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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

night soil


In the 1930s-50s, a French Canadian Indian named Joe squatted on an island on a small lake in Maine where my family has a summer camp. He built up the island by hauling dirt and rocks over the ice that would settle on the shore in the spring. (He also ran a moonshine operations — my cousin found it while scuba diving off the island.)

My mother likes to talk about how his vegetable garden was lush and productive — and about the standing family rule, “Never eat Joe’s tomatoes”.


6 posted on 05/10/2022 9:05:23 AM PDT by nicollo
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8 posted on 05/10/2022 8:01:52 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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