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To: JRandomFreeper
Thanks for the picture of you at school with the grandkids - they look like they are having a good time.

I just looked at my name tags for the plants and the one I didn't know has to be cucumber as I know what the rest look like. I wrote on the paper cups what they were when they were under the grow lamp.

I'll be planting many more in the early spring so will have to mark them plus do the notebook thing.

There was a Property owner's meeting this morning at my townhouses, and I found out how much water that swimming pool holds (thinking of water source if the SHTF). I thought it was about 17 to 19 thousand gallons, but it is 250,000 gallons of water - not many pools are that large when there is only 61 townhomes. If power is out, the chemicals will dissipate as no more would be added and my Berkey will clean that water anyway.

In an emergency, like a hurricane, a number of families come get their elderly mother so not many people will be left here. This is not an old folks retirement place, anyone can buy one of these townhomes but older people bought here because it's safe and close to what they need. We have some mid age couples here as well but the only kids that show up are grandchildren for a visit.

250,000 gallons of water I can clean - that is a good thing.

94 posted on 09/14/2013 9:42:32 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: Marcella
Yes it is. And as much rain as you get where you are, that will help too.

Seedling identifiers help if you get things mixed up. Lots of places on the web to look up what something is supposed to look like.

The area that I'm tilling has much less organic material in it than the rest of the yard, and is almost pure sand. In fact, it looks like Dad brought in a load of sand at some point to fill a low spot. Grrr.

I'll be adding some organic material from the compost pile, lots of wood chips, since I get them for free, and loading the soil up with broken pottery and gypsum from old wallboard.

/johnny

95 posted on 09/14/2013 9:51:22 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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