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2 Nice weekends in a row and I just had to get the garden going. Last year was miserable, cold, wet, hot, cold, wet, etc. My garden was worthless last year. Too cool and wet for okra and peppers. Squash did well. Lettuce crapped out, kept getting beat down with the rains.

I have the strawberry beds cleared off. Last weekend I spaded up a lettuce patch and planted it today. Cut back some trees to kill the shade. Did a soil test today to see what the garden needs this year. I need to add Sulpher, sand, compost to fix the soil back to good again.

Days are getting longer, will start to have time after work to get a few things done. Thinking about building a hot box to speed the lettuce along.

"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."

Hunter S. Thompson

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Wow -- that's an early start. I've got a bunch of flats going under lights -- lettuce, maters, peppers, tomatillos, spinach, herbs, flowers fer the missus. But I've still got snow in the garden, and the nice weather just means mud right now. But, the nasty winter sure has me itching to get going outside.

John

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I've been assaulting my shrubberies- a Japanese maple that got too big for its spot, some Rose of Sharons which sprouted up from root suckers, and plenty of bush honeysuckles along the creek which need to grow. Putting in some new stuff, witch hazel, redbud, spicebush, and perhaps a crabapple or serviceberry.

I need to get on the vegetable garden, plan this year is plenty of tomatoes and peppers, summer squash, chilies, some spinach and herbs.

Tom.

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The spot I spaded up last week dried out fine this week. It still froze and thawed, but crumbled nicely yesterday. Temps should hit the 50's this week and lettuce should germinate. I know some that have lettuce sowed on Valentines day.

I always buy my plants at a local shop, don't have the time or space to start them at the house.

I will probably turn over the garden to help it dry out this week.

"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."

Hunter S. Thompson

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