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To: Petronski

Are those preformed angle connectors?


66 posted on 05/15/2009 7:13:31 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

That’s the dodgy part.

Clever folks on the internet tell me what angles to cut on the end of the vertices. The current plan to join them involves a section of sch. 80 pvc pipe and metal straps, but that’s the R&D part I’m working now.


67 posted on 05/15/2009 7:19:47 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Red_Devil 232

I live in the mountains in Colorado. I have been making compost for several years in a raised 16X16’ area with stacked rock sides. Last year I had potatoes come up from kitchen scraps I had buried so I am giving it a try for real this year. I have lots of critters and hope the chicken wire and the dogs can keep them away. I have mule deer, elk, moose, ground squirrels and chipmunks. I am working on a second area that will be 20X20’ and may have soil prepared for some of that this year as well. I have to screen rocks out and mix in compost. The existing soil is about 50% rocks and a few feet deep you hit rock. I have 4th of July early tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes and egg plant started indoors. The last frost is usually in late May, but can come later so I am holding off on planting the tender plants. Last week I planted seed for two types of rutabaga, turnips and two types of carrots. Yesterday I planted three types of potatoe. later will be summer squash, winter squash (butternut and acorn), pole beans and pinto beans. It got down to 28 degrees two nights ago, but the rutabegas, turnips and carrots seem to be poking up with no damage.


70 posted on 05/15/2009 8:05:01 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme looks remarkably similar to the way Social Security works)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Yesterday I got my soil ph tester and tomato blossom set spray from Jung’s online store. I plan to try the spray on tomatoe and squash blossoms. Neighbor has had problems with blossom drop with tomatoes, probably due to windy conditions or temperature getting too cool at night. I ordered too many potatoes! I got kennebec, red pontiac and yukon gold. I planted the area I had planned for the potatoes and only used half of the potatoe pieces that I received. Trying to speed up preparation of my second raised bed area so I can get the rest of the potatoes in!


79 posted on 05/15/2009 8:32:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme looks remarkably similar to the way Social Security works)
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