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To: MomwithHope; metmom
I remember them! I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a similar situation. Long garden on the side of the house and garage. Very much like yours. So your garden is a nice reminder. Dad got so much produce out of that strip and gave much away to the neighbors. H

Yes, we are blessed to be one of the very few who are on the South facing side of the street and have such a space - and a LL that lets us plant there - in a city of about 25,k per sq. mi. Soil has rocks as its best "crop, as is normal for most of NE, but thank God for what it produced.

Yet the last few years the toms get hit with some sort of wilt beginning in about August, and which copper-based spray did not prevent. Only but cutting off everything diseased as they appear works somewhat, so that to some new growth can try to produce, but summer end before much of recovery. I covered a certain front section last summer with black tar paper that a neighbor thru out so as to bake the bacteria. And poured boiling water on some garden soil that I used for planting. Pray, plow, plant, prune and pick! Praise God.

He was Orthodox and knew the bible inside and out

Hope He found the Messiah To Whom "give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.' (Acts 10:43)

When you took a year off you were missed on the thread.

Actually I still had a good number of "volunteer plants" from which I got a good supply, thank God, but the lack of pics was due to no camera. And this year the LL wanted to side the old (120 years) 3 decker in which we rent a floor, but we prayed and pray that is delayed till maybe Oct. if at all.

65 posted on 03/26/2023 6:54:06 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212

Yes he did find Him.🙂


66 posted on 03/26/2023 6:57:34 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future. )
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