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To: metmom
My tiny garden looks like a tomato plant experiment because it basically is, as I learn.

Market gardeners put a ton of effort and money into it and the ones I follow, also get $5-6 per pound for stuff that's $2-3 per pound in the stores.

Compost used as a mulch and thick enough to suppress weeds. Strings to mark rows or this thing above to mark a grid.

77 posted on 07/10/2023 4:17:30 AM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
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To: Pollard

The weeds are the problem because I have not got the soil in good enough condition to just pull them up. A few spots are easy, as I got the soil manageable, but when the s ground is dry, it’s very hard. I have to dig with a shovel to loosen the weeds then pull them up. Great exercise, but ugh....

Yeah, the string would be a good idea.


78 posted on 07/10/2023 4:56:04 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Pollard

And I don’t have that much compost. However, we have no shortage of wood chips, and because of the rain, mushrooms.

No idea what kind though.


79 posted on 07/10/2023 4:57:16 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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