal with in cold springs. the rest of patch will be tilled and ammended when dry enough to work.
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