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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD DECEMBER 11, 2015
freerepublic | Dec 11, 2015 | greeneyes

Posted on 12/11/2015 1:50:07 PM PST by greeneyes

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To: JRandomFreeper

(sorry for the double post)
Thinking of you, Johnny.


21 posted on 12/12/2015 3:35:07 PM PST by KGeorge (I will miss you forever, Miss Mu. 7/1/2006- 11/16/2015)
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To: Marcella; JRandomFreeper

Johnny .... you are often in my thoughts and always in my prayers. ~Q


22 posted on 12/12/2015 9:01:08 PM PST by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: Marcella

Prayers up.


23 posted on 12/12/2015 10:26:19 PM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Marcella; JRandomFreeper
I ask the Lord of Host to heal and comfort Johnny.

In Jesus name, amen.

5.56mm

24 posted on 12/13/2015 3:49:06 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: greeneyes
It's warm and dumping rain today here in Central Missouri. Yesterday was better and I took full advantage. Pops came over, we mounted the plow on his old Minneapolis-Moline, and got the plowing done!

The lettuce seeds I planted last weekend have come up and need to be transplanted into the cold frame. I stuck the pan they were in out there yesterday but ran out of time to put em in the dirt. I'll have to put on my slicker and get that done today so they don't croak when the cold snap comes.

Beets, kale and green salad are still rocking out in the garden. I noticed yesterday that the garlic is starting to come up. I need to make a point to get it in a little earlier next year.

With today's rain I decided it was time to give up on the pond project until next summer. I had it all pumped out but it's a losing battle this time of year with all of the precipitation we get so I pulled the pump and hose and put them away until better weather gets here.

We turned five strips in the front pasture. 3600 row feet. Enough for 900 tomato plants. I was only planning to put in 500 so I've got room left over for some pumpkins and cucumbers and whatever else I decide might be a good market crop compared to the effort required to take care of it.

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I wanted to make a couple rounds with the plow, but Dad was having too much fun. The soil in the food plot was a little tight, but it turned up really nicely. The last time this ground had been turned was in 1969.

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25 posted on 12/13/2015 9:10:10 AM PST by Augie
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To: Marcella

Prayers up and continuing for our good FRiend....


26 posted on 12/13/2015 7:49:52 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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To: sockmonkey
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27 posted on 12/13/2015 8:47:00 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: Augie

Now that’s Gardening on a Grand Scale Augie...


28 posted on 12/13/2015 8:49:22 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: tubebender

Yeah I hope I haven’t bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m sick of staring at four walls and a computer screen five days a week working for the man. My goal is to replace my income by market gardening and get out of the corporate rat race before my ulcers kill me.

I’ve got plenty of ground to do it, I just gotta figure out the nuts and bolts of it and find efficiencies wherever I can so I don’t have to hire a bunch of help.


29 posted on 12/14/2015 6:18:54 AM PST by Augie
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To: Augie

May I suggest this book .....

http://www.amazon.com/Gaining-Ground-Farmers-Markets-Saving/dp/0762787252

If nothing else, it’s a good read, but I think you might find his ‘journey’ interesting (gave up a ‘regular’ job to return to the farm) & there may be some lessons in his struggles and some ideas in his successes for you.


30 posted on 12/14/2015 11:17:03 AM PST by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: tubebender

Those look delicious!

I’ll be right over, put on a pot of coffee willya? :)


31 posted on 12/14/2015 11:19:19 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: greeneyes; TEXOKIE; Tilted Irish Kilt; sockmonkey; Nepeta; Silentgypsy; ApplegateRanch; Ellendra; ..

Johnny report:
Johnny was in the hospital but is now home. We will see him this Sunday and have a “special” Christmas Party. Our family will not be here this Christmas, so I told Johnny we would have our Christmas with him. He needs your continued prayers. Will report on “special” party afterward.
Marcella


32 posted on 12/17/2015 12:30:40 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Marcella; JRandomFreeper
Thanks, Marcella. A Merry Christmas to you all.

Let Every day Be Christmas

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.

Norman W. Brooks

Merry Christmas!

33 posted on 12/17/2015 12:33:12 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Marcella

Thank you for the update, and thank you for keeping an eye on Johnny! I keep praying for him.


34 posted on 12/17/2015 1:58:05 PM PST by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: Marcella

Johnny is never far from my mind. I just hate that he very ill. He is such a mischievous person sometimes. Give him a (((HUG))) for me, Marcella. An Alaskan (((HUG))).


35 posted on 12/17/2015 6:44:54 PM PST by tillacum
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To: trisham

Did you receive my card for Johnny?


36 posted on 12/17/2015 8:52:55 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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